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Drag and Drop Made Easy: Video Tutorial – Using Ajax and PHP – Part Two

This tutorial will walk you through setting up a mini content management system with a drag and drop script using Ajax and PHP

It is not essential to do part one of the tutorial but it may help

PART ONE: In part one we setup a sortable drag and drop task list that is integrated with your [...]


This tutorial will walk you through setting up a mini content management system with a drag and drop script using Ajax and PHP


It is not essential to do part one of the tutorial but it may help

  • PART ONE: In part one we setup a sortable drag and drop task list that is integrated with your mysql database
  • PART TWO: We’ll modify our code to make this a mini CMS that allows us to drag and drop to sort things and have those changes reflected on other pages.


There are many useful applications for this type of drag and drop. Perhaps a gallery. A shopping cart. A CMS. It’s really now just up to your imagination.

Drag and Drop made easy - Video Tutorial - Part Two

Just follow along with the video above and you'll be setup in no time at all.

Drag and Drop Demo

Demo Disabled - See the video

VERY IMPORTANT! - Please make sure to password protect your drag and drop script. Otherwise anyone will be able to add code and make changes to your site. If you don't know how to password protect a file or a directory do a google search for .htaccess and you will find plenty of info on setting up password protection.

A free drag and drop tutorial based off a script from the book AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications

Building Responsive Web Applications with AJAX and PHP is the most practical and efficient resource a reader can get to enter the exciting world of AJAX. This book will teach you how to create faster, lighter, better web applications by using the AJAX ingredients technologies to their full potential. Check that book out at Amazon

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