[thelist] intro and beginner's question!

[Chad Bishop]

Hola,

I'd suggest running through some of the excellent tutorials that you'll 
find at sitepoint.com.
I also read through there PHP/MySQL book by Kevin Yank and that 
kickstarted me with Dynamic site Design.
I highly recommend it!

I am much more a designer than programmer, but learning PHP and MySQL 
has made my job so much easier.
Away with repetitive, boring updates and more time be creative, design 
and add the cool stuff!

Also I've seen some PHP/MySQL book specific to Dreamweaver.
Look on Amazon. There are some great ones out there.

I've found that finding a good $50 book can be an indispensable 
resource.

- cb



On Mar 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Rob Smith wrote:

> Hi Gabbie!
>
> Welcome to the list. You and I are just the opposite. I have a very 
> strong
> programming background and am an aspiring graphics artist. However, I 
> didn't
> do a whole lot of PHP programming. I knew theory. As someone else has
> mentioned check out the PHP manual. What I like about it is that it 
> will
> give you some code for a function, and then you'll have other people
> commenting on different ways you can use it, caveats, etc.
>
> So, just starting with the basics in PHP, with the help of some other
> scripts and a little bit of self knowledge, I was able to whip out a 
> really
> neat site in php. This site is complete with a newsletter, shopping 
> cart,
> and a back-end administration site for those who're going to maintain 
> it.
>
> To give kudos to the list, they've helped me through some of the 
> tougher
> times in the development of this site. You pay back the help given by 
> the
> knowledge and experience you have.
>
> Anyway, if you have questions, just post them here. We're all working
> professions from most every facet of web/graphics/other and I'm almost
> certain you'll get several answers for every question you give.
>
> Personally, it's a challenge to answer questions I have no clue about 
> how to
> answer. It increases my knowledge as well as the end recipients 
> knowledge.
>
> Stay tuned!
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gabbie [mailto:gabbie at bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:25 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] intro and beginner's question!
>
>
> Hello :O)
> l have only just joined the list, and am very glad to have found you 
> all.
> l am a trained graphic designer and hopefully one day will consider 
> myself a
> self taught webdesigner! (is there an apprenticeship available out 
> there?
> LOL!) l am currently studying macromedia studio mx 2004 with the online
> course at macromedia university, and am cruising along nicely. l am 
> having
> trouble though with dreamweaver and php scripts, l just don't get it!
> Currently l am downloading scripts for galleries, cms's, messageboards 
> etc,
> and customising them for my clients with their own graphics and maybe 
> having
> a play with the stylesheets. But still keeping the basic 
> structure/placement
> of menus etc etc, and not playing with the code too much.
> However l want to take it that one step further and start designing my 
> own
> templates, so that l'm not limited as much and can have some more 
> control. l
> just can't get my head around how to achieve this though! Do l need to 
> have
> a top notch knowledge of php before l start, or is it as simple as 
> building
> a html template in fireworks or photoshop and then slicing it up and 
> pasting
> the php code for various elements within the tables? l look at all the 
> files
> involved with a script and am really not sure where to start or which 
> one to
> attack first! Can someone help me with a recommended tutorial or plan 
> of
> attack, and/or is there a basic set of files for editing a php script? 
> l
> know this is a very general question and it would be dependant on what
> script you are using, but any pointers would be much appreciated. l
> currently have dabbled in oscommerce, zencart, coppermine gallery, 
> mambo cms
> and postnuke.
>
> Thanks in advance, and l'm looking forward to becoming part of the 
> group :o)
>
> Gabbie Coburn
> Melbourne, Australia
>
> some of my current stuff: (l'm very new so be kind! LOL)
> http://www.dotcomdesign.com.au/kupboard/
> http://www.dotcomdesign.com.au/kupboardgallery/
> http://www.dotcomdesign.com.au/stampgallery/index.php
>
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