message boards

if i wanted to create message boards, would I use java script, cgi, or wut

 

You would best use a preexisting setup, I highly recommend http://phpbb.com

If you wanted to make your own you would learn a lot about programming, and then you could make them in whatever language you want.

¤Night

 

It depends on what your server supprots. If he doesn't have PHP or MySQL, PHPBB wil be useles to him.

 

there are sites that you can just sign up for message boards... i mean you can start your own there for free... you could just link to your site from there and the boards from your site...
try a google search as i dont know the best ones....

 

I'd suggest useing Invision Free. It has a good,professinal look to it,and wide range of Admin controls.

 

i need a message board host that will let me put the boards in another language.

 

i need a message board host that will let me put the boards in another language.

phpBB has a ton of language packs that put all the words used on the board system into any other language. It doesn't translate the posts for you, but like the words that are hardwired into the board system (like for instance "Logged in as: Night4554 | Logoff | Private Messages | Search | Options | Admin | Help | New Boards | Terms of Service | Faces | Markup Codes") are translated into whatever langueage. Display images too.

¤Night

 

i'm not sure bout those translator programs, my German teacher says that they can be literal, i'll take a free message boards host that will let me put it in any language

 

No translator programs are involved.

If it's anything like XMB boards, the text is contained in seperate files, and you can upload the correct file for the language you want to use. Your board will then use text from that language file.

You can have multiple language files, and users select their language from the choices given to them.

These are typically translated from the English version by fluent speakers, not translation programs.

 

what languages are JCC forums made in

 

English. And it's not like you could download and run them anyway.

¤Night

 

i mean computer language, i might try it
EDIT:I just looked at the source, I think it's javascript

 

No, it's ASP.

 

Nope, they are written in ASP. The javascrfipt is just a few helper functions to make it a bit more snazzy.

 

Ahhh ASP - just about the farthest from English you could get

If you look at the extention of the page you can usually identify it easily enough:

asp/aspx - ASP
php/php3 - PHP
cfm - ColdFusion
jsp - JSP
.cgi - A CGI Executable, which really could be anything

¤Night

 

If you look at the extention of the page you can usually identify it easily enough:

asp/aspx - ASP
php/php3 - PHP
cfm - ColdFusion
jsp - JSP
.cgi - A CGI Executable, which really could be anything
of those, which is the best

 

of those, which is the best

It all depends on your preference, and what you have available to you. PHP is very easy to learn, and IMO more logical a language than ASP. ASP does not run on Linux/Unix. PHP has more options available to it when it runs on Linux/Unix. I beleive that JSP interfaces with Java better than either. CGI is available on nearly every host.

All that said, PHP is the best

¤Night

 

It seems like no matter how much effort it takes me to learn something, it turns out to be "easy."

Learned HTML...it's easy.
Learned CSS...it's easy.
Learned Javascript...it's easy.
Now PHP, a full-fledged web programming language, is considered easy. If this stuff is so easy, why does it take me months to learn it?

Sorry...had to vent.

 

I only know how to code HTML and JavaScript.Everything else is pretty much over my head.

 

Now PHP, a full-fledged web programming language, is considered easy. If this stuff is so easy, why does it take me months to learn it?

Did you know C++, C or another programming language first?

¤Night

 

"Hello world" was tough enough to figure out on c++

That's why I don't program. Plus I would accidentally make security gaps.

 

should I use PHP or CGI

 

should I use PHP or CGI

CGI isn't a language. It's a gateway for languages. You can write a CGI application in VB, VBScript, C++, C, even PHP.

¤Night

 

Don't forget about Perl.

 

php, perl, or cgi