Need Php Gaming Ladder Updated 07.04.08
Well I am interested in getting my current website updated. Here is a list of what needs done. If you could please give me an estimate and time frame that would be awesome.
–Login–
The login as it sits now is good, but it needs register globals on in order to work, in which I think is a no no. So change the login so that it does not need that on or off. Then also make the login/registration integrated with vBulletin. I do have a login script that works with vBulletin and it allows for users to login on either the forum or the ladder and be able to go back and forth between the two and not have to re-login each time. Now I say registration because the ladder registration and the forum registration are different. Well I only want one register file that will insert all the info from the user into the ladder DB and the forum DB. Also if they change their info it will update both db’s. Not very hard.
–Creating Platforms, arenas, ladders–
Ok well my ladder script already has a part where you can add a platform and then when you add a new platform the way to get to it should be www.platform_name.domain_name.com or www.domain_name.com/platform_name/ …now the reason for this is so when the user clicks on a certain platform only the games or what we call “arenas” will show up under that platform. Now all of the site links should reference this platform from now on. For instance, when a user clicks on staff he should only get the staff in that platform and NOT staff for every platform…Well after the platform is made I bet you can only guess what is next.
Well in the admin CP the main admin can then create an Arena under whichever platform he chooses. So now with that new arena…lets say Socom just for now. Well if a user went a platform and then under that ps2 platform they choose the Arena Socom . Well the url should now be www.ps2.domain_name.com/socom/ or www.domain_name.com/ps2/socom/…now The site links should only be for this arena. For instance, if a user wanted to join this Arena and they were already on the arena home page they would just click Join Ladder. Now some ladder scripts have them re-select the arena that they want to join. Well hey they are already viewing that arena so what other arena do you think they want to join! The only thing they will have to choose is what ladder they want to be in. For example; Socom Clan, Socom Doubles, Socom Singles, and the only ladders that should show up are the ones that are made under that particular arena. Other than that I do not see how more clear cut I can be about this process.
So with that said each ladder will be made and the Admin creating them will have to select what Arena if goes under. Then each arena should have a seperate HOME PAGE for news and what not. The news should be editable in the admin CP and it should be referenced to each arena/game. So when creating a new arena/game a home page for that arena should be created in that specified arenas folder. This news part should not be very hard because my script already has a news portion in the admin CP. So the only thing needing to be added would be selecting what arena the news would be on, and only the writing staff can on those certain arenas can edit it. The final url result if a user were to navigate through the site to the ladder would be…. www.ps2.domain_name.com/socom/ladder_name/… or www.domain_name.com/ps2/socom/ladder_name/…From this point they can navigate the ladder. Like go to match finder, or standing page, etc…
Now with this new platform URL layout you would probably need to go through all the pages so that they work the way I want them to. Also a few changes may be needed in order to accommodate the new URL feature.
If you have any questions about this particular setup either go to worldgaminginc.com, or gaminghead.com, and you can compare these to my beta website tek-hut.com/anxiety/ladder/. From there you can compare those two to mine and you will be able to see the difference. Create an account and then navigate through the site and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Each arena/game has its own home page where only the links on the left then represent that arena/game. So for instance, right now my initial homepage has recent matches and it shows every match for every ladder. Well when you go to a certain arena/game lets say Socom it should then only show the matches for that arena’s ladders. This among of other things of course this was just an example of how the links should work. This should be pretty self explanatory to any good/experienced web developer.
Thanks
