i did it in asp, how do i do it without asp

[bagaki]

here is the scoop: i used frontpage (using the frontpage extensions) and asp to make a page that people visiting my site could enter a quote and name, and then it submit it. upon submitting, the information collected would be stored into a database, and then displayed on the same page in a table in realtime. i no longer use frontpage and want to do something like this again. i need to collect the information, then save it to a database, then display it into a table. basically i want the database displayed as soon as it is updated. i am not too familiar with coding (that is why i used the frontpage option before), but do have an understanding of how programs work. i can usually pick through code and figure it out a bit. are there and suggestions as to how i should approch this? php or something? any resources i can be pointed to?

thanks for any help

bagaki

 

[kt]

Is there a reason you don't want to do it with ASP? It's possible to do it in some other scripting languages. PHP is same as ASP..

 

[bagaki]

i really dont care if it is in asp, i really just want to drop the frontpage extensions part

bagaki

 

[kt]

I am not sure what the frontpage extension you used supposed to do, but I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to display information you gathered from the database. All you need to do is do the updating right before you retrieve the data from the database to be displayed.

 

[Superwormy]

www.PHP.net

Use forms together with a MySQL database. Should be really easy. Feel free to email me at Keithp@LogoSoftwear.com if you need help.

 

[AlricTheMad]

Check out a content management system.

These run on Apache/MySQL/PHP but do a very nice job 7 should be easy to customize for what you want.

PostNuke
or
PHPNuke

PostNuke has an automated install systme, not sure about PHPNuke

AlricTheMad

 

[Workin']

You don't need to use FrontPage to use ASP. You can create ASP pages using any editor. I think ASP+VBscript is easier than PHP, but that's probably because I've been using VBscript for years.

VBscript's syntax is very similar to Visual Basic, while PHP is more "C" -like.

A good site to start at for ASP coding is 4guysfromrolla.com. They have tons of articles, FAQ's, and links to other sites.