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Old Mar 13, 2007, 06:31 AM Local time: Mar 13, 2007, 09:31 PM #1 of 4
Page development how-to

Found a copy of GoLive (CS2 8). Need to make a catalogue page that's able to relist a collection of info (DVDs, CDs, etc) by certain attributes. Descending order by artist, by release date, by label, etc.

I figure I'm looking at forms plus something else but I don't know what. Any help? Or noob sites out there for GoLive? Or better options altogether? (I only nicked GL because it was small.) Only web development I've ever done was a handcoded html ArrDev fansite.

Jam it back in, in the dark.
LlooooydGEEEOOORGE

Last edited by Cal; Mar 13, 2007 at 06:33 AM.
Arainach
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Old Mar 13, 2007, 09:55 AM 1 #2 of 4
You have two options:

(1) Hardcoded HTML. You have to update every page anything happens, which is ugly.

(2) Use a Database and PHP (or ASP.NET if you find that simpler). The code isn't tough at all, but you'd have to have a webserver with PHP and a Database.

A slightly more detailed version:

I'm using PHP since I know it and don't know ASP.

I'm using a sample table I call "discs" with the following rows:

title (string), artist (string), label (string), date (int)

Obviously your version could include more. A quick-and-dirty page (you could format it much nicer) that you could write would be something more like:
Code:
<? // config.php - Config Variables
$mysql_server = "www.myserver.com";
$mysql_username = "username";
$mysql_password = "password";
?>
Code:
<? // filename.php - Simple Album Browser
// Brian Beck, 2007

include('config.php');

// Get the passed variable of what to sort by.  Default to title.
if(!isset($_GET['sort_by'])) $sortby = 'title';
else $sortby = $_GET['sort_by'];
// Get the passed sorting order.
if(isset($_GET['order_by']) && ($_GET['order_by'] == 'desc')) $order = 'desc';
else $order = 'asc';

// use pconnect (persistent connect) to prevent server stress of reconnecting
// every time we reload the page
$dbConn = mysql_pconnect($mysql_server, $mysql_username, $mysql_password);

$query = 'SELECT title, label, artist, date FROM discs WHERE 1=1';
// use manual checks for values of passed variables to prevent exploits
if ($sortby == 'title') $query .= ' ORDER BY title';
else if ($sortby == 'label') $query .= ' ORDER BY label';
else if ($sortby == 'artist') $query .= ' ORDER BY artist';
else if ($sortby == 'date') $query .= ' ORDER BY date';

// if we need to be descending, do so

if ($order == 'desc') $query .= ' DESC';

// Perform the Query
$results = mysql_query($query);
?>
<table>
<tr> <td>Title</td> <td>Artist</td> <td>Label</td> <td>Date</td> </tr>
<?
// Display the results
while( $result = mysql_fetch_assoc($results) ) {
   echo '<tr><td>'.$result['title'].'</td><td>'.$result['artist'].'</td><td>'.$result['label'].'</td><td>'.$result['date'].'</td></tr>';
}
?>
</table>

<a href="<?=$PHP_SELF?>?sort_by=date&order_by=desc">A Sample Link</a>
<? // That's the general format for links in the rest of the (HTML) portions
// of the page.  sort_by can be any of the fields (date, artist, title, label)
// and order_by can be asc or desc ?>


There's nowhere I can't reach.

Last edited by Arainach; Mar 13, 2007 at 11:11 AM. Reason: This member got a little too post happy.
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Old Mar 14, 2007, 05:37 AM Local time: Mar 14, 2007, 08:37 PM #3 of 4
Cheeeeaz.

Also I should specify that I'm using my alloted 10mb webspace my ISP (Hellstra) provided me, simply because it's free.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
LlooooydGEEEOOORGE

Last edited by Cal; Mar 14, 2007 at 05:40 AM.
Arainach
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Old Mar 14, 2007, 05:10 PM #4 of 4
Most free webservers have no scripting languages and pretty much none have databases. So you're pretty much screwed. Have fun maintaining that hardcoded stuff.

How ya doing, buddy?
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