Hey,

I've been planning on making a site, obviously... haha...
Anyways, it's going to be a league, for a game, where users can log in, report games, have stats (score, kills, win %, in streak ect ect... anything you can think of for games)

With stuff like apointing admins to help run the league, admins with powers to edit the site ect ect.

Question is, what to do, should I use premade scripts found all over the net, and edit them, and add some of my own in there. Or are thsoe pre made scripts not good and stick with my own?

Ian

    Both have advantages and disadvantages : using prefab code saves a lot of time, but if you need to understand your code fully, then I'd go for the home made... You learn far more when writing your own code too

      I agree with Frax- I have some friends that combined pre-written scripts into some awesome sites... but then again, if you don't know ANY PHP at all you will have a hard time revising them to fit your specific needs. The more you know, the easier it will be, but there's no sense in reinventing the wheel.

      hth-
      -Elizabeth

        If you want the site out fast and you want it to work somewhat well, go for a premade script. If you want the site perfectly catering to your needs, write your own. Both have low and high points, it all depends on how you want it set up. Of course, you could compromise: use a premade script for now, and switch over to one you wrote when you have it complete.

          With things like Bulletin boards, there are so many fantastic ones out that it seems pretty pointless to create your own (unless of course theres a feature that you need and none of them have it), but things like a CMS for a particular site it's more fun to write it yourself.

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