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pls help how can I creat a dynamic webpage

Posted 10 Aug 2006 23:02:43
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10 Aug 2006 23:02:43 marie light posted:
Hi

I want to make a similar webpage as www.bannerduel.com is it possible to use dreamwaver to upload images ?

What would I need to create a dynamic table?

Thank you for your help

marie

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Replied 11 Aug 2006 06:57:32
11 Aug 2006 06:57:32 John Marsden replied:
You'll need to create a dynamic site using either ASP or PHP. Try either or both of these tutorials to get you started.

www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/record_store.html
arutha.co.uk/viewtut/91/

What you want to do is fairly basic. Once you've made a basic dynamic site it'll be relativly easy to see how to go about it. Any problems return here with a link to the site/page, or example of code and I'm sure people will help you sort it out.
Replied 11 Aug 2006 23:11:30
11 Aug 2006 23:11:30 marie light replied:
Hi John,

thanks for your quick replay.

is it true that ASP has problems on Linux web servers?

I have all my images in Microsoft Access format can I load them from a querry?

marie

Replied 12 Aug 2006 03:28:52
12 Aug 2006 03:28:52 John Marsden replied:
Rule of thumb is to use ASP on Windows servers and PHP on Linux - check with your host to see what is possible. If your server is Linux I'd recommend using PHP. Yes, you call fields from a database using queries and Access data can be transfered to MySql faily easily.
Replied 15 Aug 2006 06:53:05
15 Aug 2006 06:53:05 Wynne Hunkler replied:
if you already have a MS Access database, you might want to consider upgrading to SQL Server and .NET. this would require a Windows Server platform; however, it would provide scalability you might not have with your current platform. it depends on how large you expect your site to grow, as well as your budget, of course ...



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Replied 15 Aug 2006 21:05:12
15 Aug 2006 21:05:12 marie light replied:
Thanks for your help.

The thing I dont understand is: How does this upload works?

Can you see what they are doing on www.bannerduel.com ?

Replied 16 Aug 2006 03:37:33
16 Aug 2006 03:37:33 John Marsden replied:
When a user logs on they'll be able to upload images using a form field that will "connect" with a script (ASP or PHP) held on the server. This script will handle the transfer of an image file (the form field will allow the user to browse to it) to a database held on the server.
The tutorials I suggested will give you a good idea how webpage forms interact with databases.

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