Would PHP development be suitable for my intent?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:08 am
I am a leader of an online video-game clan, and I'm currently in the design process of a new dynamic site that is entirely based off of clan fundamentals. My current skill-set only involves HTML(my current work: http://dcdeadcell.com). I am hoping that someone here can point me in the right direction of what exactly I need to learn to produce my desired end-result.
Here's my current plan/design/idea:
At the initial load of the site, there would be a username/password prompt, a "non-registered user" link to a separate static site with basic information, and a register link. The first two are obvious standard links(I presume), but the third is clan-specific. Once a user clicks on the register link, I want it to ask a series of questions to determine the user's relation to the clan. For instance, it might say: [Are you signing up to join the clan? Are you a member of another clan? Are you not either?]. Each question would have its own link thus branching out to create three different types of users. Each type of user would see different information on the site, and each would be automatically signed up for an imbedded PHPBB board inside the site. That part is important to me because I would like the initial log in to be the only log in that a member would have to make to access the PHPBB boards, a chat room, etc.
Next, is that if you are a clan member, I want it so that every time a member logs into the site, any information that is new will "pop" out at them in some manner(it could be as simple as just having a flashing 'new' next to sections, etc). Lastly, clan-related rankings, stats(not game stats) and profiles would need to be controlled by a superuser(similar to how you can adjust things of the same nature in a PHPBB board), and reflect in their profile on the site all-together, not on just a message board.
Now...is this something that I can accomplish with PHP/MySQL? I am aware that something like this may take some major trial and error code work, and I'm ready to do that. I'm just trying to save myself some time and use the right tools to accomplish this. Oh, I host through Yahoo! which does have some PHP/MySQL restrictions, but I'm unclear as to whether or not those would affect what I'm trying to do.
I would appreciate anyone's help on this matter...and I would be glad to answer any questions, regardless of detail. Thank you again.
- Laximyrkcion
Here's my current plan/design/idea:
At the initial load of the site, there would be a username/password prompt, a "non-registered user" link to a separate static site with basic information, and a register link. The first two are obvious standard links(I presume), but the third is clan-specific. Once a user clicks on the register link, I want it to ask a series of questions to determine the user's relation to the clan. For instance, it might say: [Are you signing up to join the clan? Are you a member of another clan? Are you not either?]. Each question would have its own link thus branching out to create three different types of users. Each type of user would see different information on the site, and each would be automatically signed up for an imbedded PHPBB board inside the site. That part is important to me because I would like the initial log in to be the only log in that a member would have to make to access the PHPBB boards, a chat room, etc.
Next, is that if you are a clan member, I want it so that every time a member logs into the site, any information that is new will "pop" out at them in some manner(it could be as simple as just having a flashing 'new' next to sections, etc). Lastly, clan-related rankings, stats(not game stats) and profiles would need to be controlled by a superuser(similar to how you can adjust things of the same nature in a PHPBB board), and reflect in their profile on the site all-together, not on just a message board.
Now...is this something that I can accomplish with PHP/MySQL? I am aware that something like this may take some major trial and error code work, and I'm ready to do that. I'm just trying to save myself some time and use the right tools to accomplish this. Oh, I host through Yahoo! which does have some PHP/MySQL restrictions, but I'm unclear as to whether or not those would affect what I'm trying to do.
I would appreciate anyone's help on this matter...and I would be glad to answer any questions, regardless of detail. Thank you again.
- Laximyrkcion