My website currently looks like this...

I'd like it to have this functionality


My question is, where do I get started? I have some rusty experience with MySQL/database programming, and some friends in the field that could hold my hand along the way, but I'm not sure where to start. I think if I got nudged in the right direction I might be able to keep it going from there.

I basically want a website which has a photo database that can be sorted by sport, player, event, year, etc.



Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.


I did stumble across this thread, but this didn't get me very far:
"How to: a "sort by" drop down menu/list"

It's not really what your website _looks_ like now, it's a question of how you generate it. Do you have a database containing details of the photos, or is it generated by hand (or with some "generate-a-website" utility)? You need the former, and you need to select the properties of each photo on which you need to be able to search.

There are various prebuilt photo gallery applications you could try, but none is likely to be as customisable as doing it yourself.

The current website uses an external photo hosting website. I will be starting over from scratch.

Where should I look for existing photo gallery applications based off of a database? I am not as familiar with those types of websites. The ones I have come across so far do not offer the kind of sub-level sorting I need, whether using a database on my website or on an external photo website.

I realize I may need to make it myself, but it might help to look at some finished products as a reference point.

Well, here's a start:

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&...-8&oe=utf-8

I expect that if you implement everything by some sort of keyword search you may find it done for you, otherwise it's a medium sized job to build your own. phpmyadmin is a good place to start...

Thanks that's the kind of start I was looking for...

I've literally spent days googling for something pre-built, but I think all of my keywords were more geared towards the front-end or web-end of things, not to mention that after awhile I was rehashing most of the same results. I appreciate the help.