I started learning mysql and php around two weeks ago and have created a site it is at http://laptopupdate.siteburg.com its still under construction so anything besides the headline doesnt work the menu are all dead links meanwhile.

When you click on the headline of a leading article it directs you to a page called article which shows only the article you called and nothing more the problem is that if you actually type in the page article.php but without alll the garbage ?id=whatever that comes after it it will return an error.

and a css question I have a body and a bigdiv which has the whole box of stuff in it header menu maincontent and footer it is left margined 115 px, how do i instead center it and how do i get it to stop bumping the inline siteburg advert to the right

also what do you recommend I do for a comment system that allows readers to add comments and if you have any other tips and suggestions they will be gladly accepted

thanx

im very new to php and mysql as well but what i understand is:
1. Your article.php doesn't have any content at all actually. Anything it displays it takes from the database when someone makes a request.
But I do think it should return a just the page with nothing on it. Maybe you should try some error trapping. The message you get also suggests where the problem lies.
2. As for your CSS... I counted like 6 div tags without any use at all. You just open and close them... Im not sure why. But I didnt read the whole page cause its kinda messy and might be more tags you could just erase without affecting the way you page looks. After that you'll see more clearly.
If you used a HTML / CSS editor or any kind of what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor then change it.

In the article page I assume you've got something like:

PHP Code:

$id=$_GET['id']; 


or similar. All you need to do is to add:

PHP Code:

if(!isset($_GET['id']))
$id=0; 


where 0 is the default page you want to display. Or alternately have a completely different page enclosed within that if, and have the rest of your code in an else:

PHP Code:

if(!isset($_GET['id']))
{
// Code for handling the default page
}
else
{
// Your existing code
} 


It might also be worth putting in some error checking (check its an integer that is put as an argument etc.) at the same time.