Re: Navigation questions

by Brian V Bonini <b-bonini(at)cox.net>

Date:	01 Jul 2003 08:53:50 -0400
To:	Carole Goodwin <carole(at)devons.com>
Cc:	HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	devons
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On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 23:38, Carole Goodwin wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the right list for this or not. If not, please 
> direct me to the more appropriate forum for my question.
> 
> I am beginning work on the Red Queen Gems website. It will be a site 
> where various jewelry items are for sale. I have a test page up with 
> thumbnails that link to a larger, more detailed image when clicked. In 
> my mind, I see the product number and pricing info, purchase buttons, 
> etc underneath the thumbnail with the viewer clicking back to that page 
> to purchase. Today my client asked me about having a more detailed 
> description, the product number and pricing info, and sales click on 
> the page with the larger image. Right now, that page just links to the 
> image file in the image folder on the server. In order to accommodate 
> her way of doing it, I would need to make an HTML page for each large 
> image. Which way seems preferable to those of you who have more 
> experience with this?

You create a single template and load your data into it dynamically so
you do NOT have a page for each image which is ridiculous as you stated.
Use Cold Fusion or PHP depending on what's available on your server.

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