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In this tutorial you will use MX Kollection 3 to build a basic Discussion Board web application. The final application will allow users to:
View a list of discussion topics.
Read the messages associated with each topic.
Post a new message to any topic, after registering an account.
Reply to other messages.
Subscribe to a discussion thread (a chain of messages that are replies to the original one) and receive email notifications when a new message was posted.
This tutorial contains three main sections
Planning the application, with the database design and site structure.
Building the basic discussion board - the topic and message display and the post/reply pages.
Improving the basic board by allowing subscriptions and reply notifications.
If you have the MX Kollection 3 bundle installed, then you have all the necessary tools. Otherwise, the following separate products should be installed on your computer to complete the Discussion Board tutorial:
MX Send E-mail
MX Form Validation
MX User Login
MX Query Builder
The estimated completion time for this tutorial is about 40 - 60 minutes, depending on your authoring knowledge with Macromedia Dreamweaver and MX Kollection 3.
It's recommended that you follow the steps in their intended order as to avoid problems later on.