How do I create an online-community site where users can list and trade items?

The answer to this will hopefully have three parts (if you can answer only one, though, please do)





1. Explain to me how to set up an online-community site that allows for users to post items that they want to trade, much like eBay. The site should incorporate userpages for each user as well as a search function.





2. Explain how to allow users propose trades to other users in a non-email based manner (within the site)





3. Explain how to allow users to accept trades and allow the user who proposed the trade to know.





Also, please, if at all possible, explain how to do this on a SSL database to keep users safe.

How do I create an online-community site where users can list and trade items?
I hope you realize that this isn't the sort of thing that can be answered in five minutes... or even two hours. To my knowledge, you can't just install a software package and be up %26amp; running... you'll need to start pretty much from scratch.





You'll need to become familiar with a database query language like MySQL, and understand how to interact with the database using PHP or ASP or whatever you prefer. Each of those topics has caused many books to be written, all of them complicated... But your local library should be a good resource.





Bottom line, you'll need to learn about the tools before you can use them to create a complex online community. Good luck!





[Edit:]





Well, unfortunately I'm no expert. The following sites look like a pretty good starting point...


It turns out I was wrong, and there are lots of free "auction site" PHP programs you can get and use... but for item *trading,* I'm pretty sure you'd have to go in and edit the source code. I'm sorry I can't give any better guidance, but I guarantee if you posted another question on here, directly related to PHP, you'd get lots of good answers.





PHP Tutorials:


http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp


http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutoria...


http://www.phpbuilder.com/





Auction PHP scripts:


http://www.softbizscripts.com/auctions-s...


http://auctioncode.com/


http://www.geodesicsolutions.com/product...


http://www.scripts.com/php-scripts/aucti...


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=fre...
Reply:This is a heavily PHP oriented type of site.

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