Re: [PHP] Creating new site

Hi,

Even if it's just a site don't thing u don't need a structure to it. Why not
a MVC structure? U can dig about cakephp on google to see some of it
working. If U don't want to use a framework, start with the business rules
u'll need, after that do the CRUD and for the piece of resistance assemble
the html for it. :)



On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Raido <raido.aasoja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

There are many sites explaining how to build new site etc but I'd like to
hear what You suggest. (about how to plan whole thing and how to write
separate parts which can be put together later)

I have build many small sites for myself(site to organise class assembly
which is like yearly convention..it has user administration etc) but they
all are anything else than OOP. But now, I need to help with creating one
bigger site which should be OOP. That site should include user
management(each user has it's own profile), each user can post job and other
adds in different categories. (there will be many categories for example
'work,cars,training,apartments'.)
And users profile should show ads posted by himself.
Logic itself is simple:
1) unregistered user:
a) I go to site, I see categories (work offers, apartment offers,
training offers, etc)
b) I click on category I'm interested in
c) I see ad that I'm interested in
d) I click on it
c) I see detailed information about it(which company posted it etc)
d) at bottom page I see form where I can contact with ad author
2) registered user
a) I go to site
b) I log in, my profile page opens
c) there I can see ads posted by me..also I can see how many times
ad is viewed etc
d) i click on link 'Post new ad'
e) there i choose category and probably Ajax helps to load specific
fields(for example if I choose 'Cars' as category, then fields like
'year,transmission,color, etc' will appear.

That is short summary what that site should do. It seems quite big for me
so I'd be happy to hear any guidelines from people who have built big sites.

Creating forms, posting data, user login etc, these things are not
problem... problem is: how to build the whole thing aimed to OOP and use
with Smarty to keep things organized.

I'm not sure but I have idea about what things I should do first:

1) think and write down any function that needs to be done(for example
different validations, functions for showing/posting form etc)
2) plan and create database?
3) create database class which handles database connection
But what next? Or am I starting all wrong?

Big thanks in advance,


Raido



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