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karlh
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 02 March 2008 : 02:59:10
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| I am new to Snitz! I have seen a number of book titles here, but wonder if members would have their own recommendation which one is most suited to a forum novice.< |
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2008 : 15:32:40
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| What subject matter are you wanting to learn? You may not necessarily need to buy/check out books to get the information. I know many of us here swear by www.w3schools.com and their huge assortment of tutorials and information. There is also a large amount of collective knowledge about a great many subjects locked away in the skulls of active Snitzers.< |
Bill Parrott
Senior Web Programmer, University of Kansas
Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
Personal Website (www.chimericdream.com) |
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karlh
Starting Member
United Kingdom
3 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2008 : 07:35:33
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Many thanks. I will have a look at the link. Although I am not new to programming, I bought a number of books which dealt with website designs. Now I am looking for a similar book which would help me with Forums..
I had a look at the link. Is there a particular section I should address myself to?< |
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JJenson
Advanced Member
USA
2121 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2008 : 09:00:20
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I don't know if there is anything directly related to forums. I have found that downloading the forum and then if there is something you want to do come and search these forums and if you can find anything ask your question people here a very helpful.  < |
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2008 : 10:53:28
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Also, I have found that when trying to find new and exciting layouts for my forums (or any websites in general), simply browsing the web and looking at as many different sites as I can is invaluable. I get to see what types of information other forums/sites think is important as well as how they present it. That, in turn, helps me find my own way of presenting useful information in a well-designed way.
And, of course, what post about web design is complete without a reference to CSS Zen Garden. Even if you don't use CSS in your websites, the designs they have there are phenomenal and can offer hours of enjoyment and inspiration.
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(Only highlight if you care)
Of course, I personally recommend that everybody use CSS and at least aim for valid code, but that's a post for another time.
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Bill Parrott
Senior Web Programmer, University of Kansas
Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
Personal Website (www.chimericdream.com) |
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karlh
Starting Member
United Kingdom
3 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2008 : 16:31:50
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| Many thanks to all of you for your suggestions, which I will take up. In my younger days, I was a database programmes developer, where I had to figure out the various problems myself and often write my own functions.. So, what is suggested, is not all that new to me... But will have a look a all the various examples... I am sure that whenever I come across a problem, I will discover that a solution has already been found..:-)< |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 March 2008 : 16:45:30
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Hi Karl,
Yep, I'm from a data background too, and I admit my websites are really ugly, but technically pure where I can. In terms of getting to know Snitz, for you, I'd suggest installing the DB then having a peep at how the tables reference one another - it'll give you the concept in minutes then think of ASP as just another data presentation language (with plenty of its own limitations) that uses 'OLEDB' (or ADO - can't remember which one's current, or indeed if they're the same thing - not DAO, I know that much!) as a data access layer - to understand getting data into and out of a DB, msdn.microsoft.com will tell you all about ADO/OLEDB, then you can just think of ASP as a web presentation wrapper for that.< |
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