Not sure about wordpress, but pretty much any site that also allows php will work. I'm doing something very similar with Joomla (it mines stock data and performs various statistical metrics on it to act as a reverse stock screener).

You are building a custom TV and Wordpress helps you build a house to store it in. These 'extensions' are like small pieces of furniture and in some cases entire rooms of the house (like a membership registration system).

The advantage of using Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla is that you don't have to learn all the nonsense related to your house, like learning how to get your bathroom working when all you want to do is get people to come in and watch the amazing TV you just built.

To get your information into a database, you're likely going to want to go through phpmyadmin to connect to a MySQL database. If these terms are unfamiliar start with google.

Using wordpress, joomla, or drupal can remove some mundane stuff from your project. For example, these CMSs all have user login built in and lots of plugins available that provide additional functions for these users. If you want user logins on your football site, you would only need to add the football functionality as a page or plugin while the CMS handles the users.

Mango/Max,

We were arguing whether Wordpress "can do everything" which it obviously can't. Nobody is saying using a CMS/or framework to do a lot of the boilerplate work for you is a bad idea.

Dude, my point was that the people in this thread who are looking to make some money from sites are much better off learning WordPress then starting out learning to code in HTML, PHP or CSS. If you think it's a better use of time for a new person to learn to code those by hand as opposed to something like WP which can do nearly anything they would be looking to do with HTML and CSS and ****, then you are a goofball.

You're taking small bits of my longer posts out of context. Like I was seriously suggesting WordPress can do EVERYTHING web based in the world? Yeah, if you guys want an email account, don't bother with gmail, I think WordPress will do that too. No.

It was my belief that this thread is comprised of many new people who are just now looking into making money with sites. Which is why people were asking about learning how to code HTML and CSS, which are very basic forms of coding. I am saying that it's much easier to just learn how to make a site with WordPress, which is more than adequate for what they are likely looking for. It's a much better use of time and likely has all of the customizable options they are looking for.

And again, if you want something out of the ordinary like TC, then no, a simple WordPress install isn't going to cut it. I said that already. I was aiming at new people who want to learn HTML for some reason. Hand coding a site with HTML will take years off your life and is pointless when you can customize professional looking WP designs.

I'm done with this discussion. I'm late for my HTML class. </html>

If you had made this post first instead of the two you did, nobody would have disagreed and we wouldn't be having this argument. Instead you chose:

You can see why I/others might have been confused.

Uhh no.

Good luck quitting for real this time!

Anyone know any other sites besides flippa? Digitalpoint forums seem like mostly crap.

http://www.freshdrop.net

Has anyone experience in online browser games?
It looks like you can get a decent one scripted for 3k at freelance.com(I am thinking off a manger game for some niche sport).
How much tech knowledge would I have to have in order to maintain a game with a good admin backend?
How much would you make with approx 1k active users?

For those of you looking to learn about affiliate marketing, check out this sales listing. Read the post+comments and you should get a good idea of how to start an affiliate marketing campaign. It seems like a lot of work, but this guy made $1million.

http://flippa.com/auctions/96355/Net...---5-figure-pm

TVB - I have been using HTML since the CERN HTTPD days in the early 90's. I wrote entire web sites in HTML using emacs. It was easy for me due to previous experience with markup languages (DSR-Runoff). If you can think logically and draw some flow charts, it is not hard at all. I have kept up and am now looking for some HTTP5 training info.

Appreciate the thread but I have to say this or my OCD will kill me:



So did the guy who invented the pet rock.

If you're going to use lots of jargon to convince people on some random internet board think you know what you are talking about, at least use the right jargon. (hint: HTTP 5 doesn't exist)

Hum, this is exactly what I was thinking about doing a year ago. I didn't go anywhere with it for various reasons (but I haven't been completely useless, working on a Cal-ISO database...). I wanted to implement screens based on Journal of Finance type research. Basic technical and fundamental screens and rankings. One thing I was unsure of was whether I could get enough fundamental data for free. I wasn't sure if Yahoo and google could cover me. Are you planning on making a commercial site? Made progress?

awesome thread

of course he meant html 5