Hi people...

 

...I'm starting a poject (a web site of my own) that's going to be kind of a news portal. Well since I have no expirience with php I'm going to need all the help I can get. I quite familiar with HTML, so I'm guessing that's a start:).

 

Two main thing I need hepl with are:

 

1. Member area registration/log in

2. Blog (That is, a section in wich I can post new articals with a comment option for registerd users.

 

Now,..the main thing I've in mind is that I need a site I can frequently update (new links, new pages and sections).

So as you can see I can use all the help I can get; tutorials, adivice...anything....

 

Thank you...

Advice: take a look at Wordpress and Joomla - one of them might save you re-inventing the wheel...

Yep I totally agree - wordpress would be my choice for something like this

Are you starting this project to learn PHP or is it just to get a site up?

 

If you're just after getting a site online, then do as these guys say and use WordPress, If you want to learn PHP then break the site down into chunks and tackle them one bit at a time.

I would advise wordpress rather than joomla.

Wordpress is a lot simpler to use, easier to navigate, easy to install plugins, easy to change themes, edit the css and content.

 

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I always use wordpress for blogs for company websites I make due to it being so customer friendly and also it's really good for SEO.

so...wordpress takes care of the blog part, but what about members only area( login)?tnx

so...wordpress takes care of the blog part, but what about members only area( login)?tnx

 

Hm..sorry I just saw the full user registration part...it sounds interesting. I'll try it...But what do I need to host it my self...web server, MySQL ,PHP, and a domain...anything else?

You can see the system requirements for wordpress here.

 

Basically PHP, MySQL, mod_rewrite.