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I need a simple website, similar to craigslist for a school project. How do I go about doing it?

It is basically craigslist, except it will be to sell books at our school. I need to know what skills, scripting languages, database, etc., as well as what I need to do for it. Please only answer if you know something about web development. I know that there are a billion ways to go about this, but I need to keep it simple. Since it is a school project, learning new things about web development is a good thing. I never said I needed a replica of craigslist, I am doing a school project that is a simple ad site targeted at books. I already know Javascript, HTML, and a little Flash.

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1. copy "craigslist" source code...
2. All you need to know: HTML, PHP, MySQL, and some CSS could help. In the MySQL database, you'll store the "ads" themselves, as well as the accounts that people register with. Use the PHP to draw the information from the database, and with the help of HTML, display it neatly on the page. Feel free to contact me on any specific questions.
3. Hi there, it seems craiglist uses a database behind the content, the simplest you could use is mysql which is free and access which comes with most PCs(office), for the pages you need another web development language like php, jsp, asp.net, coldfusion. If you dont know any of those please i would recommend you to learn Coldfusion or php. Hope this helps and good luck!!
4. How you go about doing it is first realizing that Craig's List is *NOT* "a simple website", it's quite a complex website, incorporating a lot of heavy computer programming. So you spend a few years becoming competent at programming ... oh, you only have 4 years, so if you're not already a pretty good programmer, you can't do it. You could start learning, though, and some day you'd be able to. Concentrate on programming first, then databases. Then learn a few programming languages, like SQL, PHP and Javascript.