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  • aeldaly@gmail.com

    Feedback would be much appreciated

    Hello all,

    I have just finished what I call Site Management System
    v0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 0.0.1 :D
    I am not a professional programmer nor a really experienced one either
    (I've been dabbling with stuff for the last 10 years), so I would like
    you, the experts, to have a look at the code and provide me with your
    feedback. I do not know if I implemented good security practices or not
    and if I have made the functions efficient enough.

    Basically what this is, is a system to easily update a website. It
    stores everything in a database and makes it easy to to
    add/update/remove links. I guess you can call it a CMS, but I do not
    know if that would be an accurate description or not.

    There are 2 bugs that I know of:
    1. When editing existing links, some white spaces appear out of
    nowhere. They are not in the database and when outside of the
    administration area, look correct.
    2. I have a function that reorders the pagid's when one of the middle
    links is deleted, so that pageid's stay in sequence. It works
    flawlessly, but the links are not displayed in sequence on the page.

    To access the administration area, the username is administrator and
    the password is administrator. I have made things very simple to make
    the sure the basic functionality is working and that the initial design
    is sound. Once that is established, I have many ideas of things to add.
    This also means that the site looks really UGLY:) I will work on the
    css tags and the css sheet after the backend is safe and sound. You can
    access the site at http://linux-place.com, and can access all of the
    project files at http://linux-place/sitefiles (all except for the
    include file for the database password ;)

    Thank you for anyone that has made it this far and even more thanks to
    anyone that contributes to this thread.

    Much appreciated,
    Ahmed El-Daly

  • aeldaly@gmail.com

    #2
    Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

    ========== start quote =============== =============== =
    There are 2 bugs that I know of:
    1. When editing existing links, some white spaces appear out of
    nowhere. They are not in the database and when outside of the
    administration area, look correct.
    2. I have a function that reorders the pagid's when one of the middle
    links is deleted, so that pageid's stay in sequence. It works
    flawlessly, but the links are not displayed in sequence on the page.
    ======== end quote =============== =============== ====

    I figure out bug number 2. I edited the select statement to order by
    pageid.

    I was wondering if there is a reason for nobody replying to this. Was I
    wrong to ask for feedback? I am sorry if I have broken a rule unkown to
    me.

    Regards,
    Ahmed

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    • Simon

      #3
      Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

      >[color=blue]
      > I figure out bug number 2. I edited the select statement to order by
      > pageid.
      >
      > I was wondering if there is a reason for nobody replying to this. Was I
      > wrong to ask for feedback? I am sorry if I have broken a rule unkown to
      > me.
      >[/color]

      I think the reason is because there isn't much to see.
      The site woks, great. What next?

      Maybe you should use your own CMS to list what it can/cannot do.
      Maybe add a few screen shots, thins will prove that it is a flexible CMS and
      also make people want to see more.

      What plug-in does it use? what makes it better than other sites?

      From looking at your admin side, you can only administer one page? but what
      page is it?
      What if I want two articles on one page?

      And allowing HTML could be a problem.

      Simon


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      • SOR

        #4
        Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

        <comp.lang.ph p , , aeldaly@gmail.c om>
        <1122705497.658 378.300460@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>
        <29 Jul 2005 23:38:17 -0700>
        [color=blue]
        > I was wondering if there is a reason for nobody replying to this. Was I
        > wrong to ask for feedback?
        >[/color]

        No you arnt wrong - I think its just because at the moment there isnt
        much to comment on or give feedback on .

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        • Rincewind

          #5
          Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

          On 29 Jul 2005 12:51:13 -0700, aeldaly@gmail.c om wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > Hello all,
          >
          > I have just finished what I call Site Management System
          > v0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 0.0.1 :D
          > I am not a professional programmer nor a really experienced one either
          > (I've been dabbling with stuff for the last 10 years), so I would like
          > you, the experts, to have a look at the code and provide me with your
          > feedback. I do not know if I implemented good security practices or not
          > and if I have made the functions efficient enough.
          >
          > Basically what this is, is a system to easily update a website. It
          > stores everything in a database and makes it easy to to
          > add/update/remove links. I guess you can call it a CMS, but I do not
          > know if that would be an accurate description or not.
          >
          > There are 2 bugs that I know of:
          > 1. When editing existing links, some white spaces appear out of
          > nowhere. They are not in the database and when outside of the
          > administration area, look correct.
          > 2. I have a function that reorders the pagid's when one of the middle
          > links is deleted, so that pageid's stay in sequence. It works
          > flawlessly, but the links are not displayed in sequence on the page.
          >
          > To access the administration area, the username is administrator and
          > the password is administrator. I have made things very simple to make
          > the sure the basic functionality is working and that the initial design
          > is sound. Once that is established, I have many ideas of things to add.
          > This also means that the site looks really UGLY:) I will work on the
          > css tags and the css sheet after the backend is safe and sound. You can
          > access the site at http://linux-place.com, and can access all of the
          > project files at http://linux-place/sitefiles (all except for the
          > include file for the database password ;)
          >
          > Thank you for anyone that has made it this far and even more thanks to
          > anyone that contributes to this thread.
          >
          > Much appreciated,
          > Ahmed El-Daly[/color]

