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cloudwoven
12-21-2002, 10:40 PM
Heya -

I'm also looking for a script *along the lines* of a guestbook in that visitors fill out certain fields and those fields are then posted to a specific HTML page. However, each time the data is entered, it should overwrite the last entry. I also need to be able to specify five different categories of data entry to go to five different HTML pages.

Does that make sense? I'm sorry if it isn't quite clear. Basically, what I'm doing is asking those in my work group at a radio station to enter a list of top-played albums for the week. The list of albums should then be posted to each member's specific page on the website. The following week, when they enter a *new* list of top-played albums, that list should take the place of the previous week's. I'd like them to be dealing with a friendly-looking interface, since none of them are familiar with any type of code.

An archives feature would be helpful as well, though not necessary.

Thanks for any suggestions..! :)

whammy
12-22-2002, 05:17 AM
This is definitely NOT a job for javascript (since it only interacts with the client's browser), what you need is to use a server-side language.

ASP and PHP are the two most popular, and there are others - but regardless of which language you choose, you'll need to understand "relational databases" - but luckily, they aren't too hard. :)

If you are unfamiliar with them, I would check out http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/backend/databases/ to start with. Happy programming!

cloudwoven
12-22-2002, 05:41 AM
Ah, thank you, love..! I had a feeling I wasn't in the right place, but I figured someone would verify it if I wasn't.

Thanks again; I'll check out that site ASAP. :)