Forum tutorial

[johnboy_98]

I'm would like to know how to make a forum's page on much like this one, but maybe not so complex. Basicly I would like to know how to post back to a website and there for make it dynamic... always updating and adjusting to the input. My idea is to let my bro, a leader in a local band, log in and update a 'schedual' page of upcoming events by posting a new event and being able to delete old one's. I'm thinking a 'modified' forum with a password for posting would work for this. I know how to password, and create input boxes, and I'm a moderate Flash user and programmer.

Thanks for your help.

John

[Jesse]

Is it really aforum or just a news reader type thing? Coz if it's a forum, where users can post and update info, it will be more dificult than just a news reader type thing where one users (your bro) can update asay a text fiel ont he server to change the data.

Cheers

Jesse

[johnboy_98]

Well, It could just be a news reader I guess. I would basicly just like to have it so he can update a page by adding and/or subtracting his shows. Basicly I would probably just make it simple and have 3 variables. Name of location. Location Address (street, city, etc) and Show time. I could see making a java program that did this real easily adding and subtracting gigInfo objects but my I don't now if Flash can do DataBase management like that... I'd perfer to make it as painless as possilbe =D

I could possibly teach my bro, who's more or less computer illiterate, how to simply change a txt file and just have flash load that file... but i'm not familuar with loading txt files to flash and have flash 'expand' to except a large txt file from a small one (refering to movie dimensions).

[Jesse]

I think the simplest way to do it would be to just have a scrollable text field which showed the most recent gig at the top. Like this:

Feb 7th. 9pm -11pm at The Keg and Bear
We'll be performing at The Keg And Bear
in Sydney blah blah blah blah blah.

See this tutorial for expandable text field info:
http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/advanced/Dynamic_text_with_scrollbar/index.shtml

Basically you can just impliment that system and add the newest gigis to the top of your text file and everything should be peachy...

Cheers

Jesse

[johnboy_98]

Ok, I'll check it out. Thanks Jesse!


Cheers,
John