General Questions and HELP!

[PSUwalter]

We have a website which currently uses frames. This website is not an
e-commerce and will not be an e-commerce site. This website is heavy on
showing product. If you would like to view the site it is:

[url]http://www.aaglobalind.com[/url]

Our site is hosted on ValueWeb. I would like to turn this site into a dynamic
site. From what I understand, which is not much, I need to create a database
of the products. What easy-to-use application do you recommend for creating
this database? What type of database do you recommend? We use DreamWeaver
2004 MX. Is it extremely difficult to inegrate the database into DreamWeaver
2004 MX? What resources or books do recommend? Any pointers, tips and
resources are greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

[Murray *ACE*]

ValueWeb is hosting that site with Apache. This means it's a *nix server.
That suggests that PHP/MySQL would be a good choice for you.

> Is it extremely difficult to inegrate the database into DreamWeaver
> 2004 MX?

No. But honestly, I recommend you a) upgrade to DW8, and b) get a copy of
Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8, by David Powers. Everything you need to
know is in there, including how to get PHP going with Apache on your local
testing server, how to create the database in MySQL, and how to access data
from the database and display it on your page. It would be money well
spent.

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"PSUwalter" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> We have a website which currently uses frames. This website is not an
> e-commerce and will not be an e-commerce site. This website is heavy on
> showing product. If you would like to view the site it is:
>
> [url]http://www.aaglobalind.com[/url]
>
> Our site is hosted on ValueWeb. I would like to turn this site into a
> dynamic
> site. From what I understand, which is not much, I need to create a
> database
> of the products. What easy-to-use application do you recommend for
> creating
> this database? What type of database do you recommend? We use
> DreamWeaver
> 2004 MX. Is it extremely difficult to inegrate the database into
> DreamWeaver
> 2004 MX? What resources or books do recommend? Any pointers, tips and
> resources are greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
>

[PSUwalter]

What application do you recommend for creating the PHP database?

[Murray *ACE*]

You can create it locally, and export the data to a dump which can then be
imported on the website. I have used PHPMyAdmin for this. I also know of
Navicat as another solution.

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"PSUwalter" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> What application do you recommend for creating the PHP database?

[PSUwalter]

I apologize if this is a dumb question, but can you explain "create it locally"? PHPMyAdmin can be aquired for the Macintosh?

[Murray *ACE*]

> PHPMyAdmin can be aquired for the Macintosh?

It's just PHP so it's platform independent.

> but can you explain "create it locally"

You are running MySQL locally (after installing it). You would add the data
to your local database, export it when finished, upload the export file to
the website, and import it into the MySQL database on the site.

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"PSUwalter" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I apologize if this is a dumb question, but can you explain "create it
>locally"? PHPMyAdmin can be aquired for the Macintosh?