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Automatically Updating Scores

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:07 am
by desrosj
Hey Everyone,
First time post, I just recently have learned the basics of PHP. I maintain the website for the local girls softball/basketball league, and I was looking to design something that required a little less maintainance on my part. I want to create a system where all I have to do is create a page. Say for example I create a page for the league standings, and a page for the schedule, where the results go in a column. I want it to be so that someone can go to a page and input the scores onto the page, and the standings onto the other page. I know HOW to code, but I am still learning how to GO ABOUT doing things. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Desrosj

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:17 am
by iluxa
First you'd need a database to store scores/standings/whatever in.
Then you'd need to think about the ways to protect that data
(i.e. you don't want any random person updating it), so you'll need
to have usernames/passwords stored in there somewhere, and you'd
need to authenticate anyone trying to access your page.

That's short summary of what you need to do. If you have any more
specific questions, feel free to ask.

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:24 am
by desrosj
I pretty much get what I have to do, But I am unsure how to go about coding it. I.E. I have no clue how to make it display correctly onto the webpage in the correct areas.
Thanks.