acidglitter Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I'm thinking I want to code my own forum just so I can control every little detail, and so members on the forum will be members on the rest of my site. Is this such a bad idea to do it myself? I actually really like coding. Are there any things I should keep in mind? Like security things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.shankar Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Since you are trying to create a board.. Malicious users may try to input code that may deface your website or can make your site to exhaust and die. To avoid this you must properly sanitize user input. Remember: Never trust any inputs !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidglitter Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 that sounds pretty scary... what are some specific ways i can do that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.shankar Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 If you are using PHP then check out this link. Pretty useful http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/sanitize_inc_php.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidglitter Posted October 1, 2007 Author Share Posted October 1, 2007 this sounds dumb.. but i'm not sure how to use that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 writing your own forum is a lot of work, but BB is extermly recodable and a lot of people have modded it beyond what it is. You might want to start there then you have ideas for your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.shankar Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 this sounds dumb.. but i'm not sure how to use that If this piece of code really looks dumb for you then you are really in trouble coding your forum !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrManager Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Unless you have a lot of experience programming PHP and a lot of time to waste I wouldn't do this. Just use one of the complete forums scripts and program the rest of your site around it. I can recommend IP.Board, but from what I have heard, SMF is pretty good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidglitter Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 thanks for the replies. i actually really like coding and want to do it myself. i'm working towards getting a degree in programming so eventually that page will make sense and i'll just be slowly improving my site.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.shankar Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I wish you luck in your programming practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidglitter Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 thanks! i looked at that page again more closely.. i understand a lot of it.. but i have almost no experience with functions. so if someone posted their reply with an html form, and the reply was called $reply, how could i apply one of those functions to $reply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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