How can i build a website in which users can register and subsequently log on to?

Question

i'm pretty good with computers, but not brilliant. anyway i have some ideas that involve websites, ideally i would like people to be able to register on my website so that they can log on every time they visit the site (like most websites) but i have no idea how to do this - i hope this makes sense - does anyone know what i have to do to build such a site as cheaply as i can? also i would like users to be able to access their own personalised page once they log on - is this possible? can i do it myself? if not (and lets face it i probable cant) who do i go to for help? website designers? software developers? thanks

Answer 1

Go with a host that has cpanel. Cpanel features a group of 1 click install scripts called fantastico. One of the 1 click installs is something called

Coppermine Photo Gallery - but there are many others

Web hosting Buzz is one of the cheapest that has it

Here is a list of hosts that feature fantastico:

http://www.samwilson3d.com (right side menu)

compare them.

Samwilson3d is also in inexpensive web design service, they designed 3 of my websites (look here at my latest : http://www.signaturecowboy.com )

Answer 2

I would say for you to learn PHP, were u can create sessions etc.

There's loads of ebooks online for you to do this

Answer 3

You'll need to use a server-side programming language to do that.

An excellent one is PHP (it's completely free) (http://www.php.net/ )

Also, you will most likely need to use a database server to test your databases on - try MySQL, also free (http://www.mysql.com/ )

You need to buy web hosting with PHP and MySQL functionality enabled - most free hosting doesn't include this (an exception is http://www.my-php.net/ )

And to develop and test your code on your computer (so that your users can't ever use any in-development code), you'll need to install a web server (Apache is the best free one available, although it is fairly hard to set up, http://www.apache.org/ ) and add PHP extensions to it. The test web server (running on your computer) should be set up not to serve pages to the web, but just to your own computer - sounds silly but it's the only way to test your code properly.

If that sounds complicated, get a book on PHP out the library or somewhere - they usually have tutorials to help you set everything up.

Answer 4

go n learn html, php and dreamweaver

den u will not ask dis question n ya it is not dat easy

just for eg if u r using mozila firefox rite click on page click on view page info

if u r using internet explorer den rite click and clik on view source

thats wat website is.........

Answer 5

Your best bet is to get a book or two on PHP and learn the language. It should help you out with setting it up.

Good luck!!