How To Create A Forum In Php From Scratch

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HTML Forums From Scratch

Post icon Posted 03 May 2007 - 08:47 PM

Hi All

I need to add a forums area on my website
I need to know how to do them by scratch

Can Any Body Help

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#2 capty99

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 03 May 2007 - 09:15 PM

your in over your head.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Post icon Posted 04 May 2007 - 10:17 PM

Um Thanks Tyler,

But that wasn't really the type of help i was seeking. :v: :v:

LOL

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Thanks any way
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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 04 May 2007 - 10:37 PM

There is no such thing as an "HTML Forum" unless it is the title of a forum or section of a forum.

And you are in over your head unless you're willing to dedicate months if not years to writing one. Also from the sounds of it, you're new to programming.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Post icon Posted 17 May 2007 - 10:32 PM

Thanks any way m8

ive got an uncle thats got a dagree or how ever u spell it in this stuff
And ur right im new at this stuff, only about 1/2 a years experiance.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 18 May 2007 - 08:14 AM

while it is possible for you to create a forum, you're better off finding something that already does what you want; other people will have spent years securing and testing and tweaking so that you won't have to.

However, if you're absolutely convinced that you need to build the forums yourself, you're going to need to learn how to use a server side language like Perl, PHP, Ruby, etc. You'll also want to learn about some sort of database software so that you can store your information, OR take a look at grimBB and how they store information in flat files and adapt that for your purposes.

Good luck.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 25 May 2007 - 10:25 PM

View Post hotsnoj, on 4 May, 2007 - 10:37 PM, said:

There is no such thing as an "HTML Forum" unless it is the title of a forum or section of a forum.

And you are in over your head unless you're willing to dedicate months if not years to writing one. Also from the sounds of it, you're new to programming.

Guys I Just wanted to clarify by HTML Forums, i wanted to try and create it using HTML SCRIPT not a nother language if possible

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 27 May 2007 - 03:27 AM

View Post DarkOnyx, on 25 May, 2007 - 10:25 PM, said:

View Post hotsnoj, on 4 May, 2007 - 10:37 PM, said:

There is no such thing as an "HTML Forum" unless it is the title of a forum or section of a forum.

And you are in over your head unless you're willing to dedicate months if not years to writing one. Also from the sounds of it, you're new to programming.

Guys I Just wanted to clarify by HTML Forums, i wanted to try and create it using HTML SCRIPT not a nother language if possible

DarkOnyx

HTML only cannot create a forum. You need a server side language + a database combination to start using forums.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 31 May 2007 - 11:00 AM

View Post DarkOnyx, on 25 May, 2007 - 10:25 PM, said:

View Post hotsnoj, on 4 May, 2007 - 10:37 PM, said:

There is no such thing as an "HTML Forum" unless it is the title of a forum or section of a forum.

And you are in over your head unless you're willing to dedicate months if not years to writing one. Also from the sounds of it, you're new to programming.

Guys I Just wanted to clarify by HTML Forums, i wanted to try and create it using HTML SCRIPT not a nother language if possible

DarkOnyx

HTML alone does not containt the ability to read & write interactivly with the OS, which would be required to work with a database. Therefore (as stated before in this post) you will need some sort of server side execution.

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Re: HTML Forums From Scratch

Posted 02 June 2007 - 01:46 AM

Thanks Guys

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