help needed to replace existing website with database driven parts

if your site is growing difficult to manage you may consider a content management system. most have the features you are looking for built in. i personally recommend joomla as an easy to use option. it is based on mysql and php, and allows you to search your entire site, manage users, etc.

Sorry, David - didn't notice your excellent reply.....

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> galorec wrote:
> > the result was the same.. no lay-out, no CSS.
>>
>> If this has to do with the F12 checking on the testing server... can
>> someone please help me how to correct this.
>
> CSS works with PHP pages in exactly the same way as ordinary web pages. If
> your styles aren't being applied, you have either not uploaded the
> stylesheets to your testing server or the link to the stylesheets is
> wrong.
>
>> 1. Do I have to rewrite my complete website on php documents or can I
>> save my html pages with a php extension ?
>
> You can just change the filename extension to .php. Once you have done so,
> you can embed PHP code in the page.
>
>> 2. Can I combine html and php pages (not all my pages are connected to
>> the database) on my site ?
>
> Yes.
>
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> I made a test page with the extension .php and imported the css styles,
> modified the page properties (background), added pictures and tested the
> page
> with F12.... only to find that my results page gave the proper answers to
> the
> query BUT all the lay-out was gone. No pictures, no background, no
> styling of
> the letters.

Are you using root relative links? Are you using temp files to preview with
F12?

> 1. Do I have to rewrite my complete website on php documents or can I
> save my
> html pages with a php extension ?

You only need to have the php extension on pages that actually contain
server scripting.

> 2. Can I combine html and php pages (not all my pages are connected to the
> database) on my site ?

Certainly.

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"galorec" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a website containing roughly about 155 pages.. I made this in
> Dreamweaver MX over a year ago. It is however growing out of proportions
> and I
> wanted to integrate a search function and results page which would be
> linked to
> MySql throug PHP.
> I bought books and studied hard over the past weeks and got my head around
> the
> database and display of the results. Fine there.
>
> Have a look at the site : www.artgalore.co.uk
>
> The idea is that on the "arts&crafts" info pages per medium, at the
> bottom, I
> would include a search option which would then offer the customer to
> locate a
> course e.g. for woodturning, per country, sorted by type (residential
> courses
> or private tutoring). I have worked out the database with several linked
> tables
> and my queries are returning properly.
>
> The problem lies in the design.
> As you can see the background is a picture of shaded green, the lettering
> is
> done with css styles (which needs decluttering as I did this when
> developing
> the site as a pure beginner).
>
> I made a test page with the extension .php and imported the css styles,
> modified the page properties (background), added pictures and tested the
> page
> with F12.... only to find that my results page gave the proper answers to
> the
> query BUT all the lay-out was gone. No pictures, no background, no
> styling of
> the letters.
>
> Is this because of the way I checked the live material ? I also tried to
> look
> at my HTML pages as they were, of which I know that they are working fine,
> but
> the result was the same.. no lay-out, no CSS.
>
> If this has to do with the F12 checking on the testing server... can
> someone
> please help me how to correct this.
>
> I also have some other questions :
>
> 1. Do I have to rewrite my complete website on php documents or can I
> save my
> html pages with a php extension ?
> 2. Can I combine html and php pages (not all my pages are connected to the
> database) on my site ?
>
> I hope someone here can help me urgently as I have spent way too much time
> on
> this already and need to get the adjusted site up very soon.
>
> THANK YOU so much for helping.
> Chris
>

galorec wrote:
> the result was the same.. no lay-out, no CSS.
>
> If this has to do with the F12 checking on the testing server... can someone
> please help me how to correct this.

CSS works with PHP pages in exactly the same way as ordinary web pages.
If your styles aren't being applied, you have either not uploaded the
stylesheets to your testing server or the link to the stylesheets is wrong.

> 1. Do I have to rewrite my complete website on php documents or can I save my
> html pages with a php extension ?

You can just change the filename extension to .php. Once you have done
so, you can embed PHP code in the page.

> 2. Can I combine html and php pages (not all my pages are connected to the
> database) on my site ?

Yes.

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Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
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