I need to create a web page. I've never done this (I do have a background in C++). In simple terms my web page will do two things: First, it will use a form to get information from the user. The form will be about 6 fields (country, state/province, city, address, name, comment field). This information will then be stored. There will be up to several hundred of these records stored. Second, a user will have the ability to search the data stored. The search will be by location (i.e country/state/city) and then all the records that match will be displayed to the user. Looks like the hosting plans have mySQL. Do I then need to use PHP with mySQL to develop the web pages? Is PHP the only language needed to create the web page (make the web page pretty and create the form) and then does PHP interact with mySQL directly to store and retrieve the info? Is PHP the best language to do this? Would someone use something like javascript to do this sort of thing? See, I'm completely new to this . Just looking for some direction on what languages to use then I can go learn them. Thanks!! BTW - Any tips on the best place to host my site? I'm in the US.
It sounds like you could use a simple classifieds type script rather than try to create one from scratch. Go to www.hotscripts.com and look at the many scripts available there. As for hosting, any basic account will provide php and mysql databases. Here's a list of hosting coupons so you can save a few bucks http://www.hostingdiary.com/2007/09/web-hosting-cou.html Andrew
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Why don't you use xajax? You could use it for improving interactivity in your page while maintaining a good backend (MySQL, PostgreSQL with PHP) If you want something even more beautiful, you could try Spry (it's a new framework of Ajax effects now being developed by Adobe) Still experimental but working. Good luck!