Some sites/sources that may interest PHP/web devs

Leaving these sites for reference (bookmarks is getting bloated atm) and hopefully discussion

AutoCompleter Tutorial – jQuery(Ajax)/PHP/MySQL
http://www.nodstrum.com/2007/09/19/autocompleter/

Creating A On-The-Fly Sortable Table With PHP, MySQL & jQuery
http://return-true.com/2008/12/creat...-mysql-jquery/

Ajax Pagination with Jquery,PHP,Mysql
http://beski.wordpress.com/2009/04/2...queryphpmysql/

jQuery/PHP/Mysql Star Rating plugin
http://www.izradawebstranice.com.hr/...ng-plugin.html

Making an AJAX Web Chat (Part 1) – PHP and MySQL
http://tutorialzine.com/2010/10/ajax...hat-php-mysql/

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/
http://wiki.nginx.org/Main
http://sphinxsearch.com/
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

I wonder if any of you can guess what my new project is going to be? :shifty:

All of this is really amazing. Thank you for sharing. :)

What is "trac" useful for? I can't think of anything I'd use it for. :dabs:

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1.) Make it professional looking.
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The internet is full of websites that have contents similar to yours. Find one and ask them to exchange links with you. You’ll both benefit from one another if you do this. Offer a bargain to other site owners and let them put banners on your website for advertisement and vice versa. Include your URL on your e-mail signature for easy recognition. Better yet, join webrings.

4.) Advertise in simpler ways.
Don’t be bounded in the world of cyberspace if you want to get noticed. Find simple ways to advertise. Utilize the power of printed media to introduce your site to the public. Newspapers and magazines have been know as an effective carrier of advertisement so write up press releases and submit it to them. A more common way to advertise is thru distributing of fliers. Just see to it that your website is already established. What people read in a piece of paper must be the same with your website when they check it out.

5.) Show interaction to your visitors
Let your visitors know you’re always there. Provide message box and forums for them to interact with each other and also with you. Unlike chat rooms, message boards allow your visitors to check their messages for replies. Organize an e-mail list so you can message your visitors and update them about the sites new developments. And the most important of all, always be open to feedback—they like to be heard and answered right away. This will make your site even better.