new to web design and need a little advice. I have been learning xhtml and css for a few months now. My plan is to start a local contractor directory in which people pay a monthly subscription to advertise on the site. I would like to be able to monitor the accounts and have set up where advertisers can login and edit their own advertisement page or have us do it. I would like a similar setup how craigslist uses in which you click on categories and it takes you to listing for that category. I have seen some software or scripts in which you can manage listings but im unfamiliar with how i would apply these and i dont really like the templates as i feel i would need a custom look because most sites that use those software templates are free. My question is i am realizing this is beyond scope of html and css i guess so what should i learn or what would be easiest way to have a directory i can manage and see stats? also would like for advertisers to buy advertisement directly on website. Is this something i could do myself or is it more elaborate in which i should get some outside help? thanks in advance
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webstudent123
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How "new to web design"?
What is your experience level?
HTML:
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if PHP and MySql don't ring any bells you would certainly need some outside help and to be honest, the idea is nice, but not really feasible.. i order to sell ad space you will need to boost a large amount of site traffic, something that is not easy to accomplish without a LARGE advertising budget...
My advice... Abort the idea, think smaller..
What is your experience level?
HTML:
CSS:
PHP:
MySql:
if PHP and MySql don't ring any bells you would certainly need some outside help and to be honest, the idea is nice, but not really feasible.. i order to sell ad space you will need to boost a large amount of site traffic, something that is not easy to accomplish without a LARGE advertising budget...
My advice... Abort the idea, think smaller..
new to web design and need a little advice. I have been learning xhtml and css for a few months now. My plan is to start a local contractor directory in which people pay a monthly subscription to advertise on the site. I would like to be able to monitor the accounts and have set up where advertisers can login and edit their own advertisement page or have us do it. I would like a similar setup how craigslist uses in which you click on categories and it takes you to listing for that category. I have seen some software or scripts in which you can manage listings but im unfamiliar with how i would apply these and i dont really like the templates as i feel i would need a custom look because most sites that use those software templates are free. My question is i am realizing this is beyond scope of html and css i guess so what should i learn or what would be easiest way to have a directory i can manage and see stats? also would like for advertisers to buy advertisement directly on website. Is this something i could do myself or is it more elaborate in which i should get some outside help? thanks in advance
This sort of system as you realised is way out of HTML/CSS capabilities. There are systems on the internet that you can download and modify for free but the reliability and security is down to user modification. I would recommend seeking some outside advice as this will require data submission/web framework languages such as Perl, PHP, ASP as well as a SQL for database handling. As Webstudent123 mentioned these sort of projects are not for beginners, why not focus on learning your currently languages better and eventually combining them with PHP/SQL or something similar.
Have a look at some of these. http://codecanyon.net/searches?term=directory&type=files
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do i need to learn all or would just one of those languages be sufficent?
Take some advice and look into languages a bit more, look at the what the language can offer you, what you need to use the language, how complicated the language is. Web developers don't always use the same language, some people use different languages based on different tasks.
Both ASP and PHP are programming languages that are widely used in the industry to create dynamic websites such as interaction, exchanging information using databases et... In short ASP needs a Microsoft Server for the website to work, PHP runs on Linux, Unix or Windows. Depending on your current programming knowledge you would alternate between languages, C programmers tend to use PHP as the syntax is similar to each other.
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