Attempting to code a forum - Views :p

Nitrojan · 27 May 2008 at 22:18

Yeah.. got bored today so Im attempting to code a forum heh.. Not quite sure how it'll go but it'll be a good test to improve my PHP skills.

Only got the design for the main page and registration done at the moment.. and Ive decided.. I'm due for a tea break

Here.. what do you think: http://entityhost.co.uk/forum/

Will have a nice image in the first box of the topic.. to show new posts etc.

EDIT: Whoops.. I realised I posted in the wrong forum! Can a mod please move this

Ben M · 27 May 2008 at 22:18

*waits for your forum to get ocuked.*

NeoNemesis · 27 May 2008 at 22:23

Looking sexy.

Perfectly good forum here though!

GeForce · 27 May 2008 at 22:23

ignore

Nitrojan · 27 May 2008 at 22:24

Lol why do some of you think Im trying to compete with OCUK?

It's simply a project I have decided to embark on.. OCUK still wins no matter what!

lookitsjonno · 27 May 2008 at 22:26

reinventing the wheel comes to mind, couldn't you think of anything someone hasn;t already done?

SourChipmunk · 27 May 2008 at 22:29

NeoNemesis said:
Looking sexy.

I like also. Very clean.

jonno.co.uk said:
reinventing the wheel comes to mind, couldn't you think of anything someone hasn;t already done?

Sounds like the OP is looking for for coding experience. And that's a LOT of experience to be had there.

DarkShadow · 27 May 2008 at 22:31

Me likes, have you hard-coded the PHP?

Nitrojan · 27 May 2008 at 22:33

I will do most probably..

Marky · 27 May 2008 at 22:36

If your practising PHP - making a forum is the worst place to start

To build a complete forum you need to be fully experienced in PHP and MYSQL and possibly a little javascript if you want to compete with the likes of vBulletin.

Nitrojan · 27 May 2008 at 22:51

Heh.. I know some PHP and MySQL, but not experienced at all with javascript.

If a forum is not the place to start, then what is?

(P.S I'm not a noob with PHP and MySQL, so don't say 'hello world' lol

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Solari · 27 May 2008 at 22:53

I wrote a load of stuff with ASP and MySQL a few years back in a previous job.

I wouldn't have even entertained the thought of writing a fully featured forum app though... Jesus! :eek:

Marky · 27 May 2008 at 22:53

Nitrojan said:
Heh.. I know some PHP and MySQL, but not experienced at all with javascript.

If a forum is not the place to start, then what is?

(P.S I'm not a noob with PHP and MySQL, so don't say 'hello world' lol )

What sort of PHP have you done?

iviv · 27 May 2008 at 22:53

Marky said:
If your practising PHP - making a forum is the worst place to start
To build a complete forum you need to be fully experienced in PHP and MYSQL and possibly a little javascript if you want to compete with the likes of vBulletin.

I doubt the point of this is to compete with other forum softwares out there, at least not straight away. Afterall, people make their own games all the time, but they aren't trying to compete with Crysis or whatever, they're just doing it for fun and the experience

Nitrojan · 27 May 2008 at 22:57

Marky said:
What sort of PHP have you done?

Member panels, radio panels mainly..

Kemik · 27 May 2008 at 23:03

Have you thought about using a PHP framework? Make's life so much easier.

davethe11 · 27 May 2008 at 23:04

looking good

Marky · 27 May 2008 at 23:25

iviv said:
I doubt the point of this is to compete with other forum softwares out there, at least not straight away. Afterall, people make their own games all the time, but they aren't trying to compete with Crysis or whatever, they're just doing it for fun and the experience

My main point was - you'd need to be pretty darn experienced to produce a forum - if your still learning there really isn't much point.

Nitrojan said:
Member panels, radio panels mainly..

Cool - maybe add some more features to the member panels. Have you ever thought about making some sort of image hosting system? Or even a news system? They are both challenging scripts to produce but are good for people who are still learning PHP

NeoNemesis · 27 May 2008 at 23:27

Kemik said:
Have you thought about using a PHP framework? Make's life so much easier.

I am familiar with very basic PHP but have never come across this term before, What is a PHP framework?

Skeeter · 27 May 2008 at 23:53

Doing is the best way of teaching, especially with things like PHP. Taught myself by making an online questionnaire with a MySQL database.

A forum is a bit complex though.

PHP framework like PHPNuke? Basically give you a site and forum, and then you can code PHP modules for it.

And PHP is the worst name ever. It has no definition. PHP stands for "PHP Hypertext Protocol"....