PHP-Nuke Garage

Description:

Enter your PHP-Nuke Garage... where you master the most powerful, cheap (and/or free) Web content system ever created, then use it to build great Web sites, portals, or communities... hands-on, step-by-step.

PHP-Nuke is remarkably capable and reliable, but until now, it's been poorly documented. This book fills the gap. Best of all, you can use it even if you have no experience with PHP, databases, coding, or hosting. Drawing on practical examples from a live example site, top IT author/trainer Don Jones illuminates every facet of working with PHP-Nuke: installation, configuration, customization, security, day-to-day administration, and much more.

Topics include: content delivery, design and themes, forums, journals, downloads, member lists, news/reviews, personalization, RSS, archiving, FAQs, feedback, statistics, surveys, pay sites, AvantGo mobile content, Amazon e-commerce links, and more. Jones even shows how to find a PHP-Nuke hosting service to handle the infrastructure for you -- so you can focus on content, not technology.

Organized into 66 easy modules, designed for rapid learning, and based on real examples, PHP-Nuke Garage will help you create the interactive site you've always wanted -- faster than you ever thought possible.

Table of Contents:

About the Authors.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

I. PHP-NUKE QUICK START.

1. What Is PHP-Nuke?

2. How PHP-Nuke Works.

3. Understanding the Nuke Lingo.

4. Finding a PHP-Nuke Host.

5. Installing PHP-Nuke.

6. Configuring Site Preferences.

7. Choosing Modules.

8. Choosing Blocks.

9. Writing a Story.

II. USING PHP-NUKE.

10. Controlling Access to Modules.

11. Using the AvantGo Module.

12. Using the Content Module.

13. Using the Downloads Module.

14. Using the Encyclopedia Module.

15. Using the FAQ Module.

16. Using the Feedback Module.

17. Using the Journal Module.

18. Using the Members List Module.

19. Using the News Module.

20. Using the Private Messages Module.

21. Using the Recommend Us Module.

22. Using the Reviews Module.

23. Using the Search Module.

24. Using the Sections Module.

25. Using the Statistics Module.

26. Using the Stories Archive Module.

27. Using the Surveys Module.

28. Using the Top Module.

29. Using the Topics Module.

30. Using the Web Links Module.

31. Using the Your Account Module.

32. Adding the NSN Your Account Tweak.

33. Adding the Events Calendar Module.

34. Adding the Amazon.com Module.

35. Making Your Own Simple HTML Module.

36. Making Your Own Dynamic Module.

37. Selecting and Using Built-In Blocks.

38. Using RSS Newsfeed Blocks.

39. Adding Third-Party Blocks.

40. Making Your Own Simple HTML Block.

41. Making Your Own Dynamic Block.

III. PHP-NUKE ADMINISTRATION.

42. Administering Stories and Topics.

43. Backing Up Your Site and Database.

44. Administering Banners.

45. Administering Content.

46. Administering Users, Admins, and Groups.

47. Reviewing HTTP Referrers.

48. Administering Messages.

49. Sending an e-Newsletter.

50. Working with Submissions.

51. Administering Surveys and Polls.

52. Understanding Themes.

53. Installing a Third-Party Theme.

54. Tweaking a Theme to Meet Your Needs.

IV. THE PHP-NUKE FORUMS.

55. Managing Forums and Categories.

56. Managing Forums Settings.

57. Using a Forum.

58. Moderating a Forum.

59. Managing Forums Security.

60. Maintaining the Forums.

V. ADVANCED PHP-NUKE TOPICS.

61. Fixing Common Errors.

62. Moving a PHP-Nuke Site to a New Host.

63. Creating a Pay Subscription Site.

64. Working with the PHP-Nuke Database.

65. Securing PHP-Nuke.

66. Upgrading PHP-Nuke.

67. Last-Minute Changes.

Index.