How do I create a table for my webpage?

[Chucklez]

Alright guys and gals, bear with me. I am a VB programmer by trade and havent dabbled much into web stuff.

I am creating a web page for an online game I play, and I want to create a page so members of my little group can enter, view and edit information from our enemies.

If I am thinking right, I need to create a table, and link it to a html page that I can access from our groups webpage. What is the best way to do this? I can squirm my way thru creating the dropdown boxes on the page and such (I think) I just need help in creating a table to store that information in so its not lost when the page closes.

Any help is appreciated.
Chucklez

 

[trollacious]

You'll most likely need to use a server-side language and some form of data file or database. You'll probably also want to use cookies, which can be created either on the client side with Javascript or with a server-side language. If you want restricted access to the site, like a login and password, you'll definitely need to use server-side scripting, like ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, or whatever your web hosting service has set up.

Lee

 

[Chucklez]

While waiting for an answer, I tried to use frontpage and connecting a Access DB to it, thereby creating a *.asp. When I tried to run this on the server I chose to host my site, I get an error stating that it is an invalid data type, and will not display the page.

Am I correct in assuming this is because the host server does not support *.asp? How difficult is PHP or coldfusion? I have heard of coldfusion before in dealing with Access Dbs, but I have never used it.

 

[ChrisHirst]

If your host doesn't support ASP they certainly won't have Coldfusion. PHP is not difficult to learn but I would check it's supported first. It's also very likely that even if they do, the drivers needed for Access on *.nix won't be installed.
If there is only a few people accessing the site you may get away with using a XML file as a database.

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Chris.

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[wantstolearncfm]

Right, im going to stick my oar in here, personaly i think coldfusion is a fantastic language to learn, look around on the internet and the hosting isnt too badly priced, a forum member on here runs a site.
Coldfusion is easy to learn, well the simple parts you want, so if youe after a language that is quick and easy to pick up cfm is your natural choice.

http://google.com

http://support.microsoft.com/

CF Reference
The links of my knowledge

 

[ChrisHirst]

a forum member on here runs a site

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Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk

A website that proves the cobblers kids adage.

http://www.cram-system.com

Nightclub counting systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Chucklez]

I have now tried using PHP and ASP, and the hosting site does not allow either one. Since this a just an online game that I do for fun, I really do not want to pay a monthly fee to host the site.

Anyone have any other ideas that I could try to create this page?

Just in case anyone is wondering, the host is prohosting.com.

 

[trollacious]

They might allow Perl for server-side scripting, but your best bet is to find out for sure what they DO have available.

Lee

 

[glenmac]

If you are running XP Pro host it yourself using IIS then you can use ASP or PHP.

Glen

http://lantzvillecomputers.ca

 

[dkdude]

You really NEED a server side script to do this.

I've never seen a fee hosting that allows server side scripting (apart from maybe some "fixed PERL scripts).

Like glenmac suggest, you could host it yourself (at least the page that handles the infor you want to log). This could be done cheap if you get a fixed IP from your ISP.

However, having a server running 24/7 costs money -and time.

I use

https://www.b-one.net/init.do?&locale=en_US

to host three of my domains. You can get a 125MB domain hosting for as little as $1.45 per month!!!

It comes with ALL you need -ASP, PHP4 and MySQL.

Regards


Jakob