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  • 29-12-2002 2:23pm
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    drrnwbb
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    i run a little small website for an irc channel im on. at the moment there is 70 or so members and i am looking for a better way to maintain the site.

    is there any simple method/programme for entering in the details in like a database programme and then exporting them into html?. so for example the nicks mentioned in the profiles would be all linked..

    something like this finnish one: http://irc-galleria.net/ but obviousily much smaller in scale.

    i dont have much website experience beyond html so any *easy* suggestions would be appreciated.

    dw


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    You could use XML to read it from a text file based db.

    Otherwise you will need a scripting language and use database software such as Access which is easy to set up.


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    drrnwbb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭drrnwbb


    is there any good website/resources that would help me out in getting to grips with things like this?

    dw


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    retneil
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    1 comment dbforums.com.. has all the DB info you could need... Alternatively check out idg.net and they should have tutorials somehwhere on there network...


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    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Originally posted by damnyanks
    You could use XML to read it from a text file based db.

    Otherwise you will need a scripting language and use database software such as Access which is easy to set up.
    You would still need to parse the XML using a scripting language. Also XML is not the best where it comes to storing data that would have to be searchable (although it's arguably faster than Access).

    Depends on your existing server setup *nix or Win32, although in the latter case I'd still favour MySQL over Access (but also SQL Server over MySQL if you have the licence).


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    But if the site is small Access would be a better decision assuming you have little knowledge with db's.

    GUI's really are handy like :)


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    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Originally posted by damnyanks
    But if the site is small Access would be a better decision assuming you have little knowledge with db's.
    No, I've actually found even text files are even faster than Access on small ASP driven sites.


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    drrnwbb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭drrnwbb


    thanks for yer replies, but most (erm.. all) of it went over my head. i'll keep looking..

    dw


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