1. Haren Lalchand

2. PHP powered forum

3. Purpose Possibly learn more advanced PHP and SQL through relational tables Figure out how a forum really works Standard in most large websites Mostly taken for granted

5. Tables

6. List of files Header.php Footer.php Connect.php Signin.php Signout.php Signup.php Create_cat.php Create_topic.php Reply.php Index.php Category.php Topic.php Change.php Style.css Dragon.jpg

7. Header and Footer system with CSS Standardize menus Uniform look on all pages Allow for quick changes Reduces amount of code needed in other files

8. Signing up/in/off Insert new user into users table Uses sha1() hashing for security Check credentials and start a session Clear session

9. Creating a category / topic / reply Simple form for table entry Will have to bring up relevant entries for association Use of transactions

10. Forum / category / topic view Pull up relevant tables Might have a need to order information Cascading table calls Display

11. Conclusion More complex than initially thought Learned about transactions Learned relational database tables in MySQL Intellectually stimulating

12. Referances http://www.tizag.com – Web design tutorial and code snippets http://www.tizag.com http://www.phpeasystep.com – PHP/MySQL tutorials http://www.phpeasystep.com http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql - MySQL documentation http://www.tutorialspoint.com/mysql http://www.w3schools.com/ - Web design tutorials http://www.w3schools.com/ http://css-tricks.com/ - CSS code snippets for “advanced use” http://css-tricks.com/ http://www.pandora.com – Amazing music to listen to while coding/working http://www.pandora.com