where to start

[jsrdixon]

hi,

wondered if anyone could help get me started with a new project. i have never untaken a web dev project but do know the basics, anyway...

i am looking to download live sporting scores
i want the user to be able to select only a specific list of these scores they need
i want the user to be able to select or tick the team they want to be winning in these scores

where would be a good place to start, i have never downloaded rss feeds or anything like that so just need to know the starting points and the general logic and functions i will need to make this work.

thanks

[SvenBieder]

whatever you download has a special form, that will not change. you have to write a function, that is able to parse the downloaded file and seperates the information in the way you need it. then depending of how you need it, you store it in a database, or in xml files. the databse/xml-file can then with another function been searched, sorted, whatever you need.

the main thing is, that you look to the files you download and analyze their structure, that you know how to parse them.