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philvia

Someone wanna help me finish making my boards????

philvia

I'm like in the very early stages and I am new to php, but I know a little...i'm tring to write my own file and I need somehelp.

setora

...what exactly are you needing help with? not truly exact detail but in general and perhaps i can assist.

philvia

<html><head><title>Blue Lander: Control Panel</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" HREF="/include/default.css" /><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
</head>

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

<body>
<html>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="bluelander.css" />
<table border=0 width=100%>
<tr><td COLSPAN=4 align=center>Blue Lander</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=4>
 
<tr><td class=cell2><center> <a class=1 href=modme.php>Marked Messages</a> | <a class=1 href=helpme.php>Suggested Messages</a></td></tr></center>
</td></tr>

How would I make there be a counter to show how many marked/suggested messages???

Mordecai

Count 'em somewhere, like in a database, then report what's been counted. I wouldn't suggest doing a message board if you're new to PHP.

philvia

I had to post cause it still said 3 posts.

philvia

I'm not that new...

philvia

and there is this thing you write in the script so that it'll count how many suggests/marks

setora

that would have been my suggestion also, to count them in the database and print that information. keeping counters of that type are a bit simpler than other ways i imagine could be used.
.....now, if you need help doing just that, i figure almost anyone could help...

philvia

you have to add this somewhere in the script...

}
if ($userlevel>=50)
{
$marks=howmarks();
$sugs=howsugs();
echo "<tr>\n<td class=cell2>\nMarks: <a class=1 href=modme.php>".$marks."</a> | Suggests: <a class=1 href=helpme.php>".$sugs."</a> | <a class=1 href=modresources.php>Moderator Resources</a>\n</td>\n</tr>";
}

philvia

but whenever I add it in there half of the script still shows.

setora

that's not a code i work personally with often but here's my best guess-
once you've searched to be sure you've closed parentheses, brackets, and all your statements (with semi-colons), look through the script and check your variable assignments. i don't know all what you've written, so all i can assume is you've left something out
it's easy to overlook little things, so you may wish to check once again nomatter how many times you have already

DarkTempest

Originally posted by philvia
you have to add this somewhere in the script...

}
if ($userlevel>=50)
{
$marks=howmarks();
$sugs=howsugs();
echo "<tr>\n<td class=cell2>\nMarks: <a class=1 href=modme.php>".$marks."</a> | Suggests: <a class=1 href=helpme.php>".$sugs."</a> | <a class=1 href=modresources.php>Moderator Resources</a>\n</td>\n</tr>";
}

I am toying with my own coding project, in doing a CMS, at the moment, but I am also doing a forum system for it. One big problem I see right away, philvia, is the extra closing bracket for functions, '}' above the 'if($userlevel ...' line. That alone would be enough to throw the PHP engine off, depending on the rest of your code for the page. If you cut and pasted that block direct from a script other then your own, I would suggest going back, and really studying the other script... Especially where its datasources are, whether it uses a database, and such, as well as what the other functions, such as 'howmarks()', and 'howsugs()', are functioning.

philvia

I've done gotten it like 3 hrs ago....I already made a tremendous page and added colors to 4 pages....ego boost