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Nov 21.2007

Hello,

I know how to make a basic web site and html and all of that. I host my site with godaddy and have my domain name with them as well. But when it comes to other things i am a bit confused. I want to be able to have my clients/customers login to their account and view things. I want them to be able to set up a user id and password for their account(register with site). I want them to be able to log out their account. I want them to be able to put things on their shopping cart. I want to be able to have things that they can view on their account and I want to be able to fill out various submission forms that would be e-mailed to me. I want to be able to send updates to everyone that is registered without having to do it one by one. Could someone please explain to me what i need to learn to do this and what are some good sites/books to teach me what i need to learn. I at first thought that it was php but i think it may be more to it then that( i beleive i can use php for the submissions, i am not sure. I am not sure what mysql are oracle are and what i would need them for.

I know there has to be a place where each registered client would have their info stored, would this be ms access? If so i didn’t know how it would link to an online websitel Please just tell me the basics of what i need to know thanks a lot, this would get me in the right direction.

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@Tweak4Nov 21.2007 — I'm afraid filling you in on "the basics" won't really help, as what you describe above is far beyond basic.

You're going to need a server-side technology of some sort- since you already have your hosting, the choice is pretty much already made for you- if you went with their Windows hosting plan, you'll probably want to look at ASP/ASP.Net. Otherwise, if you went with Linux hosting, chances are PHP is in your future. Either way, you're going to have to make yourself very familiar with a server-side language of some sort.

In addition, if you want to store anything about your users, you're going to need a database. Again, mySQL is probably the best bet for a small site. MS Access pretty well sucks for anything beyond simple database apps that are run directly on a pc. Regardless, you'll probably want to read up on database design before just jumping in, as a poorly designed database can bring a site to its knees.

You can purchase a shopping cart application, so that will save you some work, but it will still have to be customized to work on your site.

Root around in GoDaddy's developer area. Depending on what your hosting plan is, they have a variety of pre-built applications available that might get you going in the right direction...
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