Hi,
First post so hello to everyone.

Hoping someone can help me out before i go mental. ha.

Im making a website, its a classified ads site (yes another one... buts it aim is different).

I have a script which is working fine but im having trouble with the coding.

Basically on my main page, the ads are listed. But I want to have a menu on the main page.

Basically a text menu like this:

For Rent:
Houses
Apartments
Shops etc...

I can do it in HTML but im wondering how do I do this in PHP?

Also I want to have a menu at the side, with links like Dublin, Cork, Waterford, so that when people click them ONLY ads from that area show up.

Is this a big job? The script I have is fine, but it doesnt have these features.

Hoping someone can help me or even guide me in the right place. Im learning PHP so its a bit tricky.

Thanks

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk/article.../php-includes/

basically a menu like that

For Rent:
Houses
Apartments
Shops etc...

is better stored in say a database or file whatever. then have a php script to load it and generate the html tags needed for proper display of the menu.

well. to be able to develope your site in php you need to know how to connect to database and query data. then how to display data etc...
check http://www.php.net
it is php official site

PHP can get all of this done with MySQL not a problem, as the above post stated you would need to learn how to make queries using PHP and MySQL.

MySQL would be how you could choose different areas and using the GET global in the links that you pass out.