N00bie needs to create web-pages.

[drothgery]

yes I realize sql is just for queries, I guess my point is, there is some extra step where it turns it into a board. So create a basic table, update tables, querry those tables and i'm good. Some how make it so messages on a board get woven into these tables, and create threads and I'm lost.

still probably not explaining myself well, but oh well I'm not an expert at this stuff.

First, think about what you'd need in a database to store a web board. What kind of tables will you need? What operations will you need to be able to do? Then sketch out the SQL queries you'd need to do those things (sometimes you won't have to write them by hand, but it's helpful to know how).

And then your favorite server-side web technology (PHP, JSP, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, etc.) comes into play, because you'll use that to take information from the database and put in on a web page (by grabbing the results of a SELECT query), or to take info from a web page, and put it into a database (by adding paramaters to an UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE query). It's possible to get this to work without writing any SQL on your own, because some modern IDEs (like Visual Studio.NET and Dreamweaver MX) are rather clever, but that's what's happening under the covers.

 

[gariig]

I'm lazy, if you want a bulletin board I would just go download one...You are looking at a major project here.

Gariig

 

[drothgery]

To build a robust, high-performance web board is a major programming effort. Building a simple one isn't all that complicated, and isn't a bad way to teach yourself web programming.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

To build a robust, high-performance web board is a major programming effort. Building a simple one isn't all that complicated, and isn't a bad way to teach yourself web programming.

and that's why I want to do it. Heck you can build a web page with all the bells and whistles and a bulletin board without knowing one lick of html or other anything else with the various wizards out there. But then I'd know two things about web deisng jack and and jack left town. ( sorry midnight movie of army of darkness)

 

[Drawmack]

and that's why I want to do it. Heck you can build a web page with all the bells and whistles and a bulletin board without knowing one lick of html or other anything else with the various wizards out there. But then I'd know two things about web deisng jack and and jack left town. ( sorry midnight movie of army of darkness)

Can anyone else spot a nuke site a mile away? If you want your page to look professional do not use wizards and such. Though with a message board system they are all similar and they are all highly configurable. I would recomend using phpbb. It's a great system and is constatly updated for security patches.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

Can anyone else spot a nuke site a mile away? If you want your page to look professional do not use wizards and such. Though with a message board system they are all similar and they are all highly configurable. I would recomend using phpbb. It's a great system and is constatly updated for security patches.

I guess it depends on what you ocnsider professional. To you and others who have skills amny sites may look unprofessional but to me and lots of other people they seem fine. I've seen a few sites designed by wizards that look good. Whether there professional grade or not I have no idea, but they certianly served there purpose.

Me if I were to ever have a need for a professional site which I may in a year or two I'd hire somebody. Heck I'd likely use this board to find somebody if the mod's didn't care.