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JC2710
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How to create Web pages?

Post by JC2710 »

HI

I know this probably isnt the place to ask this, but im stuck!!

I have a MYSQL database set up and I have PHP installed and an Apache server running.

But how do I go about creating a web page. I am used to using visual basic as front end and to design a form with drop down boxes and listviews I open visual basic and start a new form and drag and drop objects onto the form and put code behind them.

How do I do this for a web page? What software do I need? What language should I use etc.

Can anyone help?

Thanks
Defiline
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Re: How to create Web pages?

Post by Defiline »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_programming (You must know it)

And then our adored site: http://php.net :)
lase
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Re: How to create Web pages?

Post by lase »

I'd suggest you start at http://w3schools.com and learn HTML before you even touch PHP. You'll also be able to pickup PHP at w3schools and thats where I learned it from a few years ago.
Defiline
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Re: How to create Web pages?

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lase wrote:I'd suggest you start at http://w3schools.com and learn HTML before you even touch PHP. You'll also be able to pickup PHP at w3schools and thats where I learned it from a few years ago.
I do not agree with it.
Before you will start learning of programming, you should know bases of web.
Why?
Why you cannot start just reading tutorials?
Because you will not understand how server gets data, why you cannot send headers when you has flushed content. Why you cannot handle onmousemoe with PHP and etc.

You must know these things.
joaocunha
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Re: How to create Web pages?

Post by joaocunha »

Defiline wrote:
lase wrote:I'd suggest you start at http://w3schools.com and learn HTML before you even touch PHP. You'll also be able to pickup PHP at w3schools and thats where I learned it from a few years ago.
I do not agree with it.
Before you will start learning of programming, you should know bases of web.
Why?
Why you cannot start just reading tutorials?
Because you will not understand how server gets data, why you cannot send headers when you has flushed content. Why you cannot handle onmousemoe with PHP and etc.

You must know these things.
I agree with both, partially. Defiline is right saying it's necessary to learn HTML first - trying some static content would be great. Web bases is imprescindible to understand client/server difference, how data is transfered and etc, but you actually cannot do that without some server language to print response.

IMO, a nice web learning curve should be HTML -> web bases + basic server language -> 'advanced' server language -> manipulating data -> so on.

Just my $0.02
joaocunha
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Re: How to create Web pages?

Post by joaocunha »

Some javascript would be nice in the meanwhile, too.
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