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Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:04

To do List

My fiance asked if i could build something in the form of an electronic to-do-list, so here it is...

any comments welcome

EDIT: I know the design is a little basic/pants but i thought id keep the layout simple and clean for now and concentrate on the script

[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Planty02]

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27th Jul 06 at 15:07

How we meant to see if we cant log in

Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:07

Feel free to register

Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:09

The jist of it is that its an online to do list so can be accessed from anywhere (with net access) that allows to add, remove or update any tasks you need to do.

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27th Jul 06 at 15:11

James

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27th Jul 06 at 15:12

Looks ok, PHP is for fudge packers though

I'm biased towards .Net though

James

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27th Jul 06 at 15:13

But surely there are about a million and one pieces of free software that can do that?

Even most phones have it .....

Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:21

I hate putting large amounts of text into a phone - i find it really tedious.

I wanted to do one completely custom to suit what i need (plus ive got nothing better to do atm)

James

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27th Jul 06 at 15:22

Thats fair enough, looks good

Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:24

Cheers mate - I'm still at uni doing internet tech so stuff like this helps me to learn - its better than some of my coursework tho

James

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27th Jul 06 at 15:25

Cool - Am at uni doing a very similar thing, I'm always doing little stuff like that to learn, its the best way

Planty02

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27th Jul 06 at 15:30

Good luck with it mate - I start a 12 month placement in september so no coursework/exams for a year now

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31st Jul 06 at 11:10

Looks pretty good and a alright ide (even though im sure there are sites out there that already do this) but the interface is a bit cack -

Should go straight to the Task list for quick browsing, with an "add task/todo" button near the top. Also whats the "Task Number"? Im guessing its the DB's autokey number rather than a specific task number to the user - which would be more useful.
Date could being formatted for UK users (maybe have an option?). Also i would get rid of that drop down and replace the edit of the task by link on the task number/title.

An idea to include would be the option to send email reminders of the taks based on time/date and WAP/Mobile Phone access with auto login (fairly easy to do) - from what i remember there is an specific phone ID that gets sent with the phones headers that could be used against the users username/password etc.

James - .NET....sod that

php is a lot more powerful and isnt tied to any microsoft cack! Cheaper too

James

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31st Jul 06 at 11:24

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

php is a lot more powerful

Are you sure about that? PHP Beats ASP.Net alone obviously but tied in with C# or VB I'm fairly confident .Net can do a lot more

Planty02

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31st Jul 06 at 11:40

Thanks for the input Dom

ATM I'm using this to develop my skills in this area and agree with you about the hyperlink rather than drop-down boxes, Just need to find how to pass the task number from the list to the detail page.

I will also look into formatting the date a little better, and the interface will be having some changes in the future

James

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31st Jul 06 at 11:58

quote:
Originally posted by Planty02
Just need to find how to pass the task number from the list to the detail page.

Use a query string

Planty02

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31st Jul 06 at 12:03

How would i go about doing that james? through the hyperlink (<a> ) tags? any chance of an example?

cheers

[Edited on 31-07-2006 by Planty02]

Dom

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31st Jul 06 at 13:14

quote:
Originally posted by James

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

php is a lot more powerful

Are you sure about that? PHP Beats ASP.Net alone obviously but tied in with C# or VB I'm fairly confident .Net can do a lot more

But as straight server side scripting language it is stupidly quick. And the fact that ASP(.NET) severely relies on 3rd party components being installed to do anything "fancy" - and it isn't always possible to get hosts to install things for you (unless it's your own box).

Though i dont understand where you're coming from when saying "ties in with C or VB" - you could right your own components for anything backend language but it wastes time (and companies money) doing so when PHP/Perl could do exactly the same but without the hassle.

Back to topic, Planty -

When you query the task number, save it in a string and create a hyperlink based on that ie:

strTaskNumber = (query string);
- - - -
<a href="editpage.php?a=<?=strTaskNumber?>"><?=strTaskNumber?></a>

Then on the editpage.php just grab it using GET/Post and get the details for it using a query based on that - been a long time since ive done any php work but im sure you get the idea.

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31st Jul 06 at 14:47

Cheers Dom - I'll have a crack at that in the near future

Planty02

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31st Jul 06 at 15:45

Changed the way the tasks are listed - looks much better now

Cheers Dom

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31st Jul 06 at 18:18