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Online updating/editing?

Postby sirdannyboy on Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:50 am

Hi, I'm KINDA new to the websitecreating, I've made a decent lookin website, however it's goat a pretty amateurish structure. What I mean is tht I'm really good with the graphics, and REALLY want to learn the more basic techiques of webdesign. What I'm particularily interested in learning, is how to create websites where you can edit the text directly on the web. And since I don't have a clue on where to even start, I'm asking you guys here for help, a good tutorial or a site with info about the necessary script (or whatever I need)

Can anyone help me?

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Re: Online updating/editing?

Postby dflynn on Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:42 pm

First thing you'll need to do is start learning PHP. Once you've got a handle on that, learn MySQL and learn how to make them work together. There are hundreds of tutorials, just Google them.

Then it is essentially a matter of making a password protected administrator folder on your server so that only you can access it. Next, you need to make a pages with a couple Input boxes and a textarea and I would suggest learning how to incorporate TinyMCE into the textarea.
You'll end up with a professional looking Rich Text Editor, that when you submit the form you can save it to a database. Then your site will have to pull information from the same database you're saving to so your readers can see it.
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Re: Online updating/editing?

Postby sirdannyboy on Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:06 pm

Thank you, that was EXACTLY what I wanted to know. Finally a forum that HELPS the newbies instead of just dissing them. Now I know where to start, and where to proceed. Thanks a billion...
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Re: Online updating/editing?

Postby dflynn on Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:50 am

Welcome to DEVPPL :P
It's rare that you don't find the answers you're looking for here, or at least someone willing to help.
If you have any questions learning PHP and MySQL, please feel free to ask on the forum, this is where I learned everything I know :D
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