What kind of coding do I need for comments?

I want to give my visitors the ability to comment on articles I post up on the site like you see on blogs.

I hope this isn't too difficult as I don't have any programming knowledge, but I'm willing to learn if someone could give me a little insight on how to get started.

Chad

 

If you have no programming experience, it's going to be a pain in the arse to write a comment script from scratch, since that requires just as much programming as anything else: EG, databases, loops, etc.

Go get a script, or start to learn PHP from the begining.

 

php, mysql, check php.net if no free stuff is available you can buy one at websites like hotscripts.

 

You will need some serverside code to do it and a database.

PHP and .Net are both easy choices. .Net's free Visual Web Developer Express gives you a drag and drop type interface but you do need to learn it to get it working to its best.

 

Thanks guys for the advice, looks like I'll probabaly have to be running .NET as my site is on a Windows Server. PHP comment scripts seem to be easy to find but what about .NET comment scripts?

Know of any good ones, I'll probably just purchase one for now until I can have time to really dig deep and learn all this for myself. I saw the PHP script that I needed for $19, but again I believe I'll have to go with a .NET script because of the server.

 

you need to know which web server is actually running on the server more than just the OS. .Net only runs on Microsofts IIS (properly anyway) where as PHP can run on many servers including IIS but you will find compatibility issues with IIS as it doesnt support a number of key features.

As .Net was originally seen as a much more "professional" solution and as such there are not as many free scripts and those that there are are more expensive (basic supply and demand) even though our developers can do the same thing in net in only 2/3rds the time it takes for them to do in PHP.

Do a search and you will find a lot of excellent examples which are a "script" as a php'er would know.

 

If you do not have any coding experience, just downlaod some free php script, it is more easy

 

You should take a look here : http://www.scripts.oldguy.us/

I'm not a programmer but implemented it in my pages and it works like a charm. Also, the developer has a support forum and is very fast in helping you.
succes !

 

If you are still looking, be sure to check out Ruby on Rails (if your host supports it!).

I think all that you really need to do in adding comments is to add the form, make a model, database values for your database, and then just add a few lines of code. (And add a relationship to users/comments). this is all really easy.

Ruby on Rails is amazing. I wouldn't know how to integrate it into whatever you are running right now, however.