BradleyBrokers Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 IMHO the developers of www.Postlets.com have accomplished a very cool and useful php application: In short, a user completes a "universal form" and then the host has been scripted to post the info from the "universal form" to various websites using webforms. In the end, classified ads are posted at multiple websites with just one form being completed. Several months back, I hired a freelancer who said that he could write a this script for me which would be tailored for admin. use on my website, www.BradleyBrokers.com with my target websites being bizbuysell.com, loopnet.com, MBBI.org and a couple of other sites... The freelancer was a waste of time and money. I answered tons of his questions, but did not receive a line of code in return in over three months! Uuhg. Well, I want to get back-up on the horse and start the proccess myself. I know that there are many, many, different methods to frame the scripting-scope of the project. I know I am in for some pulling-out my own hair... But if anyone could advise on a way to start, I would be thankful for the direction. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amites Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hard to help you without knowing where you're starting, if you already know some PHP then I'd start looking into cURL functions, if not then a basic introduction would do you well, tons of tutorials available with a quick search on google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradleyBrokers Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Thanks for the reply... here is a quick flow-chart...Tom [attachment deleted by admin] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradleyBrokers Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 It is difficult to measure my own comfort level with programming. I am not a "youngster" and my college programming days --back in the horse-and-buggy--- were in languages that most here may never have seen. However, I am a quick learn. I did pick-up many PHP skills rather fast. HTML, a little Flash, and a hodge-podge of this-andthat. I have a couple of handy-dandy ref. books at my side which I use as a crutch. I have also read cover-to-cover Michael Schrenk's Webbots, Spiders,..., but found that many of his cURL snipits are too thin to help. So, to answer your question, I am somewhere in zombi-land with skills: Very much among the undead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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