How to allow user submissions on my website?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by aerospace, Apr 27, 2014.

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    Thanks in advance for coming [​IMG]

    I'm looking to be pointed to the right program/application/ or service to setup a mostly user submission based website.

    Section 1:
    Users would be able to send in deals they find online for cruises. Mostly drop down menus of options for cruise line, date, cost, where deal was found(web address), etc. When they hit submit it should go live to the website which would list the newest submission at the top, and arrange the rest by location of trip(Alaska trips in one section, Europe trips in the next). There needs to be a report button for deals that are no longer valid so I could remove them and a way for me to enter deals that shows submitted by webmaster.

    Section 2:
    Users could upload cruise photos for different categories. Stateroom photos, pics organized by cruise ship, etc. These though would not go live and be screened by me beforehand to avoid inappropriate photos from being posted. I would need an approve button to accept each photo which then goes live to its category.

    If you know a program that would allow me to do this please post, also where to find videos to learn to use them(or I'll search youtube).

    Thanks again!
    Michael
     
    aerospace, Apr 27, 2014 IP
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    jewels1 Active Member

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    This requires some programming knowledge.. But you can start off with downloading and installing a CMS service such as Drupal or Joomla, you can find many manuals on youtube.
     
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    I don't mind learning, just don't want to learn something only to find out it can't do what I wanted in the first place :)
     
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    jewels1 Active Member

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    You can do some of the stuff with it, for example user management (allowing users to register/login), another thing you can allow is file uploads as you wanted. But more specific stuff such as adding offers is something you will need to build by yourself. If you choose to use Joomla/Drupal as your basic framework, you'll need to program the missing features in PHP
     
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    I wanted to avoid having to make users register. I created a form sample http://fs30.formsite.com/aerospace/form1/index.html?1398663834544
    but the data can either be emailed to me or I can view it as a list when I login to formsite. It doesn't allow(that I can tell), to have the info displayed on the website automatically. I will check out your 2 suggestions :)
     
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