Query7 - PHP jQuery Linux

Heyo. This is going to be the first of 4 tutorials on making a jQuery powered AJAX login system with a PHP backend. The series of tutorials will go like so.

1. Plan, code the form (This tutorial)
2. Code the PHP backend, make it work
3. Code the AJAX, implement it.
4. Tidy it up, make it look snazzy

Ok then. So we will have a forum with 2 inputs; username and password. The user will enter the details and we’ll use PHP to authenticate them. If its true, we can set a cookie or echo some text. We will then implement jQuery’s AJAX and make the whole thing seemless. Some nice little fades will be added at the end.

So, the form. Its a plain and simple HTML form. Nothing special about it.

Thats all for now. Next lesson we will code the PHP and “make it work“.

Hey guys, just thought i’d post a little interim post (as such). Im in the process of making a 4 part tutorial series on using jQuery’s AJAX. Its a “case study” where i/we will make a basic login form with a PHP backend and then use jQuery to make the login seemless. Eg. you put your username/password in the form and click the login button the page doesn’t reload but it will tell you whether its the correct user/pass , in which case a cookie is set, or if its bad info.

It might take a little while to finish up so i might not be posting much over the next week (sorry) but it will be worth it in the end.

This post is in reference to the jquery drop down menu tutorial .

Someone emailed me asking if the menu could truely slide in , vertically, not how it is now with the slide on a slight angle ( using jquery’s show / hide ). Its very easy to alter the existing code to make it truely slide.

Instead of using jQuery’s show and hide functions, we just use slideDown and slideUp in replace of them. So the jQuery looks like this..

Demo file

This video tutorial shows how to make a basic slide in/drop down menu using jQuery. The menu itself stylishly slides in and has transparencies so you can view data behind it.

Sorry for the low sound, i was trying something different with my microphone.

Demo File

Invision Power Services have announced the development of Invision Power Board 3.0. They promise a new

Features Include

• Template engine
• Search engine friendly URLS (I presume /forumname/topicname rather than ?fid=493&tid=98 )
• New BB Code system
• More Administrator controls (Picky options i’d image - turning signatures off in specific forums etc..)
• Reputation System (Finally catching up with vBulletin )
• Enhanced permission and moderator systems.

They say they are adding more integration tools, so you can integrate it with your existing website, or adleast provide some easier integration tools; it will also have tighter integration with other IPS products such as the blog, gallery.

Its interesting to see that they are dropping support for Oracle. They boast about having so many big business clients, i’d presume they all run Oracle, and yet are dropping support for it. Mayby they are turning back into a community board rather than a business board?

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on that.