sql/php help. need suggestions

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Chris@nospam.com - 27 Aug 2004 04:12 GMT

okay here's what's up.

I am trying to set up a small message board and perhaps a blog for a
site. nothing all that fancy or big. I understand that both should be
possible using sql and php.

now I'm not a total moron but not smart enough to figure it all out
from total scratch.

so here is what I need:

suggestions on inexpensive programs that I can use to set this up.
preferably ones where I can tweak the appearance to make the rest of
the site without too much fuss (some kind of gui would be great but I'm
not expecting it)

a book or online guide that will tell me what I need in the most 'for
dummies' terms as far as computer requirements etc, set up and so on.
including a dummies guide to understanding the languages should I have
to do any or all of this from scratch.

thanks.

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jimt - 27 Aug 2004 04:58 GMT

http://www.php.net
http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/
http://www.php-scripts.com/php_diary/php_scripts.html

comp.lang.php

for a starter.
jimt

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Dave Hinz - 27 Aug 2004 15:40 GMT

> okay here's what's up.
>
> I am trying to set up a small message board and perhaps a blog for a
> site. nothing all that fancy or big. I understand that both should be
> possible using sql and php.

Check out tikiwiki (http://tikiwiki.org). Has this and more, very
configurable, not too painful for prerequisites.

now I'm not a total moron but not smart enough to figure it all out

> suggestions on inexpensive programs that I can use to set this up.

How's free?

> preferably ones where I can tweak the appearance to make the rest of
> the site without too much fuss

Yes

> (some kind of gui would be great but I'm
> not expecting it)

All point & click config once tikiwiki is compiled. Go to their site,
play with the demo, give it a shot. If you have specific questions
on installation, let me know and I'll find my install notes.

Dave Hinz

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Paul Mitchum - 27 Aug 2004 19:27 GMT

> okay here's what's up.
>
> I am trying to set up a small message board and perhaps a blog for a site.
> nothing all that fancy or big. I understand that both should be possible
> using sql and php.

<http://www.la-grange.net/cms#php>

Drupal is good and easy to set up, but it might ultimately be overkill
for your needs. <http://www.drupal.org/>

I also like plone, but it's in python, rather than php.

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Tom Harrington - 27 Aug 2004 21:14 GMT

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> Drupal is good and easy to set up, but it might ultimately be overkill
> for your needs. <http://www.drupal.org/>

I've been using Drupal for a while and I've been pretty pleased with it.
You can check out one possible use of it at my web site (see signature).
It took me a while to get it up and running, but that was mainly because
I was determined to come up with a custom theme matching my existing
site design, rather than use one of the (many) available themes.

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Mr.Clean - 31 Aug 2004 21:22 GMT

> okay here's what's up.
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> including a dummies guide to understanding the languages should I have
> to do any or all of this from scratch.

Invisionboard has a setup then you also need the PHP Triad setup, which
sets up Apache, mySQl, and PHP.

http://www.invisionboard,com
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad

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