Beginner Questions

partyon · Feb 24th, 2008, 14:57

Hi,

I am wanting to be able to create a site like the one in the following link:

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com

I understand they have a login feature and the ability for users to create profiles etc.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to build a site like this using logins etc. I have quite a bit of experience in photoshop and a little in dreamweaver.

I understand that databases of some form are involved where usernames and pw's are recorded and accessed.

Thank you for all replies

unitedcraig · Feb 24th, 2008, 18:34

There is a way to do this using php, do you have any experience with this, if not i recommend you learn this as it is a really useful language.

Here are a few good links for you for creating user log ins

http://www.evolt.org/article/comment...265/index.html
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Creat...-Login-Script/

partyon · Feb 24th, 2008, 20:48

Thank you very much. I have the basic template/layout for it created. I am wondering how to do the following too:

Be able to insert a form field into an image at a specific spot. I tried using a hotspot then insert text field into the hotspot in dreamweaver but it didnt work.

Quote:

Originally Posted by unitedcraig

There is a way to do this using php, do you have any experience with this, if not i recommend you learn this as it is a really useful language.

Here are a few good links for you for creating user log ins

http://www.evolt.org/article/comment...265/index.html
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Creat...-Login-Script/

danny322 · Feb 25th, 2008, 13:01

Try not to use hotspots. Have u any knowledge of css?

unitedcraig · Feb 25th, 2008, 13:12

http://www.webforumz.com/css-forum/

There are lots of links here for learning CSS if you want to give this a go

sekuchi · Feb 25th, 2008, 14:04

Yeah, like stated above, you should learn CSS for the design. And for your log-in, you will need to learn some sever-side programming like PHP/Mysql

partyon · Feb 25th, 2008, 14:52

Ill take a look at CSS, does CSS actually allow form fields to be built into images?

partyon · Feb 25th, 2008, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by sekuchi

Yeah, like stated above, you should learn CSS for the design. And for your log-in, you will need to learn some sever-side programming like PHP/Mysql

Ive got a friend who is a programmer in C++ and pascal etc knows assembly language too. He'll probably help me with the PHP bit

I could post my basic design on here now for you to see, I got the idea from a photoshop tutorial I found

Critique all you can

partyon · Feb 25th, 2008, 15:00

Here you go

I understand that A LOT of work NEEDS done here!

EDIT: One thing i'd like to do with it is have the whole thing centred with coloured bars down each side. Dont know how to do it

pagerss · Mar 15th, 2008, 12:52

You can try some open source system to do this. I think of xoops, joomla, mambo or other with a lot of modules. To use that you do not need to be programmer or look a friend with C#

Good luck

Emzi · Mar 18th, 2008, 08:00

If you create a database and input the connection info into Dreamweaver there are alot of tools in Dreamweaver that will create PHP forms and dynamic information that connects directly with your database. I used it when I first started to learn PHP/MySQL.