Where to start?

Anon

Hi,

See this page?

http://128.146.67.169/geology/faculty.html

I want to turn this page into a database rather than just static HTML. I want it to look just like it is, but use a database to generate the table layout and professor names & email addresses.

I have a box with Linux, PHP 4, MySQL, and Apache.

Which tutorial would best help with getting started?

Thanks

Anon

I'd learn SQL ... that could be good.
For small databases, you could use CSV text..
You choose.

SqL on my version is buggy...
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Michael

Anon

Two words: Fast Templates. Look them up on this site.

Build a page builder that's nothing but a fill in the blank form to build to an xml document to be used in a canned page based on includes.

Things that grow and shrink belong in a database. Faculty names, email addresses, etc put in a database. Things that get punched through like xml, html, or php, you can just leave on the hard drive.

If you run the server in safe mode the user's scripts will run only in the directories of the user. This can make for a nice little security system if you just let them all publish from their own home directories i.e. (http:222.222.222.222/~/username/index.html).

Anon

I searched for Fast Templates on this site and just found a bunch of posts arguing for or against using fast templates. So I don't think that really helps me..

Thanks though,
Chris

Anon

Just click on the "columns" button on the left, then do a search in your browser for template.

There's a couple of good articles there on it.