As this is the industry I am in, maybe I can offer a few hints/suggestions to
start you on your way:
start with the database
- is your user table built (how much information about the user do you need) ?
- are you validating the incoming email address (sending an email to confirm
entry) ?
- are you using a seperate table for storing their selection information ?
- yes, are you storing transactions (logging changes) ?
- no, what happens if they want more than one team ?
- do you have your rules for your game planned out (deadlines, team size,
salary cap) ?
- do you have a support methodology prepared ?
I can answer some generalized questions about methodology of the game (so as
not to violate my employment agreement), and some general programming issues
that you may have.
ps. Just to give you an idea, we maintain a staff of programmers, support
commisioners and system administrators (about 35 people), not to mention
accounting, advertising and graphic development, to run about 40-50 games a
year, including games for USA Today, Excite/iWon and Tops. This development
has been over 10 years going. What I am trying to get at is, are you trying to
make a friendly 'office league' type interface for your friends, or are you
trying to make something alot bigger? Be prepared for everything you could
potentially need for a large operation (did I mention legal department?).
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Michael Geier
CDM Sports, Inc. Systems Administration
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: 314.991.1511 x 6505
Quoting Karl James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Jason, I am trying small with forms, reading php
> But I have so many questions that books cant answer sometimes
> Thus the reason I need a guide...
> Would you be able to help me with that?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Wong [mailto:php-general@;gremlins.com.hk]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 10:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Need MENTOR for Fantasy football project
>
> On Saturday 09 November 2002 04:33, Karl James wrote:
> > I have the php bible 4 book but it
> > Doesn't tell you how to do things all the way
> > And still leaves with lots of questions.
>
> Questions such as? If you have fairly specific questions then they are
> usually
> answered quite quickly on this list.
>
> Open-ended requests such as yours, as you've found out for yourself, are
>
> usually ignored.
>
> Honestly it looks as if you're trying to do something beyond your
> current
> capabilities and you don't even know where to begin.
>
> If this is a commercial project just save yourself some grief and pay
> someone
> to do it for you.
>
> Otherwise start small. Try the many tutorials that are available on the
> web,
> learn about how to connect/retrieve/display information from a database,
> how
> to perform user authentication etc. Once you've broadened your knowledge
> you
> may be able to see where the pieces fit together and then you can start
> your
> project.
>
> --
> Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
> Open Source Software Systems Integrators
> * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development *
>
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> -- Dan Fylstra
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>
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