Help! Alot of problems

[JinYoo]

Hi everyone,
I'm 17, and I know how to use dreamweaver to make basic HTML websites, and photoshop and stuff. My church youth group recently asked me to make a website for the youthgroup, so i made a basic layout of a website.

I know nothing about cgi,php,mysql etc.
I tried to use MySQL since i heard it was easy to use, so i downloaded mysql-4.1.13a for windows, and i tried accessing the mysql file in the bin folder, but the dos window could just close after one second, so i dont know what to do.
i downloaded some clips of using MySQL php, but with this problem at hand, i can't do anything.
Any suggestions?

for my church website,
1. i was hoping to make a gallery, where users would first see alot of thumbnails and once you click on them, a small java window would pop up with a larger picture and a option of commenting on the picture.
2. a login feature on the homepage, where users can register, and upon approval, login to comment on pictures etc.
3. maybe a forum, but i have no idea, what to do.


ANY HELP would be GREATLY appreciated!!! thank you so very much.

P.S, a church teacher gave me a FTP address to upload to and a subdomain i can use(he said no PHP tho), if that is any help...

[SSdraken]

no PHP - then I'm assuming you can't really do what you want to do. If theres no PHP then I doubt there's a mysql database set up either.

[raf]

if you can't use PHP on your server, then you're only option would be to set up mysql and php on your local, and write a tool that will dynamically generate your complete site and that stores all files as html. you could then upload these html's to your server.
But writing such a tool is not realy something you'll gonnan find a tutorial for, and taking on somethig like that realy isn't something for a complete novice...

[JinYoo]

Is it possible to use .asp? or .aspx to do the things i want?

I have all the resources like .net by mircrosoft and stuff but i just dont know how to use it.

if someone guides and me and directs me in the right place, i'll devote myself in learning. thanks alot.

[raf]

yes, you can do it with asp as well.

head over to the asp-forum here and run a search on tutorials etc.