Hi chaps

I was looking to get someone to design a dating website for me but its taking so long so find someone reliable that I have decided to do it myself.

Now I am trying to understand how match.com is built as I want something similiar and need to maybe explain to a co-designer/coder what I need clearly so is the following correct that its is a front end Xhtml/css design with back end database ie a content management system coded on php?

If I am being a complete idiot please bear with me as my experience in only with xhtml/css sites to date.

 

Also for the database part, is using drupal or ajax better than php or am I talking rubbish, as like I want the front end to be w3 complaint as much as possible I want the backend to be done using the best posible.

 

That said i have bought the adobe web design premium suite CS3- only for them to go and release cs4..(...is that enbough for me to go and build this site or do i need other software to complete.

 

Note my server is a uk site using fasthosts so assume they support all formats.

 

Also, note that i am not intereste in using free dating scripts as i heard they were prone to all sorts of bugs as well as being easily hackable.

 

EFFECTIVELY WHAT I AM AFTER IS A PLAN OF ATTACK TO USE WHEN DESIGNING A MATCH.COM TYPE SITE - IE WHAT PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT IN EASY BULLET POINTS SHOULD I BE TELLING MY CO-DESIGNERS?

 

 

Your kind assistance in advance is most appreciated.

Kind Regards

Raghav.

Hi chaps

I was looking to get someone to design a dating website for me but its taking so long so find someone reliable that I have decided to do it myself.

Now I am trying to understand how match.com is built as I want something similiar and need to maybe explain to a co-designer/coder what I need clearly so is the following correct that its is a front end Xhtml/css design with back end database ie a content management system coded on php?

If I am being a complete idiot please bear with me as my experience in only with xhtml/css sites to date.

 

Also for the database part, is using drupal or ajax better than php or am I talking rubbish, as like I want the front end to be w3 complaint as much as possible I want the backend to be done using the best posible.

 

That said i have bought the adobe web design premium suite CS3- only for them to go and release cs4..(...is that enbough for me to go and build this site or do i need other software to complete.

 

Note my server is a uk site using fasthosts so assume they support all formats.

 

Also, note that i am not intereste in using free dating scripts as i heard they were prone to all sorts of bugs as well as being easily hackable.

 

EFFECTIVELY WHAT I AM AFTER IS A PLAN OF ATTACK TO USE WHEN DESIGNING A MATCH.COM TYPE SITE - IE WHAT PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT IN EASY BULLET POINTS SHOULD I BE TELLING MY CO-DESIGNERS?

 

 

Your kind assistance in advance is most appreciated.

Kind Regards

Raghav.

 

Have you considered writing the web site in ruby as opposed to PHP?

Have you considered writing the web site in ruby as opposed to PHP?

 

 

Thanks - assume you mean ruby rails - something I should consider - I'll look into it. Is it hard to learn?

Thanks - assume you mean ruby rails - something I should consider - I'll look into it. Is it hard to learn?

 

It takes a few weeks but pays off in the long run. You can save a lot of time creating applications like this in ruby.

Excuse my ignorance but if i used ruby would it be just for the databse end of the site i.e. Server Side?

 

Assume I still use this with xHTML for the front end and use dreamweaver to do everything

 

Also is ruby free if not where do i get it and whats the best way to learn it - any sites or books on it??? if so what are the best ones?

 

also why is ruby better than php - what reasoning behind your thoughts?

Can anyone give me any other ides or is ruby the best option there is?

Hate to plug it, but why don't you give www.whitelabeldating.com a look? Seems a bit of a long haul to learn a server side lanuage just to make one site.

lol there is a template type thing for everything!

 

I am very interested to know also why ruby is better than php? im starting to learn php, but im going to learn ruby as well but its just intersting

lol there is a template type thing for everything!

 

I am very interested to know also why ruby is better than php? im starting to learn php, but im going to learn ruby as well but its just intersting

 

Yes why exactly is ruby better than PHP?