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Magnie wrote:

TRocket wrote:

Magnie wrote:

Not sure. I think we should start to decide what we will use. Like a MySQL database, the programming language, etc.

i think MySQL with PHP JS AJAX(yes i know it's not a language) and HtML

Okay then, those work.

So these could be the files we'll need:

index.php
post.php - Displays a post based on the ID entered (like: post.php?id=123)
login.php - Either displays a login, or opens the login page
logout.php
category.php or board.php
topic.php
profile.php
admin/admin.php
install/install.php
include/config.php
skins/default.css
skins/[username].css

Though that is obviously an incomplete list, so any suggestions?

User skins should be a php page where the contents of the css is echoed from the database

Magnie wrote:

TRocket wrote:

Magnie wrote:

Not sure. I think we should start to decide what we will use. Like a MySQL database, the programming language, etc.

i think MySQL with PHP JS AJAX(yes i know it's not a language) and HtML

Okay then, those work.

So these could be the files we'll need:

index.php
post.php - Displays a post based on the ID entered (like: post.php?id=123)
login.php - Either displays a login, or opens the login page
logout.php
category.php or board.php
topic.php
profile.php
admin/admin.php
install/install.php
include/config.php
skins/default.css
skins/[username].css

Though that is obviously an incomplete list, so any suggestions?

We don't need post, category, or topic if we're using AJAX updating. Just change the #hash-url.
I'm going to make a mockup of the MySQL database we'll need, and link back to it.
And TRocket is correct; we just have PHP echo the user's skin from a database.

nathanprocks wrote:

i thought of something.... "tags" ! you can type in key words in a box seperated by commas. then you can easily find topics about your favourite stuff by going to a tag search thing or sonething.

Yeah, we were going to have post tagging. 

Magnie wrote:

scimonster wrote:

We don't need post, category, or topic if we're using AJAX updating. Just change the #hash-url.
I'm going to make a mockup of the MySQL database we'll need, and link back to it.
And TRocket is correct; we just have PHP echo the user's skin from a database.

I know we are using AJAX, post.php will echo the the info based on the ID given, like: post.php?id=123 will give the post info for post 123. topic.php will give a list of post IDs which the AJAX script will then ask for through post.php, etc.

How do you plan on getting post data other than through a php script?

Oh yeah; didn't think of that. XD

TRocket wrote:

this looks like a good idea... what do you guys think?

A database table idea:
TopicName|TopicID|TopicPoster|ImgOn|LinkOn|DblPostOn

logiblocs wrote:

Why don't you use Ruby on Rails or another MVC framework (CakePHP,Zend etc.)
This might increase scalbility or make the development a bit easier.
This might help the ST support the idea.

Absolutely agree! They write so much code for you. 

I was suggesting Django — Python MVC web framework — but apparently more people know PHP... 

blob8108 wrote:

logiblocs wrote:

Why don't you use Ruby on Rails or another MVC framework (CakePHP,Zend etc.)
This might increase scalbility or make the development a bit easier.
This might help the ST support the idea.

Absolutely agree! They write so much code for you. 

I was suggesting Django — Python MVC web framework — but apparently more people know PHP... 

I would reccomend Rails as it has some nice tutorials abd handles some things like URL rewriting, and SQL quite nicely.

A good tutorial to understand the code would be railsforzombies.

I don't gave much experience with CakePHP but scratchr runs on it.

I can't wait for the first demo!

logiblocs wrote:

Can I please help with the project. I know PHP, CSS, HTML, ruby and JavaScript.

My name on sourceforge is logiblocs, and I have a few ideas about what we can do with the project.

Ok 

I will add you to the sourceforge page once sparks says you can help.

Do you have a SVN client? If so, please checkout our source.

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scimonster wrote:

We're going to make the original installation as small as possible, right? That means saving space in the code we'll write.
Also, I recommend creating a forum using an existing forum system or two, and check out all the features, from a user's, mod's, and admin's point of view.

not sure if we are trying to make it as small as possible 

Ok then,

I will make a forum named ScratchBB playground, and all of the ScratchBB developers can be an admin so we can play around with the features, and get ideas.

I will edit when I have it up.