Web development topic

[Earth]

Since the number of players wanting to create a Nexuiz fansite or clansite is growing I thought it would be a nice thing to do to add a web development topic to the Alientrap forum so our technical community can provide you with the necessary answers.

Feel free to post your questions, hint, tricks, etc here. Every category of web development is welcome here, whether it's server-side or client-side scripting, HTML, XML, web design, CSS, graphics, etc. But please don't post matters like: "Please fix my script for me", "How to decode ioncube/zend coverted scripts?", etc. because we all have things to do ourselves .
Accepted questions would be of this kind: "What does this error message mean?", "Where can I find good tutorials on PHP, JavaScript, etc.", "How can I get this kind of effect/feature working?", etc.

The technologies I'm able to help you with are:
PHP
(D)(X)HTML
CSS
JavaScript (AJAX, JSON)
XML
MySQL

Here are some opensource advertisements for interested parties:

JavaScript frameworks:
jQuery: jquery.com (my favorite)
Prototype + scriptaculous: prototypejs.org + script.aculo.us
Mootools: mootools.net
The Dojo Toolkit: dojotoolkit.org

More can be found by searching Google with this link:
http://www.l.google.com/search?hl=en&q= ... tnG=Search

PHP frameworks:
PEAR: pear.php.net (my favorite)
Zend Framework: framework.zend.com
CakePHP: cakephp.org
CodeIgniter: codeigniter.com

More can be found by searching Google with this link:
http://www.l.google.com/search?hl=en&q= ... tnG=Search

Using a framework will save you a lot of time (and perhaps money) in development but this is not really recommended for developers getting into a technology as it won't increase your knowledge of the technology but only of the framework and perhaps of web development in general.

Happy developing!

[[-z-]]

Cool man, good idea. Can you link your urls?

Frameworks are wonderful but they may be a little much for a beginner. I plan on coming out with a NDK (Ninja Development Kit) within a month or two that uses a pseudo framework that will help new developers grasp the MVC concept without going neck deep.

[Earth]

All the URLs are links now.

Most frameworks are a bit too much for small projects and beginners but there are also smaller choices available, it just requires a little researching and testing.

Be sure to let me know something, I'd like to see your NDK.