Membership site

[webguy4442]

I have just started to do dynamic Sites. I have completed a tutorial for a
Record Store that taught me how to use templates to create a PHP site for a
small store. I connected to a database and returned records. I created an
administrative section where you could add or change CD information.

This was very informative. I think I am learning quickly.

I now have been asked to develop a new site using a database.

This database will be populated from another web site that provides the data.
(I don?t know how at this point to mine the data from this site, which is a
public site provided by a government entity)

[Paul Whitham TMM]

Everything you have mentioned can be done and there are a number of tutorial
sites available with examples esp the membership area. ([url]www.dmxfire.com[/url] is a
good one).

The trickiest issue will be the daily update. You will need to find out what
form the govt site can export in and then write a script to read the file
and update to your server.

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Regards

Paul Whitham
Macromedia Certified Professional for Dreamweaver MX2004
Valleybiz Internet Design
[url]www.valleybiz.net[/url]

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>
> I have just started to do dynamic Sites. I have completed a tutorial for

a

> Record Store that taught me how to use templates to create a PHP site for

a

> small store. I connected to a database and returned records. I created an
> administrative section where you could add or change CD information.
>
> This was very informative. I think I am learning quickly.
>
> I now have been asked to develop a new site using a database.
>
> This database will be populated from another web site that provides the

data.

> (I don?t know how at this point to mine the data from this site, which is

a

> public site provided by a government entity)
> .
> I will need to update the database from this web site everyday
> (automatically). This database will have names of people. The person on

the web

> site will enter their zip code and it will supply all the names in that

zip

> code by email.
>
> This will also be a membership site that will cost an annual fee, so I

need

> all the things that a membership site has, i.e., signup, sign in,

selecting

> username and password, emailing them with a password, what to do if they

lose

> their password, etc.
>
> Does this sound like something that can be done. I will have more

specific

> specs shortly
>
>