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>>What I must have? a server, database, php editor, FTP?
yes all..
>>I can download the portal or I have to start from the coding
that's really upto u to decide. are you good in php? can you create a portal by yourself?
have doubts? take a look at [hotscripts.com...]
Get Xampp as a testing and development server: (runns localy on your windows pc) [apachefriends.org...]
Use MySQL as a database ... is included in Xampp and probably also on your hosting server.
You can use PHPmyAdmin to edit your MySQL database (also encluded in Xampp) [phpmyadmin.net...]
I would recomend the ZEND Studio as an editor/IDE, it's very good but commercial... [zend.com...]
If you need a free editor/IDE try Eclipse:
[eclipse.org...]
or HTML-Kit with a PHP highlighting plugin:
[chami.com...]
For FTP you can use almost anything, even windows/internet explorer will do...
And the PHP-Manual is always handy if your scripting PHP:
[php.net...]