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PHP blog development???

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:34 am
by josh22x
I am planning to trying to develop my own blog software using PHP (similar to Wordpress).

Do any of you know any good resource for doing this??

I will be doing this over the summer; therefore, any resources including websites, books, online tutorials will be helpful.

Thanks!
josh22x

Re: PHP blog development???

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:46 am
by Luke
What kind of experience do you have? I'd say start with a concrete set of features and work from there. Wordpress is pretty feature-rich and probably too large of a goal at the moment, so set your goals small at first. Basic blog functions:

Administration panel
* Manage posts / categories
* Manage users
* Manage settings (such as blog title)

Front-end

Home page - list the 10 most recent posts w/links to archive
Archive - display archived pages by date
Single Post page - display a single post in detail

Then go from there...

Re: PHP blog development???

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:40 pm
by josh22x
I have VERY little experience with PHP so far. I will be trying to gain a lot of experience through this project.

Thanks

Please post any more helpful ideas, tutorial, or books on this process if you think of any!

Re: PHP blog development???

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:37 pm
by superdezign
I programmed a blog a while ago. It is a very rewarding experience, but when you compare it to Wordpress, it hardly matches up. I did learn a lot though. You should really just go about it yourself. Blogs gets you into databasing, content management, user privileges, etc.

Re: PHP blog development???

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:18 am
by josh22x
If I need any help with the process would you be willing for me to send you some questions?

Did you use any books for good online tutorials for the blog development process?

Thanks
Josh

Re: PHP blog development???

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:48 pm
by josh22x
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