Hi -
I would like to build a database where people can come to my website and search on say "bachelor in nursing" or "master in psych" and a dynamically generated page will display all of the relevant degrees, pulling both from the degree level and the subject chosen.
My questions:
> Is this possible with PHP & MySQL?
> Can I use what's available through BlueVoda to do this or do I need to download PHP & MySQL from the web?
> Is there any difference between the BV versions and the web versions? ie will I be limited in any way now or in the future by using the BV version if I need to change something after entering a gazillion entries? and/or is the BV version updated and supported like the web version?
> The first page of my online tutorial says I need a server. Can my BV server function as this? Or, they are recommending Apache - so does that need to interact with my BV server somehow or is it totally separate?
> Is there a BV tutorial? I see the one for PHPBB, but I am not looking to build a bulletin board...
> Is there a way to have the search results show up in a nice, neat table that is dynamically sized? Would I do this through CSS style sheets? Where can I find code for table? (or a tutorial?)
> Is there a way to enter link URLs into the database and have them associated to show up as clickable links for various words on the web page? Right now I am manually entering thousands of URLs for links and then re-entering them when I need to move the word and it gets unlinked - I'd like to have the system somehow keep the link associated with the word to cut down on all my manual entering...
Whew! That's a lot of questions. Thanks extremely much for your help!
TP22
I would like to build a database where people can come to my website and search on say "bachelor in nursing" or "master in psych" and a dynamically generated page will display all of the relevant degrees, pulling both from the degree level and the subject chosen.
My questions:
> Is this possible with PHP & MySQL?
> Can I use what's available through BlueVoda to do this or do I need to download PHP & MySQL from the web?
> Is there any difference between the BV versions and the web versions? ie will I be limited in any way now or in the future by using the BV version if I need to change something after entering a gazillion entries? and/or is the BV version updated and supported like the web version?
> The first page of my online tutorial says I need a server. Can my BV server function as this? Or, they are recommending Apache - so does that need to interact with my BV server somehow or is it totally separate?
> Is there a BV tutorial? I see the one for PHPBB, but I am not looking to build a bulletin board...
> Is there a way to have the search results show up in a nice, neat table that is dynamically sized? Would I do this through CSS style sheets? Where can I find code for table? (or a tutorial?)
> Is there a way to enter link URLs into the database and have them associated to show up as clickable links for various words on the web page? Right now I am manually entering thousands of URLs for links and then re-entering them when I need to move the word and it gets unlinked - I'd like to have the system somehow keep the link associated with the word to cut down on all my manual entering...
Whew! That's a lot of questions. Thanks extremely much for your help!
TP22
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