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I guess it'll be a PHP/MySql solution. I need to add new news stories and update indexes and category lists daily. I use a PC running Windows XP. I'm comfortable working with HTML and CSS (although not instinctively; only after a lot of BSAT -- blood, sweat and tears).
Thank you.
Learning PHP - Books, Tutorials and Online Resources [webmasterworld.com]
there are many other useful threads in the PHP Library [webmasterworld.com] as well
Jatar, thanks for the links.
I'm wondering if there are any specific suggestions for a newbie trying to build a backend to a news site.
Also, what would it cost me to have someone else do it?
don't rush ;)
database design is the place ot start, figure out what you will want to store and what behaviours you have on the site and what those might mean for the database. There will almost always be changes as you go along but a good starting design makes coding a lot easier.
when coding, do simple things first and then worry about the more complicated ones after.
good places to start once you have worked out your base db design are
- insert new news item
- update news item
- delete news item (if applicable)
these processes start with a simple old html form and then work on the functionality from there
once you can add/update data in the db then you can work on displaying it on your pages.
>> what would it cost me to have someone else do it
no clue, my gut says a lot
you should looka round for packages that are already available too. That is often the best place to start. You find something that does most of what you want that is coded in php and then you learn by hacking on that script to make it your own but your site is up and running the whole time.
[hotscripts.com...] is always a good place to start.
well, the way to convert query strings to nice urls is to use mod_rewrite
Yes, use postgresql. It's just as free and much higher quality.
