is there somewhere i can get a tutorial on how to create these typed games. Eg http://Www.after-death.net, there are millions out there, its like a mud but not quite

I'd imagine it uses a sites database but that's all i know

I do believe i have posted in the wrong section as well My mistake.

Welcome to the forums, Jimbob.

First of all, what programming experience do you have? If you're just starting out I'd suggest picking up a programming language- C, C++ are popular choices in general, but PHP would be more useful for what you want to do.

After that I'd suggest learning SQL and database design/management.

A quick google search pulled up this tutorial on PHP/MySQL. Seems to be geared towards beginners, but I admittedly didn't read too deeply into it.

Throw PHP or MySQL into Google for more resources.

HTH.

Also, I'd suggest you take some time learning html if you haven't already. You'll need to know how to format your dynamic content correctly. From what I've gleaned on CGI programming a What You See is What You Get editor won't get you as far as you want to go.

I did learn html, I took a crash course in sql a while ago so basically, im trying to learn php now. Just to make something simple first and build on it

If you don't want to dig too deep into databases just yet, you could do something like this very simply just with files by treating a file as the database. You can open the file when a user does something (and you also need to lock it with flock() to make sure the data file can be only accessed by one user at a time) and then write to it.

Later when you learn SQL you can just replace using the file for data with using your database.

Like, i could try and make a page that is editable, and use data from the database to represent, a variable aand a simple form to set whats on the page

Maybe check out phpbb2, they have a lot of mod's such as a cash system and store system and plenty of other add ons that you could make a small game with. check out http://go-gaia.com/ It's more of an interactive bb system, but you might be able to get some good ideas. I always wanted to make something along those lines but lack mysql/php knowledge.