Hi,
I'm looking for some script help with the following:
I have a MySQL database with 4 fields: url, title, description and keywords. It contains information about a particular type of
website. I want users to my website to be able to enter text in a textbox and click search. This will search the keywords field for
their text and display the results in a new page, with the title as a hyperlink using the url field and the description below it.
I have built both the search page and results page and would like to just insert the script. The pages contain the textbox and
search button but are only for effect. I do not know how to connect the search button to the script. I have looked at various
sites (Hotscripts in particular) but found everything more complicated than I need. I only want one page of results, no other
functions. Will I need the Server extensions if I want a text box and search button? How else could I search?
I am a COMPLETE beginner, in fact I know nothing about coding at all, and would really appreciate it if somebody could help. I
would prefer to use a simple tab delimited text file instead of a MySQL databse because I can open it in Excel and manipulate very
easily and then upload it to the server. It is only 67K. I have PHPMyAdmin on my host but it is not as versatile as excel.
I only want 3 pages on my site.
1. Index (main search page)
2. Search results page (created from the search)
3. The about page (general information)
I will pay a sensible fee if neccessary or add a link to your site on and results page informing users of your scripting skills.
The pages and sample text file can be found here:
search: http://www.unrealwebsites.net/sampleindex.htm
results: http://www.unrealwebsites.net/sampleresults.htm
sample text file: http://www.unrealwebsites.net/samplewebsites.txt
The graphics may not work and I have a small pop up Java script page to help users to vote for me at listing sites.
TIA
Phillip
