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PHP-Nuke Garage by Don Jones
Learn to build interactive websites with PHP-Nuke. Click image to purchase PHP-Nuke Garage by Don Jones
With over 30 topics to choose from in chapter three alone, you know that is where the pros turn to when they need with help. Jones does a great job taking the reader into an intimate looking into PHP-Nuke. 

Part three is the cornerstone of this book. Jones describes the installation and configuration of the PHP-Nuke content management system. If you knew what this program was about but was just too intimidated by it, then this chapter will explain exactly what you?re looking for. From customized themes, creating an e-newsletter, sending administrative messages and even managing advertising banners, chapter three is the central part of the book. Even if this is the only chapter you read, you?ll still have enough knowledge to get PHP-Nuke working.

Part four deals with creating and managing forums via PHP-Nuke. From configuring the settings of a PHP-Nuke forum to managing it, chapter four covers all aspects of maintaining a proper forum and ensuring that it?s secure and especially useful to the website?s visitors. You learn things like moderating the forums, setting up an avatar?s parameters, setting up various categories and even incorporating smilies.

Part five covers the advanced features of PHP-Nuke. From creating a pay subscription website to fixing common errors (which I?m sure will come in handy), Don Jones provides a clear insight to getting PHP-Nuke configured and working properly in the shortest amount of time.

 




The Final Word
I found Don Jones? coverage of the PHP-Nuke system to be extremely detailed right down to the configuration file?s appearance. With Don going into extreme detail on what each line of code you will see in PHP-Nuke?s set up, you gain a quick understanding of exactly what you need to change and what you don?t. For those of us who need our hand held through the process, Don works you through each step of the way that even if something doesn?t work, you?re probably just one step or one page from the solution.

PHP-Nuke Garage by Don Jones
Click image to purchase PHP-Nuke Garage by Don Jones
Don describes, in great detail, what all of the default modules are that comes with PHP-Nuke. Now for the typical website, most functions of the site is run through CGI (common gateway interface) scripts that handle processing from the client through the website?s server. Instead, PHP-Nuke provides modules that can handle things like a feedback form, discussion forum and even the hottest craze lately which is a personal blog (or weblog).

One of the biggest reasons why many personal websites go months or even years without being updated is that updating via standard HTML can be very tedious and time consuming. Managing a website with a lot of content through traditional methods is almost impossible regardless of how passionate you are about the website. PHP-Nuke Garage is a wonderful guide to one-stop website management. If you?re thinking of building a content rich website but don?t want to deal with HTML, then PHP-Nuke is the way to go. With Don Jones? PHP-Nuke Garage providing the step-by-step guide to installation and management, the only thing you?ll need now is the next great website idea. Please, no talking sock puppets.

You can click HERE to purchase the PHP-Nuke Garage by Don Jones.

About Don Jones
Don is an IT author and host of ScriptingAnswers.com. He has been working in the information technology industry for over 10 years and has written numerous books. Don is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

About Garage Series
Prentice Hall?s professional technical reference series of Garage books to help individuals learn new technologies. You can learn more about the Garage series of books at the Prentice Hall website http://www.phptr.com/garageseries.


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