Unless you have experience in other web based languages (other than HTML), I'd suggest this is a difficult place to start because you'll need:
- user registration and management - session management - detailed searching systems - automated matchmaking and emailing systems - image resizing and validation systems - content management and approval of profiles - templating systems, code libraries and reuseable modules - form input validation This is a big job -- rather complex. It's the sort of thing you can't do well with modules either... deciding to do this, IMHO, will require lots of planning and knowledge how each one of the above systems will integrate with the rest, because it's the only way to avoid re-coding the thing 30 times, at great expense. Personally, I'd look at each one of the above issues separately in depth, trying to write things in a highly re-useable way, with extensive use of common config files, common functions, and common templates. Once you've got a grip on all the pieces, glueing it all together will be a lot less painful. Incidently, that's how I worked on my first projects :) Justin French on 09/08/02 9:59 AM, Oficina Digital ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, I am new to the list and don't know how kind you are helping complete > beginners in PHP. > I intend to set a personals matchmaking site for people interested in > entheogens (http://singlemates.yage.net) > I don't know where to begin, I have some PHP cookbooks handy and am looking to > do it the easy way but have no idea how much work and knowledge is needed. > What I want is for people to log in (using sessions?), post and modify profile > with uploading photos and search for personals based on location, desired > place to live, age, kind of relationship, etc. > I intend to do it it by steps adding features as my php knowledge increase but > would appretiate very much some tips and hints on where to begin and how to > design this project. > Some tips on where and what I shall learn for this project would be of great > help. > > Thanks a lot, > hope this may help other people interested in similar works, > -Danalex > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
