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I'm currently using a very simple CMS which I coded myself in PHP and mysql. It's main purpose is to add news articles and reviews. I've had some issues with security at times and uploading images. Would it be fairly simple to implement something like Joomla to my static existing html pages which are coding linking to my database?
Any help or nudges in the right direction would be appreciated.
Depending on exactly how complex your site is, what your plans for the future are, and whether you'll ever have any collaborators, you might want to avoid Joomla. It's a very big, complex piece of code, with a lot of features. Joomla assumes a lot about your site, adding weight which may be unnecessary. For example, Joomla will always create a session, using its own database storage, whether you require sessions on your site or not [*].
If you want something a bit more lightweight, take a look at Perch or Kirby. Both are excellent, simple applications for web content management.
[*] Caveat: I am not a very experienced Joomla user (have been using 1.5 for about 6 months), so take the details of what I say with a pinch of salt, but bear the general point in mind.
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this question is coming from a complete noob in programming. So, my aim is to study lots of things to create in the end from scratch a site similar to Quizfarm. That is, I need to develop a system that will allow me to create new quizes from scratch, post them in the necessary categories (for example fun quizes, serious quizes, quizes for children, for grown ups, for anything).
Visitors will be allowed to login, to have their own profile page (with the ability to upload an avatar image) and can see which quizes they took and how they scored. The site will feature a ranking system for each quiz independently, ranking for each category and total ranking (for example). In addition, it needs to have the ability that members can win small prizes (not monetary prizes, but just simple icons that will show in their profile, like achievements).
I know, my question is too vague possibly, and the whole project very large. I suppose that programming languages like php and MySQL are necessary. Which other languages should I go for (except of html/css of course for the design part)?
Thanks for your time and I will appreciate any answer.
As others have stated your question is very broad and you can use any programming language that you like. From experience however I would highly recommend that you use PHP.
It's relatively easy to learn, very adaptable and it doesn't mind if you make mistakes.
So for the front end HTML and CSS, for the actual website PHP, and SQL for the database
You can also use JavaScript or jQuery. It will definitely be needed down the track, but use it sparingly until you get a good web application working first. You'll mainly need it to enhance user interactivity.
Hope that helps.
HTML
CSS
PHP
Mysql
Javascript with jQuery lib
Those are the basics that you will probably need for this project
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I am looking to create a website in which I want to give users an option to create the floor plan of their house. I am looking to replicate something like http://floorplanner.com/demo#assets .
I tried to do code it with jqueryui, but found it very hard as I am not a programmer by profession.
Is anyone aware of an open source plugin that I can use in my website to create a similar tool. I searched the net for same (javascript and flash plugins) but did not get what I was looking for. I am not looking for an ideal solution, rather anything that will make it easier for me to make a final product.
Thanks,
SY
Concerning Javascript/HTML5 approach, probably the best way to solve this problem nowadays would be to make use of some HTML5 canvas library like:
- http://www.kineticjs.com/
- http://fabricjs.com/
or SVG library like Raphael.js:
- http://raphaeljs.com/
However, this is a complex problem and you'll hardly make a good and scalable solution without deeper understanding of Javascript programming.
Take a look at a similar thread, might help you.
SVG/Canvas vs Flash for FloorPlanner app
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I am creating a social networking site in PHP framework. I am thinking about points.
Server technology
Database and Indexing
Caching (memory and database and file)
Load balancing
Can somebody help me with points. What other points should I consider.
Have a prototype running
Write good maintainable code
Use common sense (like using PK and indexes in your DB of choice), don't join with views etc
Start with few users, see where the bottle necks are, and then decide/ask again.
Or, like the saying goes : "Premature optimization is evil" and here is someone who disagree
In addition to what has already been written I would like to add that if your website is using database then it is highly recommended to use database connection pooling rather than opening/closing connection in each script for a high volume site.
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I have this plan to create my own portfolio website and it has been bugging me for two months already. the portfolio is like any typical portfolio - intro, services, contact, blog but i plan to make it from scratch with or without a CMS/Framework. i have already planned bunch of how it works in diagrams, pseudo-code scribbles
but how do i start? should i start as a static website and work my way into the JS, PHP and SQL or should i drop the interface for later and do the other way around by doing the back end actions first?
Build front to back. Start with the navigation as it tends to be the pivotal area that the site revolves around - most of the personality of the site tends to end up in the header as well.
By starting there, you will find yourself creating an ID/Class convention, and starting to code the foundation of your more intense and interesting scripts.
I've built quite a few sites in my time and I have found this is the most natural progression of things, but of course, everyone is different.
Building the back-end first is an invitation for trouble if you ask me.. start with practice and apply theory rather than starting with theory and trying to realize it.. its like walking up the down escalator!
Build it like any other website. There's nothing wrong with using a framework or CMS platform for your own site. If you're any good, you'll hardly have time to dedicate to your own site so using an off-the-shelf package and then designing the site on top of it may be a good idea.
Both.
If you have designs (photoshop? drawings) you might want to finish them of (basing, slicing, whatever you want to call it) as basic HTML. Now you have a static website (non functional) just for the design)
Another tier for your site is the framework/basics (your own or a ready made) that need to work.
And in the end you pour the design over the framework, sit back and watch the money come in :P
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I want to know from a technical view if there is any profit of using E-commerce PHP
frameworks instead of hard coding every single detail in the website.
I see everybuddy talk about using those but is there any real profit (not just because it is more easy it should be done no ?) for now i have a project of a commercial site and i have build-ed from scratch the search engine and the navigation system and some other few things any help please (NO VOTE DOwn PLEASE if this is a bad question one comment and it will vanish).
the good things in E-commerce PHP frameworks is that they are well documented, easy to install, full functionality, less to work as updates and upgrades most of the time.
if you want to build one from scrach you should take a note that it could last several months (depends on the size of the project) and you will never know what bugs you have ... as the only person who knows the backend is you.
there is a profit ... since a new one from scrach takes a lot of time and testing ... and time=money ...
Why don't you test, most of them give out demos and there are a lot of them that are open source ...
e-commerce is more of a pain in the ass than you think at first. you have to make a large order form and build validation and sanitation scripts and spend a lot of time making the layout not look like scrap, encryption and SSL integration and then after all that it needs an admin with way too much to account for. i've done this and ... never again.