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Coding A Forum Software?
Topic Started: Feb 7 2010, 04:28 PM (229 Views)
Connor	Feb 7 2010, 04:28 PM Post #1
I know some HTML/CSS and PHP. Well, Kinda... Posts: 13 Group: Member Member #3,206 Joined: Jun 13, 2009 Coding language HTML/CSS	I have edited forum scripts in the past but never started from scratch. Can someone please tell me the first steps in coding a PHP code that will make a basic index and forum pages and such. Once I have a simple script to start off of, I can take it from there.



slayer766	Feb 7 2010, 07:07 PM Post #2
Hello all Posts: 1,652 Group: Distinguished Coder Member #12 Joined: Jul 9, 2008 Coding language PHP	A forum software is quite a process if you want a lot of stuff to it. Something I've had in development for almost a year, with work on and off occasionally: http://slayforum.slayer766.com/forumindex.php Your forumindex file would be the main file, containing information stored in a MySQL database such as topics, users, online users, messages, posts, categories, etc. Do you have a registration & login system? Will you find a free one on the net or create your own? It's best to create your own so you can get more practice with settings cookies/sessions, doing a proper error check for login/registration details and such. You can start off by having a basic registration & login system to store registered users in your database and then on another php file you would throw in some HTML tables to have a forum layout have just some space holders for the topics at the time. On login, you would need to decide with either a session or cookie. Recommend you to set with a cookie, later on you can have the option to make a checkbox for the remember me and just log them in with a session. Sessions are best kept with admin control panels. You would need tables in your database for category, topic, posts, users. Create a category and a topic manually in your database, and then your forum index file you would just pull the info from that table to output the info, and make a link for a forum page(showtopic/topic/viewforum/whatever). Just let me know what you think and if you need help getting the registration & login system or however you want to start.
	Thanks Helena for the siggah!!!


Reid	Feb 7 2010, 08:07 PM Post #3
What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that was your enemy. Posts: 1,790 Group: Distinguished Coder Member #148 Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Coding language JavaScript	Just be sure your login details are stored securely... instead of storing passwords directly, use hashes. For example, if I put in the password roflcopters then you should: 1. Add a random salt to the end of it, i.e. yes,IdoinfactlikeCheese,butthereareonly388typ3sof{}thatArefancyenoughforme will do. 2. Take that and use SHA to make it into a hash Hashes are unique in that they are one way, so if someone gets your database somehow all they have are a bunch of hashes; they don't know the actual passwords.



slayer766	Feb 7 2010, 08:12 PM Post #4
Hello all Posts: 1,652 Group: Distinguished Coder Member #12 Joined: Jul 9, 2008 Coding language PHP	I'll hash you... <_<
	Thanks Helena for the siggah!!!


Connor	Feb 8 2010, 10:29 AM Post #5
I know some HTML/CSS and PHP. Well, Kinda... Posts: 13 Group: Member Member #3,206 Joined: Jun 13, 2009 Coding language HTML/CSS	Looks Cool slayer. Mind making a basic index script for me to base mine off of please?



Connor	Feb 8 2010, 10:48 AM Post #6
I know some HTML/CSS and PHP. Well, Kinda... Posts: 13 Group: Member Member #3,206 Joined: Jun 13, 2009 Coding language HTML/CSS	I found a ful tutorial. I may use. Anyone want to help?



slayer766	Feb 9 2010, 03:47 PM Post #7
Hello all Posts: 1,652 Group: Distinguished Coder Member #12 Joined: Jul 9, 2008 Coding language PHP	I'll help you, post what you have.
	Thanks Helena for the siggah!!!


Connor	Feb 9 2010, 05:48 PM Post #8
I know some HTML/CSS and PHP. Well, Kinda... Posts: 13 Group: Member Member #3,206 Joined: Jun 13, 2009 Coding language HTML/CSS	I have http://softbb.ulmb.com so far.



Gorgor	Feb 9 2010, 05:51 PM Post #9
Hello Posts: 1,182 Group: Coding Staff Member #2,728 Joined: Apr 2, 2009 Coding language PHP	ConnorRSPF Feb 9 2010, 05:48 PM I have http://softbb.ulmb.com so far. That makes Google Chrome freeze as well as make Adobe stop working for me...
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Connor	Feb 9 2010, 05:58 PM Post #10
I know some HTML/CSS and PHP. Well, Kinda... Posts: 13 Group: Member Member #3,206 Joined: Jun 13, 2009 Coding language HTML/CSS	Works fine for myself and everyone else...



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