Website with a database
I want to create a website which will have downloadable content and I don't know if I have to create a database for it and have a server.Can anyone help me, please?
Strictly speaking, just having downloadable content does not require either a database or scripting. For example -
<a href="whatever.zip">Download 'whatever.zip'</a>
This link will trigger a download action in your browser for the whatever.zip file. That's because the browser does not recognize the *.zip extension as renderable.
As Jon correctly points out, there are many other scenarios that you could be thinking of when you asked your question and we would know what the full context of the download is to answer properly.
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I have a question. I am very new to dynamic sites. I am
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The csv file is updated daily to reflect changes in
inventory. Again, be gentle because I am very new at this, and our
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this. Is there a way for me to design the front end and back end so
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Is this possible?>
> The csv file is updated daily to reflect changes in
inventory.
> Again, be gentle because I am very new at this, and our
company
> cannot afford to bring in someone who can speed through
this.
Cannot afford or will not afford? This is a tremendous
difference.
Is
> there a way for me to design the front end and back end
so that all I
> need to do to update the site is replace the information
in the
> database from the new CSV file to reflect the updates in
the
> inventory.
What platform?
When you say database do you mean the csv file?
Many databases (Access, Mysql, MSSQL) you can import csv
files and
depending the the options your hosting co provides, it can be
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to somewhat agravating. -
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Hello,
I need to give a potential client a hosting price for a somewhat simple web application they want me to build. I told them it shouldn't be a problem. After gathering the requirements, I figured I would use the following technology to build and host
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SSL certificate needed
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Management tab - so I get the illusion I have to have two separate purchases.
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http://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/sql-database/
Refer to this link for more information on 'How pricing works':
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/
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Hi,
Muse is a designing software. You can design websites in Muse and host it on any server of your choice. There is no native feature in Muse to convert a spreadsheet into a website. If you are good with coding, you can develop it outside Muse and call it in Muse site using iframes, if at all it is helpful to you.
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Recently I uploaded my website on Azure portal. I built my website with Zend Framework 1.12.
My problem comes when i am trying to link my website with my SQL database.
I have already post a question to Stackoverflow stackoverflow.com/questions/20638706/link-zend-framework-1-12-on-azure-with-a-database-on-azure
Can anyone help me to running over with this problem?
Thanks in advance!I have already tried this, but i received error and my website doesn't load!
This is my whole cone in application.ini file
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phpSettings.display_errors = 1
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resources.frontController.params.displayExceptions = 1
resources.view.encoding = "UTF-8"
resources.view.doctype = "XHTML1_STRICT"
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autoloaderNamespaces[] = "Skoch_"
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resources.db.params.port=1433
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resources.db.params.password="password"
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Strange problem with MySQL database
Hello,
I'm totally puzzled by a strange error occurring with PHP/MySQL on my website... I hope someone has got an idea of what's going on and can let me know.
In short, I have a MySQL database set up on the remote server where the website is hosted. Some pages of my website access this database with PHP.
If the website is viewed with a browser in Windows (Firefox), it works well, the database data appear on the pages.
If the website is viewed with a browser on Mac OS (Firefox, Safari), it doesn't work: the database isn't accessed, I get no error, just everything on the page below my PHP code is missing.
I've attached two screenshots to show this. The website URL is: http://www.cerc.co.uk/CERC/v02/
The pages were this occurs are: the home page (index.php and alternative index2.php), the Abous us/News page and the About us/News/Archives page.
I really don't get where my mistake is. I would like to keep the remote server connexion details outside the root folder, but I guess that if there is no solution to this problem, then I'll have to move it back (I think it might have worked like that).
Thanks in advance for any comment,
Emilie
More details
I'm using DW CS4 on Windows XP emulated via VMware on Mac OS 10.5 (don't ask why, I wasn't given any choice). I've set up a localhost server on XP via XAMP and the news database is also there.
Because I'm currently flipping often between the testing server and the remote server, I quickly got fed up to change all the time the connexion mode to the database (localhost or remote server) and have to resynchronise the files each time. Hence I decided to automate a bit the way the database is connected to.
1. These 4 HTML pages with PHP code have got the below two lines when the PHP code starts:
$pathpfx = "../.."; // see mysqlconnexion.php
include('assets_design/php/mysqlconnexion.php');
2. mysqlconnexion.php (see code below) calls a "connexion" file (in PHP) depending on the value of one parameter ($conxchoice). If $conxchoice = 1, the "connexion" file on the localhost is called. If $conxchoice = 2, the "connexion" file on the remote server is called. I've stored the appropriate version of mysqlconnexion.php on the localhost and the remote server (and I have checked it a million of times, they're in the right place).
<?php
// This code is called by and therefore included in the code of some PHP pages,
// independently of where the pages are located within the website folder.
// - Connexion to local server: I couldn't get the function include_once to work
// with a relative path, hence the use of an absolute path.
