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VernMan
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May 29, 2011
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Facebook Like Webpage Setup

  • May 29, 2011
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I have to setup a Facebook like web site using PHP. Any suggestions and/or articles anyone could give. I am well versed in using recordsets with Dreamweaver using MySQL and php. So I'm very the inserting records and retrieving parts all down, what I'm most interested in as the page that refreshes when you hover over links and so forth. What are they using on Facebook and similar pages? Is there an extension anyone is area of? Thanks.

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pziecina
pziecina
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May 30, 2011

Hi

there's one in every group..

Unfortunately very true!

But to help with your question:

I personally start with the layout of the page, then add the functionality I require. Some work the other way around but this is obviously a personal preference.

To use the 'Porsche' theme that was previously used, if you cut down each item of functionality that you require on your page to the 'components' principle and develop them as 'proof-of-concepts' the overall development will normally proceed much easier as developing this way the only requires that you 'plug-in' the separate components into your page and any problems are then easier to find as you have already proven that each component works.

The best place to start with such items is the jQuery web site and examining the code of the facebook site itself, as they not only show one how to incorporate things like ajax but give examples of other page functionality that you may require, - http://jquery.com/.

The other problem you will face is the creation and insertion of content by users into your 'facebook' app. which may possibly present more problems than the actual page itself, and depending on the number of users may quickly become unmanageable, for a simple cms system that allows multiple users you could try - http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/. I would personally recommend using one that you are conversant with and that you know you can expand, (modular) as required.

PZ

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Ben MCommunity Expert
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May 29, 2011

VernMan wrote:

I have to setup a Facebook like web site using PHP. Any suggestions and/or articles anyone could give. I am well versed in using recordsets with Dreamweaver using MySQL and php. So I'm very the inserting records and retrieving parts all down, what I'm most interested in as the page that refreshes when you hover over links and so forth. What are they using on Facebook and similar pages? Is there an extension anyone is area of? Thanks.

~V

They are using PHP and Javascript, some JSON.  How well can you hand-code because there is nothing in DW that will allow you to build this unless you can code by hand?

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VernManAuthor
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May 29, 2011

I can hand code no problem, just looking for some insight.

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Anonymous
May 29, 2011

insight requires insight. Currently your post is vague. What specific feature are you looking to replicate? Please elaborate more on what you mean by: "the page that refreshes when you hover over links and so forth". What exactly do you mean by "and so forth"? "So forth" is another discussion topic. In fact, every "forth" in the "so forth" is it's own discussion topic. Leave discussion to one topic at a time. Making a website like facebook is not considered a topic. Making one specific feature that you clearly explain is considered one topic.

Currently your question is equivalent to asking "how do I build a car like a Porsche, where the doors open and the gas makes it accelerate and so forth". Obviously, there's a lot of work that goes into building a car. Far too much to post in one discussion topic. If you specify your question to something like "how do I change a tire on a Porsche" then it's easier for one to recognize your desire and provide step by step assistance to accomplish the task you have specified. If you want to develop a page that's "like facebook" then you can try emailing Zuckerberg. Otherwise state the specific feature that you wish to accomplish.

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