I stumbled across this site which shows how to create a basic browser game in php, and how to implement and use Smarty. Since Mysidia also uses Smarty, I thought this would make a great resource for people who need to learn the basics first before swimming through Mysidia's Smarty implementation. It's also a great beginner's php/mysql tutorial. There were some bugs in the Github download so I recommend not using that, but instead just go through the tutorial and copy and paste stuff as you learn it, because the tutorial code does work (I did massive bug fixing on my Github copy from the tutorial). Here's the tutorial:
Making Browser Games
I also wrote my own tutorial on their forums for adding a player avatar system. I did it as a way to document for myself what I learned and to share it with others.
http://forums.makingbrowsergames.com...ead.php?tid=48