          is it deliberate having the text jump around when you "mouseover" a link?
          in the text area. If it is then it's bloody annoying:-0

          also when you "mouseover" the link to Patrick's demo (in Internet Explorer)
          the first line on the second paragraph jumps right (doesn't happen in
          Mozilla)

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          • aeldaly@gmail.com

            #6
            Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

            > > Hello all,[color=blue][color=green]
            > >
            > > I have just finished what I call Site Management System
            > > v0.0.0.0.0.0.0. 0.0.1 :D
            > > I am not a professional programmer nor a really experienced one either
            > > (I've been dabbling with stuff for the last 10 years), so I would like
            > > you, the experts, to have a look at the code and provide me with your
            > > feedback. I do not know if I implemented good security practices or not
            > > and if I have made the functions efficient enough.
            > >
            > > Basically what this is, is a system to easily update a website. It
            > > stores everything in a database and makes it easy to to
            > > add/update/remove links. I guess you can call it a CMS, but I do not
            > > know if that would be an accurate description or not.
            > >
            > > There are 2 bugs that I know of:
            > > 1. When editing existing links, some white spaces appear out of
            > > nowhere. They are not in the database and when outside of the
            > > administration area, look correct.
            > > 2. I have a function that reorders the pagid's when one of the middle
            > > links is deleted, so that pageid's stay in sequence. It works
            > > flawlessly, but the links are not displayed in sequence on the page.
            > >
            > > To access the administration area, the username is administrator and
            > > the password is administrator. I have made things very simple to make
            > > the sure the basic functionality is working and that the initial design
            > > is sound. Once that is established, I have many ideas of things to add.
            > > This also means that the site looks really UGLY:) I will work on the
            > > css tags and the css sheet after the backend is safe and sound. You can
            > > access the site at http://linux-place.com, and can access all of the
            > > project files at http://linux-place/sitefiles (all except for the
            > > include file for the database password ;)
            > >
            > > Thank you for anyone that has made it this far and even more thanks to
            > > anyone that contributes to this thread.
            > >
            > > Much appreciated,
            > > Ahmed El-Daly[/color]
            >
            > is it deliberate having the text jump around when you "mouseover" a link?
            > in the text area. If it is then it's bloody annoying:-0
            >
            > also when you "mouseover" the link to Patrick's demo (in Internet Explorer)
            > the first line on the second paragraph jumps right (doesn't happen in
            > Mozilla)[/color]

            No, actually I did not mean for that to happen. Still working on the
            CSS. I am very new to CSS and there are a few quirks that I have to
            take care of. This is all happenning because I do not want to be using
            any tables.

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            • aeldaly@gmail.com

              #7
              Re: Feedback would be much appreciated

              SOR wrote:[color=blue]
              > <comp.lang.ph p>
              > <1122705497.658 378.300460@o13g 2000cwo.googleg roups.com>
              > <29 Jul 2005 23:38:17 -0700>
              >[color=green]
              > > I was wondering if there is a reason for nobody replying to this. Was I
              > > wrong to ask for feedback?
              > >[/color]
              >
              > No you arnt wrong - I think its just because at the moment there isnt
              > much to comment on or give feedback on .[/color]

              I was looking into feedback regarding the coding style. Specifically
              security and performance. I know it works well, but is it secure? Could
              I have incorporated things to check for known security risks, etc...
              Also, since I am querying a database all the time, I was wondering if
              maybe I am accessing the database too many times, and if there are
              known coding practices that would streamline operations such as this.

              Again, I am only an amateur, but I would love to get the satisfaction
              that I have done a 1st class job in what I ventured out to do.

              Thanks to all that have replied so far.

              --
              Ahmed El-Daly

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