Incoming Development

Hi all, All of you, who have read any of the posts I’ve made in the past, may have noticed that I’m really new to PHP and RDBM. Well, now I have the chance of making a great web site and would like it to be my “personal signature” in the future, so I would really like to do it right. Also, I would like to consider the possibility of making it in the most extensive way possible, in order to learn basically all there is of PHP and you guys and gals. What I need here, is for you to drop some of your ideas on how the site should be schemed, in order to make it the most secure and function-able site it can. Here’s the deal: a) The client is a local University that attends students from 2 States (or Provinces). Most of these students don’t have the possibility to travel hundreds of miles every day, and some can’t afford to rent an apartment here. b) Another problem, is that most of the classes are given in classrooms prepared for 40 – 60 students, but sometimes are filled with up to 200 and most of them, have to hear the class from outside a window or from the hall. c) The third problem, are books. Most of the literature that it’s needed for each class is way too expensive for students to buy and some other books aren’t even in stores, so most of the student’s budget is spent in photocopying thousands of pages per semester. This is what I’ve come up so far: a) A secure area personalized for each student, where he/she can re-read the class they missed. b) An area where the students can read or download books, in order to avoid having to spend so much money in photocopies. c) A secure area where the professors can answer the registered student’s questions. d) Forums, Mailing lists and Chat areas to let the registered students interact with each other instead of spending time and money in transportation every time they have to get together to study. e) News from the Campus. f) Automatic news (as mailing lists) from chosen faculties and/or classes (sent to the student’s e-mail). Well… hoping to hear from all of you who have made something alike or would like to help in the development of something like this. Cesar Aracena <mailto:webmaster@icaam.com.ar> CE / MCSE+I Neuquen, Argentina +54.299.6356688 +54.299.4466621