Need direction, Forums, message board, request |
Need direction, Forums, message board, request |
becca24jg |
Feb 10 2007, 04:04 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1,835 |
Ok, I have slowly, but surely, figured everything out and it is all coming together. I am missing two pages on my website. Saved the two I have no idea how to do for last.
So first, here is my website (it is still being tweaked): www.simplybent.com I use, godaddy. They have databases I can use there, but have never in my life dealt with databases or mysql. I need two, one page to be a forum or message board type of page. Where someone can leave a comment, and everyone's comments are always visible on the page. The other thing I need, is a request a page, where someone can go in and simply fill in the blanks. The blanks I would need are their email address, and name of a song they would like to hear. Then ofcourse, I need to be able to collect this information. If its too complex, I can skip this page altogether. Anyway, I have dreamweaver, flash and fireworks. Any suggestions, help, direction you can give would be great. I am definately a beginner, but I am familiar with html. Would love comments. Thanks, Becca |
Darin McGrew |
Feb 10 2007, 04:59 PM
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WDG Member Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,366 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3 |
What server-side programming mechanisms do you have available? PHP? CGI? ASP?
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pandy |
Feb 10 2007, 05:00 PM
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🌟Computer says no🌟 Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,753 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 |
You don't necessarily need two databases just because you have two applications needing one. They can share.
It's likely you set the database up through a control panel. Log in to your CP and see if you can figure out how to do it from there. There's probably some kind of instructions. |
becca24jg |
Feb 10 2007, 07:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1,835 |
I see asp, not sure on php or cgi. Logged into my account looking and I see for sure I have asp and coldfusion. I am totally 100% lost when it comes to this.
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becca24jg |
Feb 10 2007, 07:14 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1,835 |
Darin,
By the way, thank you for helping me earlier. I removed that index page and now have my site to go directly to the home page. I am also working on more text and cleaning and simplifying the site. |
becca24jg |
Feb 10 2007, 07:20 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1,835 |
I have the economy plan from godaddy (link to it below).
https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shar...amp;ci=260#tabs It also comes with many free databases should I choose to use them, like these type of things, if your able to see this: https://hostingmetropolis.com/Home.aspx I also have something called form mail, but I just don't know where to go from here. What to read or learn. I am not afraid to to learn or put alot of work into this, I have self taught myself everything so far, but I desperately need some direction on how to do this, where to learn about it. |
Darin McGrew |
Feb 10 2007, 08:01 PM
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WDG Member Group: Root Admin Posts: 8,366 Joined: 4-August 06 From: Mountain View, CA Member No.: 3 |
Please see the FAQ entry How do I use forms?
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