The idea is to break apart a portion of my website to be much easier to update. Curently I have many html pages and I must make a new one as we add more (the old simple way). I decided to come into the new ear and use php to make it easier to update. The idea is to use php to...

1) Scan a specified main folder. Inside that folder all the projects are located in their own folders. The first scan takes these folder names and basically generates a table with all the project names.

2) If a user selects a prohject name a second set of code is run. A pre determined layout comes up and the images and text in that layout change acording to whats in the folder. There is a text document in that folder that has all of the project information in it and several pictures with their thumbnails in it.

I got the idea from the spgm gallery generation php code. I put it on my site and it is easy to update and set up. If anyone can give me direction on where to start or tutorials that will give me a head start in this direction (im willing to read and try im not asking for a freebie) i would appreciate it. Thanks

ps. the site in question is an architects project website.

    Thanks. I guess the only other question I have would we, what cateory would the thing im trying to accomplish fall under. This way I could study up more on my specific topic. Thanks

      I'm not sure, but I usually get really good results when I go to google and search for keywords in what I think the category may be, and make sure to include PHP in your search query.

        Okay let me put this into my lango. You want a script that will display all the folders in one folder, then when a user clicks on one of those links, it will open the folder and dislay whats in side?

        ie) Apache(with alittle modifations)?

          Pretty much. Its like an image gallery generator that generates a page with any images from folder, text located in a certain document, all according to a certain layout. Ive been checking out the referred codewarrier.com site and the beginner tutorial is starting to get me in the right direction. The biggest problem is i am an architecture major and im trying to learn programming on any free time i have (which is little) and with no assistance from anyone at school. thanks for any help

            Wow, this is great. Thanks a lot.

            It is amazing what google can do for you, from studying for an art history midterm to searching for ways to make different wooden joint, google can give you access to lots.

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