HWG - Need some help

Catherine Lewis <mobilenotary(at)earthlink.net> wrote:

Much of the design will be beyond my present capablities.  In looking at
http://www.signtrack.com I know I need someone or some company to help
with database capablities. Can someone point me in a direction on this?

Hi Catherine.

At a glance, signtrack looks much like http://thecastingsite.com/, a 
website I did the programming for.

For something like this I think you'll need:

1) hosting amenable to programming, meaning they provide telnet access
2) a database, Mysql can be gotten very cheap. I host thecastingsite for my 
client as a web2010 reseller, check them out and know there's others around 
as well
3) a programmer

Now on #3, my own preference is to use HTML templates. You can read up on 
that at 
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/code/97/21/index2a_page6.html?tw=perl 
and I apologize cuz this is a very technical article. But if you stick to 
the first page or two I think it's understandable for a designer.

The point of templates is that the designer, you in this case can feel free 
to improve and tweak your work and the programmer can likewise do their 
job. When both parties understand a few basic ground rules it works great. 
The html and the programming truly live in their own worlds yet interact 
with each other totally.

The alternative approach is embedding HTML in the programs, and this I must 
strongly advise you against... unless you've got a hankering to learn 
programming. Brian Slezinski's article I gave the url for should convince 
you of why.

Best of luck with your project.

Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface
Marty Landman
Face 2 Interface, Inc.
914-679-4066 v/f

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