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| Thread ID: 45058 | 2004-05-07 22:40:00 | Enabling site visitors to load their own data up? | straka01 (310) | Press F1 |
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| 235107 | 2004-05-07 22:40:00 | Hi there I have basic feedback forms on my web site that I have to print out, insert the data into my html coding and then upload to my site www.virtualrealty.co.nz every day. I need to improve this and make it so that people can enter their own "rental wanted" advert or "property to let" advert on the site without me having to do the donkey work..... That's why I need to learn more about ASP and form handling/posting - I don't know. I write html code and create basic web sites but need assistance to get to the next level. Can someone tell me a few basics? All the help I've encountered skips straight to writing code without telling HOW and WHERE this code is placed. Do the asp files I create get uploaded to a special folder on my rented server space? Do I need to adjust the path my forms are sent to so that they access my asp code in my files on my server and then send back the result to the customer's browser as well as adding details to the web site? How do I make it so that customers get a reply message letting them know they've been looked after. If you haven't the time to go into all this can you steer me in the right direction please? Samples or actual code to create this with directions about where to place what files would be GREATLY appreciated. Cheers straka01 |
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| 235108 | 2004-05-08 13:55:00 | When I was coding ASP, I found www.4guysfromrolla.com to be a great site. They have FAQ's (they even have an FAQ forum at http:). The FAQ's they have I suggest looking at first (the Beginner ones) because it might take some time to trawl through their large article database that go way back to 1998. One of the things you'll need to test your own ASP pages is to have a server that supports ASP on your own computer. Your original code may bring down your hosts servers, which is something that can be easily remedied if you first tested it on your computer (a reboot should do) - while testing on the host would probably bring down other peoples sites, bad news. If you have Windows 98 SE it includes Personal Web Server which is sufficient enough. Otherwise, you'll need Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pro with IIS (Internet Information Services). Of course, the creators of the web-based language - Microsoft - have adequate resources at http://www.msdn.com. |
Dan201 (896) | ||
| 235109 | 2004-05-08 20:41:00 | http://www.hotscripts.com Lots of pre-written scripts which might do what you want to do. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 235110 | 2004-05-08 21:13:00 | As long as your server supports them, there are also scripts other than asp you can use, eg Common Gateway Interface (GGI) script, ColdFusion page and JavaServer Page (JSP) | Greg S (201) | ||
| 235111 | 2004-05-10 05:22:00 | Don't forget PHP. | Dan201 (896) | ||
| 235112 | 2004-05-10 09:14:00 | Are you using Dreamweaver? If you are just set your site up for ASP I think VBScript. It is not to hard to learn with Dreamweaver and the good thing is you dont have to do hardly any coding. Rob :) |
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| 235113 | 2004-05-10 21:44:00 | Hi Rob No, I'm just using notepad and Win98 to write all my sites - the handmade way. Do I need to place the ASP files on my hosted server in the same directory as the html files with the initial form on them? Cheers, Straka01 |
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| 235114 | 2004-05-10 21:52:00 | Hi Dan201 I installed PWS - the typical version. But to check web sites and ASP codes (I guess) it said I needed to reinstall doing a Custom Install and turning on ASP documentation.... but I couldn't see this in the dropdown menu boxes when I went to reinstall it last night. Will try again this morning. Once I get this operating is it easy to check ASP coding? Surely I could just load some borrowed code onto my hosted server where my web site html files are located and check it works from my own PC? Cheers straka01 |
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