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Avardo
Posts: 31/184 |
YEah... I have to agree with downloading forums... But for the tagboards case... It's more simple than you think... All you need are the basics... and you can set up a Tagboard with a bit of HTML and a PHP loop  ... The only downside of the tagboard on my site is you can't keep track of I.P adresses... |
jasukan
Posts: 45/344 |
Well, for websites, I make my own, like the HTML and graphics and stuff. As for php scripts like forums and tagboards though, I download already made ones, since I don't know PHP. I have a book on PHP but never took the time to read it all the way through yet.  |
Dragato
Posts: 2/25 |
I prefere home made code, that way you know exectly what it does, and its easier to edit if the need arises.Plus I find it quite fun to make my own things, and it makes me feel good when they work properly  .
I do use a downloaded forum system however, since I pretty much lack the skill to make my own at the moment, but eventually I'd make to be able to make my own... |
Tuvai
Posts: 46/211 |
Originally posted by Vystrix Nexoth
hallelujah!
do you still write almost everything on one big line?
PHP-wise, I do. I'm not bothered by the backslashed quotes too much; took me a day or two to get used to only. |
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 18/348 |
Originally posted by Tuvai
yes, I use XHTML too now instead of normal HTML
hallelujah!
do you still write almost everything on one big line? |
Cymoro
Posts: 68/2216 |
Home made. I like knowing how the code I'm using works. |
Ailure
Posts: 179/11162 |
Downloading someone else code and modyfiying it is great if your are new for that language. Or if you like that type of board/program/os.
Making it from scratch is nice if you know the language and have the time. 
(I should learn PHP someday...) |
Mega-Dog
Posts: 10/139 |
I perfer homemade since you can do whatever you want to the code and the downloaded code has restrictions!!! |
HyperLamer
Posts: 11/8210 |
If someone else has already made a program I want, I'll download it. But usually I make my own to my custom specifications. Sure there's plenty of keyloggers but how many can be discretely shut off at any time? 
With code, I usually write my own, but sometimes I have to use other people's code for over-complicated API functions. (Sometimes I dunno WTF M$ was thinking. Why can't they just have a simple GetSystemCPUSpeed() function or some such thing? Even just GetSystemInfo() in which you have to specify you want CPU, #1, clock speed would be better than having to get all the system info at once into some strange UDT and figure out the cryptic return codes.  )
[edit] Hey, cool and smilies!  |
Tuvai
Posts: 7/211 |
Well, I can understand downloading a forum system; a decent forum isn't made in just a few days, and not everyone can make one either. What annoys me is that there's just (too) many 'sites' that are simply put just a standard forum system or a downloaded portal system (PHPNuke), usually with the default template/layout they come with. All people care about nowadays is having a board, funny how they're suprised when it's a flop, though.
OMFG I HEV A PHPBB EN I INSTALLED IT MYSELF IMA WEBMISTER NOW IMS O L37!11 LOLOLROFLMAO!1 |
setrodox
Posts: 22/238 |
@Tuvai: you are saying exactly what i was thinking |
Tuvai
Posts: 6/211 |
Let's put it this way, downloading stuff others made is both lack of motivation and skills; period. |
setrodox
Posts: 11/238 |
sometimes i need things that are so crazy that nobody has written it already. It's a good training to write the whole page on your own. |
Legolas
Posts: 12/50 |
I prefere to write all my own code. I am very anal when it comes to code layout, and there's nothing more annoying to me than having to wade through the heap of mess that someone else calls code. |
Tuvai
Posts: 5/211 |
The disadvantage with downloadable things is that it's NEVER perfect for you as it's not made specificly for you. Obviously I make everything myself, and I made my own forum system and all lest you forget.
Concerning websites itself, I don't see why people need to download templates for a website. Once I got a layout printed in my head, it takes me what, 5 to 10 minutes to type out the XHTML (yes, I use XHTML too now instead of normal HTML) completely? Pff, why download other templates/scripts which are way bigger than necesary and can only be integrated in my site with a lot of workarounds and trouble? |
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 16/348 |
Originally posted by Weasel
There's no point in reinventing the wheel
no, but at least you can say you made the wheel yourself, the way you want it, and know exactly how it works. |
Rydain
Posts: 8/738 |
My quiet blog runs on b2 because I didn't know diddlysquat about web programming when I set it up. Now that I've been working as a web developer for nearly a year, I know much more Perl, SQL, and JavaScript than I did back then (read: none), so I have the knowledge to set up my own stuff...but I'd probably still go with a prebuilt system because I have limited free time, and after spending 40 hours a week banging on code, I'm not that inclined to do it at home for free. |
FreeDOS
Posts: 39/1657 |
Except for the board, I prefer making everything myself...
I am making my own board software. However I doubt I'll use it at my own site, or that it'll be out in a while, for that matter. |
spncram
Posts: 3/83 |
I try to write my own code most of the time. However, I do download other people's code, just to see if there are any shortcuts to what I'm doing. My vote is definately writing my own code, since the only way to learn a language is by practicing. |
frantik
Posts: 4/66 |
Originally posted by Weasel
There's no point in reinventing the wheel I use downloadable stuff whenever I can.
Except for some of the scripts I write for fun. Like the message board I'm coding.
^^ yep..if i can find a script that does what i like then i use it. if there is nothing out there, then i write my own, or modify existing code.
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