Philip

This? http://forums.devshed.com/beginner-programming-16/project-suggestions-609064.html

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With the flurry of new posts lately asking for ideas on what to program... it is time for a sticky to show up! Below is a list of common ideas (most of which taken from previous PHPF contest suggestions.) Do you have an idea? Post a reply and if it is good, we'll update the table below Idea Description Genre Source AI Bot Create a bot that you can have a conversation with AI @mattd8752 Unix converter Create a tool that allows users to convert unix timestamps to custom date/time formats. Applications Blog Create a fully functional blog that you can post to, have comments, etc. Applications @fert Planner / Address Book An address book that stores contacts / important dates Applications @The Little Guy CMS Create a CMS (Content Management System) that allows for custom pages, designs, etc. to be created/edited from the backend Applications @steelmanronald06 News System A news system that allows for "breaking news", comments, etc. Applications @coolcoolm Arcade Create an arcade system (to host games) with a high score database Applications @coolcoolm Tutorial site Tutorial Site With Coments Applications @coolcoolm Statistics program Create a program that will allow you to find trends within data Applications Jaysonic Analytics Tool Create an application that is similar to Google Analytics or Piwik Applications @xyph Media gallery Create a media gallery to host images, videos, etc. Applications Jaysonic Member Management System Create a member management system Applications Jaysonic Topsite / Link exchange Create a website that allows for linkbacks, referrals, etc. Applications Jaysonic Calendar Create a calendar that uses PHP / MySQL as a backaned Applications Jaysonic RSS reader Create a program that can grab and parse an RSS feed Applications @Streety Search Engine Create a search engine for a small to mid-sized website Applications @Streety Web Mail Interface Create a web interface to a mailbox (think squirrelmail) Applications @ToonMariner Forum Create a forum that implements many other ideas on this list Applications @NArc0t1c Weather Forecaster Create a weather forecaster system that pulls data from RSS feeds Applications @heckenschutze Web chat interface Create an online chat system, similar to (or using IRC) Applications @phpSensei File tracking system Create a file tracker system to share (legal) files Applications @stuffradio "HackThis" Create a site similar to http://hackthissite.org Applications Graphic Calculator Similar to our first contest, create a graphic calculator Applications [/td] Syntax Highlighter Create a syntax highlighter Development Tools @play_ Code Prettifier Create a tool that parses and prettifies other languages Development Tools @Philip Code Minifier Create a tool that minifies other languages Development Tools @Philip Chess Create the common game, chess Games @Milbea Blackjack Create the common game, blackjack Games @Milbea RPG Similar to our second contest, create a text-based RPG Games Create a sudoku generator Games @Philip Typing Game Create a game to see how fast people can type Games @Philip Crossword Puzzle Generator Create a crossword puzzle generator Games @Philip Word-Find Puzzle Generator Create a word-find (word-search) puzzle generator Games @Philip Mad Libs Generator Create a mad-libs generator Games @Philip Mastermind Create a Mastermind game, with difficulty levels, etc. Games Translator Translates text from one language to another (note: languages can be simple like "leet speak") Text reddit to the rescue with even more ideas!

That was enabled at one time... I wonder what happened to it

I've updated the Facebook link, go nuts and like it!

Hmm thanks. Will take a look into it!

Yeah, I went with namecheap. I do hate having to drop a couple hundred bucks for renewing the domains, but meh. It'll be worth it to get away from godaddy.

Yup, which is also another reason. Cheers Dan for the reddit link. It's rare when I visit reddit

I'm kinda surprised we don't have a sticky on this and there haven't been many topics on this for a few years... so here we are! Here is a compiled list: www.namecheap.com www.name.com www.dynadot.com www.gandi.net www.easydns.com www.dyndns.com www.domainnameshop.com www.dd24.net http://domains.ausweb.com.au/

They have quite a few billboards near where I live "Know Linux? We're hiring!"

I still am a fan of HTML-Kit Tools

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ (HTML-Kit) http://www.chami.com/html-kit/plugins/ (Plugins for HTML-Kit -- very useful :D)