template troubles

[generic]

Hi,

I am putting together a site for a music store and one of the main areas in the site is going to be a 'featured artist' area. The client has requested that he be able to administer this part of the site himself to save on costs, which means I'll need a simple form driven backend.

I want to be able to set up a script to write to a template or dynamically create pages via inputting data into a backend form. The resulting information would then have to be set up to display one random link (linked to one of the archived band/artist pages) each time the front page was loaded.

I haven't got the slightest clue how to achieve this as I'm just getting into databases now. Does anyone have a simple code snippet or something similar that will create this effect.

Thanks in advance!

gen

[sarahk]

There are quite a few ways to achieve this and a "template" is detail for later. Templates are a tool for putting info on a page and an excellent way to separate logic from the "presentation layer".

Before then you have to decide

• how you will store the data

• what needs to be maintained

It is totally feasible to create a login section to the site where the owner goes to add info into the database - in plain text.
the users then see what has been entered but placed within an html page.

Check out some of the other postings for info on random selection.

Check out classes and tutorials for managing the database.

Check out tutorials for info on sessions and forms.

good luck

[generic]

I wonder if there is an existing script that will achieve the desired effect - like Smarty or something??