What do I need to accomplish tthis?
I have a list of info....for items....(not sale items, but info on how to make items (like instructions) For one site there aare about 3000 itms each with their own instruction. They are seperated into 13 categories.
The other site has about 10,000 items all with instructions.
My question is...aside from created 10,000 + html pages using some sorta template, (which would be insane) how can I go about doing this (possibly with database) cheaply and with the knowledge that i know very little about creating and managing databases.
if you ahve any suggestions you can leave a thread here, or email me at [email protected]
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Mark Hensler posted this at 06:55 — 6th January 2002.
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How are they stored right now?
webmaster guy posted this at 07:39 — 6th January 2002.
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Right now it is in a word txt type of format...(the info)
its all computer based...meaning it can be cut and pasted into whatever....
what i am looking for is to put a website together that when you select a perticular item, it bring up that item and gives you the info or specs that I have. This needs to be internet based (obviously) thus the database(?)question.....
hope this answers your question....
thanks for the response....
webmaster guy
" I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. "
Peter J. Boettcher posted this at 14:16 — 6th January 2002.
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The first step is to get everything into a database. That will entail setting up the database structure (tables) and then getting all the data from the existing format into the database.
Once you've done that then you can work on presenting that info through the web. At any rate, its going to require some effort on your part. What you want to do isn't difficult, but it still requires the knowledge of setting up database tables, and then pulling that info into a web page.
My first recommendation would be to study up on the technology you're going to use (SQL Server, MySQL, Access, ASP, PHP, etc), check out some examples, then give it a try.
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