// - Connexion to host server: I couldn't get the function include_once to work
// with an absolute path, hence the use of a relative path. This leads to the
// following problem: the path of conxsrv.php needs to be adapted to the
// position of the calling PHP page within the website, in order for
// conxsrv.php to be found on the server (it is located outside the website
// root folder). The variable $pathpfx is used for this purpose.
$conxchoice = 2; // connect to 1 = testing server, 2 = host server
// Connexion to database
if ( $conxchoice == 1 )
{ include_once('C:\xampp\htdocs\CERC\assets_testing_server_only\conxloc.php'); }
if ( $conxchoice == 2 )
{ include_once("$pathpfx/cgi-bin/sqlconx/conxsrv.php"); }
?>
I would guess that a first hint of solution lies in the comment block, but I've really tried everything I could think of to work with relative path/absolute path respectively, unsuccessfully.
3. The "connexion" file looks like:
<?php
# FileName="Connection_php_mysql.htm"
# Type="MYSQL"
# HTTP="true"
$hostname_conx = "aaa";
$database_conx = "bbb";
$username_conx = "ccc";
$password_conx = "ddd";
$conx = mysql_pconnect($hostname_conx, $username_conx, $password_conx) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
?>
With aaa, bbb, ccc and ddd the appropriate value depending on the file. The # lines were introduced by DW when these files were created (I've then changed the variable names and moved the files to another place).
ScreenshotsWell, my question has actually not been answered yet but the problem, as strangely as it appeared, has now disappeared. Best but scariest of all, I didn't do anything. Weird.
Hope it never comes back,
Emilie -
Phpmyadmin connection issue with mysql database on local computer
Got mysql and phpmyadmin installed on my iMac. I open phpmyadmin site in safari and try to login to the database and I get the following error:
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I can connect to the sql database okay from the mysql manager gui just fine. Any suggestions?Hi David-
Thank you for your QUICK and CORRECT reply! Yes, creating the _mmServerScripts folder in my SSL folder on my remote server did the trick!!
I did try to setup a testing server using one of your tutorials, but I received FTP errors. Since I have a working website with remote and testing flagged on the same server and for my ease of understanding, I copied the setup as closely as I could (less the SSL add-on). Mind you, I originally setup that website 3 years ago, so I'm a bit rusty. I'm not a web developer and don't do this for a living, thus I get by with instructions from the books I own, web tutorials, Adobe forums, etc., but I have not taken any classes. It's not my choice to work with PHP, but I have to in order to pull data from database tables into my web pages. Since I don't do this for paying customers, I don't have to setup anything too fancy (thank goodness). I would like to know how to debug and write java script code, but I lack the time and patience (mostly patience).
Besides...Adobe does such a good job with their products, that I can get by pretty well without having to know everything.
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Hello , My name is Fredrik Wirth and i have been messing around in flash C5 trial version and have now purchased Student version of flash C5
I wanna make a website with a news/blogg feature,Rss feed and add google links is this possible and if how would i go about making it?
Thanks Fredrik WirthWell just a reminder... there is no such thing as a "Flash" web site. Only HTML, PHP, ASP, etc sites that happen to have some Flash content.
Also attempting to incorporate WP into a so called "Flash" site would be a HUGE undertaking.
However, incorporating some Flash into a WP (PHP) web site would be much more managable and realistic.
Have you ever installed and used WP before?
Many web hosting services will provide free installation... so contact your host and see what they offer.
One option is to install WP in a subfolder, with your main Flash content on the index page and then style (using CSS) the WP pages to more or less match the color and appearance of the index page. This method is sometime referred to as "Integrating" WP into an existing site:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website
Another option is the entire site is built around WP and you incorporate some Flash content into the pages, all the while retaining the capabilities of WP.
Any type of content can be added to WP, it just provides the container boxes to display the content and at the same time allow the visitors to interact/post comments, etc, which could not be done with Flash alone. It requires some server side scripting and well as a database.
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How to use unload query using JDBC with Informix database
Hi friends,
How can i use unload query using JDBC with Informix database?
When i use it as "unload to 'abc.txt' select * from ........" it gives syntax error.I want to take the data of a table to a file.With dbaccess i can use it but i need to do it using jdbc.
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I have taken pictures with both my Sony camera and my iPhone of items that are linked to a database that I am building, as well as my website. How can I bypass importing the images into iPhoto and simply downloading the images as "files" not "photos" so I can access them with my database? thanx.
If your Sony has a removable memory card you can use a card reader to copy the image files from to a folder on your Desktop and then move them anywhere you'd like.
Since the iPhone doesn't have a removable memory card you can try using Image Capture to see if you can manually upload the files to a folder on the Desktop.
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Is there a step by step guide to connecting a Drupal website with SQL Azure?
The company is upgrading the Drupal website and the goal is to have a live database by connecting the Drupal SQL database with he SQL Azure database. Does anyone have guide/step by step process for implementing connectivity between Drupal and SQL Azure?
Hi,
Thanks for posting here.
Recommend you to see "
Best Practices for Drupal CMS on Azure Websites " written by Sunitha Muthukrishna which talks about How to migrate existing Drupal site to Azure Websites and Copy database to MySQL in Azure Web Sites
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