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offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 01:40 [#01603084]
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hi

i am in desperate need of some help with designing a small
portion of my website. it shouldn't be too complicated, but
i'm afraid i just don't have the expertise.

are there any web design people on here who'd be willing to
help me out with this? you would of course be fully credited
for it on the site.....

if so, please mail me: terry@mishkas.com

ta


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-05-18 02:06 [#01603092]
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what do you need help with exactly?


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 02:10 [#01603093]
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I don't really want to give the details on here, it's sort
of top-secret at the moment. It's basically a database,
though.

If you're interested in helping, then email me and I'll give
you the full low-down.

Sorry to be so mysterious :)


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-05-18 02:33 [#01603111]
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Sorry geez; I'm more of a front-end man.


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 02:57 [#01603135]
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That's OK - thanks for looking anyway :)

So, people, maybe I should have been more specific -
basically, I need someone who can make a fairly simple
searchable database for the site.....


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-05-18 03:07 [#01603144]
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if your useing dreamweaver mx it should be relatively
simple; a good book should be able to help you to setup a
simple searchable database. you need software for the
database (e.g. if its going to be basic MS Access) this is
where you will store the results if you like; that is name
address username etc.

you then need to code a front-end form (can be done in mx)
and link it to this db so that your users can search for
terms and pull out specific info. thats a very basic
overview sorry... but a book may really help, i think it
seems harder than it is if you have the time.


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 03:11 [#01603148]
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Cheers.... the problem is that I'm abroad (Lithuania,
originally from UK) and have no access to any such books.
Also, I'm really, really inexperienced with website
programming, so I've no idea how to do it at all.

I'm quite sure it is fairly simple, but I suspect it would
take me weeks to work it out, whereas I think it's the kind
of thing someone with the right expertise could bang out in
15 minutes......


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2005-05-18 03:15 [#01603155]
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not necessarily;
1. get on amazon, you can have any book you want and they
will deliver it to you.

2. the relevant section will take no more than 3 hours to
grasp.

3. use the searches on the net for tutorials and support
etc. (there will be loads)

4. hopefully these points will suffice. good luck.


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 04:36 [#01603209]
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I know...... but I'm lazy and don't have much time...... I
was hoping I'd find a database genius on here who could bang
it off for me in quarter of an hour.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-05-18 04:42 [#01603216]
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if you want a database-genious, you shouldn't have asked for
a webdesigner, then. you should also give a bit more info to
avoid having people who don't really know what they're doing
mail you.

is it a mysql database, and will you be using php to access
it?


 

offline manicminer from Paris (France) on 2005-05-18 04:50 [#01603228]
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I don't know. I don't know what mysql is, or php. I hope you
don't mind, but I'm going to email you to explain it.....


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-05-18 04:51 [#01603229]
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go right ahead.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2005-05-18 05:03 [#01603237]
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ok. it will take more than 15 minutes, and it would require
you to install certain things on the server if it's not
already installed.

1: php
2: mysql

the thing that would take the most time would be creating
the database, 'cause one new entry in the database would
create two entries that cross-referenced each other (1 works
with 2 | 2 works with 1).

I have no idea how to do a real search (I can do one that
would work well on a small database, and it's not very
effective), but considering how the xlt search is
progressing I'm guessing it's not easy. a new entry would
also require this search engine to check if it has already
been entered into the database, and prevent duplicate
entries.

the login system would be the easiest part of it.


 

offline timtom on 2005-05-18 05:25 [#01603266]
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i'm sure that you can find web programmers in Lithuania
who'll help you with the database for a very small fee.


 


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