OK, I'm not sure what a Flash attack is, but considering
everything else on
your list...
Take a look at
http://www.myfamily.com
Everything you just described plus a lot more for about
thirty bucks a year,
unlimited membership for your family. Sometimes it makes more
sense to
develop your own, sometimes it doesn't. Our family has been
using this
service for several years, and I've never seen a problem.
This is a
well-written package, and there aren't many others that I
could say this
about. I think that this deal would be hard to beat. Even if
you do want to
write your own, it would be worth a couple of months
subscription to this
just to see the features that they provide.
If you do decide to write this yourself, consider that PHP
and MySQL are a
widely supported combination, and that MySQL is considered
much more robust
for multiple users than MS Access, which I would avoid if
there are more
than just a few users. Also, hosting a site on ColdFusion
generally incurs
more fees. If you're willing to pay, this is probably an
easier way to go,
although both require a significant amount of programming
skills to do
properly. Be prepared for a LOT of studying if you want to
implement all of
these features in a secure site on your own.
As an alternative to writing everything yourself, you could
start with
pre-built forum/blogging/calendar modules, and stitch
together your own
navigation and CSS to make it look like a single integrated
site. Again, PHP
seems to be the king here, as there are hundreds of modules
available. Just
Google PHP + whatever feature you are looking for.
Blogging software comparison:
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/images/blog_software_comparison.cfm
Joomla is a nice package with lots of extensions available:
http://www.joomla.org also see
http://extensions.joomla.org/
Mambo is another:
http://mambo-foundation.org/.
Again, lots of extensions.
Here's a good example of a family site using Mambo and
phpGEDView. This is
focused more on genealogy, but is a good example of what you
can build using
this approach.
http://thewassells.com/ancestry/
Hope this helps.
Steve
"Heater101" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in
message
news:g736d2$83p$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi, I?m back, Thanks for all the answer previously!!
>
> This is more of a BLOG Question between the use of
ColdFusion vs. PHP and
> MySQL vs. Windows Access, but I think it's time for some
serious questions
> and
> answers and I'm sure or at least the serious developer
should have crossed
> this
> bridge sometime or another.
>
> I would really like to here some good answer on what
combo to use, and I
> know
> a lot has to do with what type of site will be developed
and skill levels
> of
> the persons putting this together. Simple answer because
nothing I?m
> working
> on is top secret, or if I tell you I?ll have to kill
you!, and we are all
> Newbie?s working together, from the younger 60's to the
early teens!
> This is
> a dynamic family website, created for all the family
around the world, far
> and
> near. Not just to put things on MySpace or the likes,
but our own, with
> blogs,
> picture uploads, neat flash attacks and private emails,
with a data driven
> food
> (cooking receipt book), birthday, anniversary, family
calendar etc. etc.
> We
> tried this before and it was through a hosting company
with some simple
> build
> your own, not knowing at the time what ?static? was, NOT
GOOD!
>
> So, what is the value difference between PHP and
ColdFusion, MySQL vs
> Access
>
> Thanks Again For EveryOne Help!!
>
>
2
Replies
AdChoices