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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 |
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what do you need help with exactly? |
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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 :) |
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Sorry geez; I'm more of a front-end man. |
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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..... |
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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. |
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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...... |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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..... |
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go right ahead. |
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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. |
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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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