Need Input On Project - PHP_BLOG

[lanjoky]

Ok Everybody need some input here. I have just started working on my own phpBlog app. I would like to know what you guys feel I should include in the app ( Modules , functions etc). The following is the list ive come up with, Please look at the list and make comments and suggestions on what to add or change. Thanks

List:
1. Administration -
- Moderators
- Administrators
- Power Users (havent thought this one through yet)
2. Users
- Post threads or replys
- create/change profile
- ability for private messaging between users
- ICQ notification of pm's
- ability to have an avatar
3. Calendar
- individual calandar for users
- Blog wide calandar for community wide events

Thats what I have so far .... any input would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

[sijis]

this is what i think about blogs in general.

When I hear the word blog I think 'online journal'. Saying that, I would get rid of Section 1 (Administration) completely. The reason is how can you edit/modify another person's thoughts/comments/expressions/feelings ....? you can't. I think the user should moderate him/herself.
In the code you could do things to prevent hacking and things you don't feel are not good for your site, but you have to make it sitewide. I'm talking about things like 'bad word' filter and using (vB style?) tags instead of HTML tags to prevent hacking.

Maybe you can add an RSS feed for each user in case someone wants to 'syndicate' their blogs.

I must say though, I really like the calendar idea. That should be something fun to get accomplished.

Reading this makes me want to finish my 'journal' type project that i stopped working on. A few of the things I said here is stuff that i've either done 'some' work on or had an idea on but never did it and that's why my script isn't done 🙂 haha.

Enjoy 🙂

[jimson]

good ideas..
just show me ur code... so that i can see how peeps manage code.s

[sijis]

do you want to see the code on how the user manages his posts?
or do you want to see something else?

i'm not really sure which part of my code you wanna see. 🙂

[jimson]

maybe u can put a zipped version of ur codes ( i mean all )
here.
i wish to see how peeps manage their code, how is their coding style. how they manage many files. and how about the security of the web application.

em.. i might want to see how far is the redundant codes appeared. or
maybe i can suggest you a better approach.

[sijis]

jimson, well here's my unfinished project.
its 'usuable' but it doesn't have much great security to prevent another user from editing someone else's post.

There might be some things that are broken that I can't remember, but i do know you can't delete any posts and registring a new use probably doesn't work either. I just never got around to that.

I was looking at the code before i zipped it up and i probably would have coded and designed it slightly different, but nothing majorly.

it was my first php project. tell me what you think about it.

[jimson]

ok, just downloaded it, give me some time to read it

[jimson]

IMHO analysis

1. u got 2 global_php.php file (should be made only 1) coz they are about the same.
2. basically mysql_close will be called for every end script.
3. database column name should be made simpler. eg. journalentryid => jentryid / jent_id
   4.
   $row = mysql_fetch_array($strSQL_result);
   $id = $row["journalentryid"];
   $title = $row["journalentrytitle"];
   // $author = $row["journalentryauthor"];
   $text = $row["journalentrytext"];

code like this are redundant, if u had plan your column name wisely, u just need to extract($row) and u have the variables values.

5. i see ur codes, and they are not indented, if u indent your code, it will look manageble.
6. basically, the files and codes are unmanageble... 🙁

[sijis]

ahh 🙁

i was wondering what you mean about not indenting because i do. I did notice some files had some boxes within the code, i'm not sure why it did that because my non-zipped files don't have it. Maybe editing files within a zip was a bad idea...

also i don't understand what you mean about this:

code like this are redundant, if u had plan your column name wisely, u just need to extract($row) and u have the variables values.

are you saying just do something like this:

echo "blah is".$row['field_name']."<br>";
instead of

$field_name = $row['field_name'];
echo "blah is $field_name";

i didn't realize i had 2 global files.. but all of the seem to refer to just one. oopsy.

i agree that the field and tables names might be too long. I couldn't think of a shorter scheme that made sense to me. so i just left it as is....

Thanks for the input, even though its not great .... 🙁

[jimson]

code like this are redundant, if u had plan your column name wisely, u just need to extract($row) and u have the variables values.

well looks like... i got to show u.

$row = mysql_fetch_array($strSQL_result);
$id = $row["journalentryid"];
$title = $row["journalentrytitle"];
// $author = $row["journalentryauthor"];
$text = $row["journalentrytext"];

if the columns name are planned
then
just extract($row);
and u got
$jid, $jtitle, $jauthor, $jtxt

u dont have to manual assign the recordset values into ur preffered variable... get it.. :?

[lanjoky]

Hey guys ... dont mean to be a pain but this thread was not meant for this discussion ... I posted this to get input on a project I am working on and the converstation has move far from that .... please refrain from continuing this "argument" ... thanks

[sijis]

that's cool.
never knew something like that existed.

thanks for the info.

i learn something new everyday. 🙂

[jimson]

i miss that
i thought sijis is the thread starter...
sorry lanjoky...

lanjoky, perhaps u can show me ur code, so that i can see whether it is manageble or not... 🙂 i will help u

[lanjoky]

No code yet just working on the idea right now I have database tables basically created but want to know what modules I am gonna need to make so I know whre to start. THanks 🙂

[jimson]

well

for administration part, perhaps u can add a group user authority
administrator can assign user to group so they can use the module that available for that particular group
it will more manageble if there is about 1000+ users to use the blog services.
maybe
paid group
extra_service group
free group
family group
and so on...

i think u will stuck at the moment to have a manageble code..
i am now thinking how to stuck all core system functions in just one file and is manageble...

so, i have to code less and eliminate the HTML totally but having the HTML functionality when displaying... so some sort of AI to do the dirty job.

i am defining my standard... which is damn hard..
coz standard will cut the customization power.
so, how to have AI and in the other hand have same customization power? i am going to figure it out...

perhaps u can also do the same...
coding a AI that will know what HTML layout to display to user when showing particular page...