Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and CSS, 2nd Edition

Designing a Social Networking Site

Before writing any code, I sat down and came up with a list of things that I decided were essential to such a site. These included:

• A signup process

• A login form

• A logout facility

• Session control

• User profiles with uploaded thumbnails

• A member directory

• Adding members as friends

• Public and private messaging between members

• How to style the project

I decided to name the project Robin’s Nest, but you have to modify only one line of code (in functions.php) to change this to a name of your choice.