Challenge: Create a Social Networking Site in 4 days
I plan to create a fully functioning social networking website within 4 days and I will be blogging about it, in full, right here.
Starting tomorrow I’m going to start working on the site. I don’t yet have a name or ‘theme’ so I’ll have a think about that tonight; which should give me about 5 hours to come up with a name, idea and domain name (uh oh)
I’ll be posting updates throughout the next 4 days with working examples, screenshots, logos, details of functionality, discussing problems I encounter and details of amount of code written.
The site’s going to be tag-based, which is something I’ve never done before. It’s all going to be coded in Classic ASP, using mySQL for the database.
Expect a blog post tomorrow detailing the nature of the site and the first plan.
Some quick answers to questions:
Why am I doing this? Just an experiment, and as I’ve previously mentioned I’m close to finishing my ‘concert related’ website and would like a bit of a challenge. I’m sure I read over the weekend how surprised people are that these types of sites are popping up so quickly, and it made me curious as to how long it would actually take.
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Why four days? Gives me until Friday night to finish it! I don’t want it eating in to pub hours 
I don’t plan on making any money from this, it’s just an experiment… and I like them!
If you want any more details or have any questions, just comment. Wish me good luck!
I plan to create a fully functioning social networking website within 4 days and I will be blogging about it, in full, right here.
Starting tomorrow I’m going to start working on the site. I don’t yet have a name or ‘theme’ so I’ll have a think about that tonight; which should give me about 5 hours to come up with a name, idea and domain name (uh oh)
I’ll be posting updates throughout the next 4 days with working examples, screenshots, logos, details of functionality, discussing problems I encounter and details of amount of code written.
The site’s going to be tag-based, which is something I’ve never done before. It’s all going to be coded in Classic ASP, using mySQL for the database.
Expect a blog post tomorrow detailing the nature of the site and the first plan.
Some quick answers to questions:
Why am I doing this? Just an experiment, and as I’ve previously mentioned I’m close to finishing my ‘concert related’ website and would like a bit of a challenge. I’m sure I read over the weekend how surprised people are that these types of sites are popping up so quickly, and it made me curious as to how long it would actually take.
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Why four days? Gives me until Friday night to finish it! I don’t want it eating in to pub hours
I don’t plan on making any money from this, it’s just an experiment… and I like them!
If you want any more details or have any questions, just comment. Wish me good luck!
