Online form users can alter

[Skizzyone]

Hello,
Not sure if this is the best place to ask but since I use Dreamweaver I thought I'd ask here first. I run a website and I am trying to place a webform (similar to a spreadsheet) that visitors can alter. In ordrer to alter the spreadsheet they would have to first enter a password. Basically, it will be an inventory sheet that different sections around a reigon can change what they have in their inventory under their appropriate section/row/column.

Again, I hope to not have to have them download a Excel document and then alter it and then upload it. I would like the forum embeded into the webpage and allow specific users to alter the form. Anyone who visits the page can see it, just not manipulate it.

Does this make sense? I am not sure what I should be looking for even to search Extension Database.

Thanks!

[Newsgroup_User]

Skizzyone wrote:
> Hello,
> Not sure if this is the best place to ask but since I use Dreamweaver I
> thought I'd ask here first. I run a website and I am trying to place a webform
> (similar to a spreadsheet) that visitors can alter. In ordrer to alter the
> spreadsheet they would have to first enter a password. Basically, it will be an
> inventory sheet that different sections around a reigon can change what they
> have in their inventory under their appropriate section/row/column.
>
> Again, I hope to not have to have them download a Excel document and then
> alter it and then upload it. I would like the forum embeded into the webpage
> and allow specific users to alter the form. Anyone who visits the page can see
> it, just not manipulate it.
>
> Does this make sense? I am not sure what I should be looking for even to
> search Extension Database.

The log in and update of data in a table is something that is built into Dreamweaver. You will need to have a database (such as MySQL, or SQL Server, Access, whatever ) to store the data in as well as a web server that can handle a server language, like PHP or ColdFusion that can interact with the database. IN Dreamweaver, PHP and MySQL are paired together by default, but in the other server languages, you can work with other databases.

Assuming you're using CS4, go here:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/
Be sure to read (and reread) through the "Making pages dynamic", "Building applications visually" and "Building forms" sections. For there, you should ask follow up questions about the dynamic support within Dreamweaver in the Application Development forum:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid=12&catid=263&entercat=y

If, after reading those help sections and asking in the App Dev forum, there is something that you'd like to do that isn't built in, then please do ask here for specific functionality that you'd need.

Beyond that, please feel free to checkout WebAssist's products (the company I work for) for Dreamweaver:
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productresults.asp



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Danilo Celic
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[Skizzyone]

Thanks! I'll start reading. But I am not sure about "The log in and update of data in a table is something that is built into Dreamweaver." Where is that option? From what you describe that is excactly what I want. I am looking for a BASIC table where viewers (upon login) can change the basic vaules of the table. Its for a County Fire Association and we are looking to have each Jurisdiction being able to report of the units and staff they have available for a major incident. Any Dispatcher can then just go to the site and be able to see what "inventory" is available.

I actually use CS3 however I see that many DW instructions on the site mingle the two....Is this function different in the two versions?