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hyphen808 · 30-11-2003, 07:23

Situation: a friend has just bought a cottage, needing website designed to promote and lease various weeks throughout the year.

My Problem: how to develop a way for potential customers to check availability(calendar), book a particular week, pay for it(Pay Pal...), and have that week then show unavailable on the calendar....then an e-mail to be sent to my friend(the owner of the cottage) confirming the booking.

Cheers

smallbeer · 01-12-2003, 06:07

Might be stating the obvious but have to checked out Hotscripts.com for any prebuilt scripts you could modify to suit your needs?

What programming languages do you know/want to use? PHP, ASP?

You're not gonna get any easy answers here apart from go buy a book. Might be worth going to the SitePoint forums and asking there.

Saying that, I'm sure someone on this forum (andrewparker maybe?) built something similar a while back, he could maybe offer some advice.

Hope this helps a little.

hyphen808 · 01-12-2003, 06:20

I thought that this might involve some programming...I have no knowledge of PHP, ASP...Still trying to get my head around Dreamweaver....but I will check out Hotscripts.com

Thanks alot for replying

flatcat · 01-12-2003, 11:22

ummmm....no matter how you look at it it's going to require some sort of programming...

gwx · 05-12-2003, 00:48

ok... You might want to use Dreamweaver's powerful server behaviors feature. It lets you add/delete records in a database and do many other simple tasks very easily... Go try it out.. You don't really need to write a single line of code!

hyphen808 · 05-12-2003, 06:56

cheers gwx.....working through Dreamweavers help on the subject.....let you know how I get on.

gwx · 06-12-2003, 04:05

Great! I suggest for starters, you use the ASP ( Active Server Pages ) and Microsoft Access combination. Its really easy; just get a web host with ASP/ACCESS support and upload your database. After uploading, you've got to set a connection string. Just call tech support for that ; they should be able to help you. After connecting, you just press the '+' sign to add a database under the first tab

Then u just hav 2 look thru the other tabs and u should be able to click the '+' sign, and add the server behaviors you need.

Its quite easy and weaver's help should be able to provide ample info on how to set up your very first database site.

good luck!

30-11-2003, 07:23	#1 (permalink)
hyphen808 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 8	Online booking+calendar+payment Situation: a friend has just bought a cottage, needing website designed to promote and lease various weeks throughout the year. My Problem: how to develop a way for potential customers to check availability(calendar), book a particular week, pay for it(Pay Pal...), and have that week then show unavailable on the calendar....then an e-mail to be sent to my friend(the owner of the cottage) confirming the booking. Cheers

01-12-2003, 06:07	#2 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,236	Might be stating the obvious but have to checked out Hotscripts.com for any prebuilt scripts you could modify to suit your needs? What programming languages do you know/want to use? PHP, ASP? You're not gonna get any easy answers here apart from go buy a book. Might be worth going to the SitePoint forums and asking there. Saying that, I'm sure someone on this forum (andrewparker maybe?) built something similar a while back, he could maybe offer some advice. Hope this helps a little. __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

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flatcat beauty through chaos Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 768	ummmm....no matter how you look at it it's going to require some sort of programming... __________________ audentes fortuna iuvat Flatcat

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01-12-2003, 06:20	#3 (permalink)
hyphen808 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 8	I thought that this might involve some programming...I have no knowledge of PHP, ASP...Still trying to get my head around Dreamweaver....but I will check out Hotscripts.com Thanks alot for replying

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gwx Dr. Macromedia Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Alpha Centauri Posts: 106	ok... You might want to use Dreamweaver's powerful server behaviors feature. It lets you add/delete records in a database and do many other simple tasks very easily... Go try it out.. You don't really need to write a single line of code!

05-12-2003, 06:56	#6 (permalink)
hyphen808 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 8	cheers gwx.....working through Dreamweavers help on the subject.....let you know how I get on.

06-12-2003, 04:05	#7 (permalink)
gwx Dr. Macromedia Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Alpha Centauri Posts: 106	Great! I suggest for starters, you use the ASP ( Active Server Pages ) and Microsoft Access combination. Its really easy; just get a web host with ASP/ACCESS support and upload your database. After uploading, you've got to set a connection string. Just call tech support for that ; they should be able to help you. After connecting, you just press the '+' sign to add a database under the first tab Then u just hav 2 look thru the other tabs and u should be able to click the '+' sign, and add the server behaviors you need. Its quite easy and weaver's help should be able to provide ample info on how to set up your very first database site. good luck!

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