Adding Messaging/Inbox

Question

Hello,
I am trying to add messaging to my website and I’m
stuck…
What I am using:
I am building my website with the help of DreamWeaver cs4. I
am building my site using PHP and MySQL and I am building my
database in PhpMyAdmin.
What I am trying to do:
Add messaging so registered users on my website are able to
communicate amongst each other.
My problem:
I am trying to add messaging to my site, but I have yet to
find any books to teach me how to add this application. Is there a
way to build my tables and use SQL to build the messaging system on
my own? How do other companies like facebook build their Inbox
messaging systems? Do they build the application using a different
programming code?
I’m more than willing to take the time to learn how to
successfully add a messaging system to my website, but I need to
know where to start. For example, what programming I need to learn,
what books would help out with the goal I’m trying to
achieve, etc…Any help will be a step in the right direction
and I appreciate your time!
Thank you,
Brad

Answer 1

bradley2083 wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to add messaging to my website and I?m
stuck?
> What I am using:
> I am building my website with the help of DreamWeaver
cs4. I am building my
> site using PHP and MySQL and I am building my database
in PhpMyAdmin.
> What I am trying to do:
> Add messaging so registered users on my website are able
to communicate
> amongst each other.
> My problem:
> I am trying to add messaging to my site, but I have yet
to find any books to
> teach me how to add this application. Is there a way to
build my tables and
> use SQL to build the messaging system on my own? How do
other companies like
> facebook build their Inbox messaging systems? Do they
build the application
> using a different programming code?
> I?m more than willing to take the time to learn how to
successfully add a
> messaging system to my website, but I need to know where
to start. For
> example, what programming I need to learn, what books
would help out with the
> goal I?m trying to achieve, etc?Any help will be a step
in the right direction
> and I appreciate your time!
> Thank you,
> Brad
Sounds very custom to me, your gonna have to figure it our
yourself.
The basic solution would be a table that stores the messages,
with the
recipient user id and the sender user id, a column for
whether its been
read or not, along with the message body itself. You will
want a data
field too.
Dooza
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