How do you...

[GPallan]

have your tour on say five pages (instead of on one page like I have it right now: http://www.dixter.com/preview/index.html) such that every time you have an update, the last update gets "pushed down" and onto the next page, so that you don't have to do it all manually.

right now my tour is all on one page, but i want to split it up over 5 pages, but i don't know what program/script to use so that i wont have to manually shift everything down when i have a new update.

hope i'm making sense.

This is basically what i'm trying to do: http://www.chaosmen.com/video_index.php but i'm not using dynamic html

thanks guys!

[nicedreams]

Well, how is your page populated now? If it is pulled from a mysql database, you can use the LIMIT X, X feature.

Jimmy

[GPallan]

thanks for that bit of info, but i'm not really sure what that all means :crybaby: are there any easier less complicated ways of doing this?

Well, how is your page populated now? If it is pulled from a mysql database, you can use the LIMIT X, X feature.

Jimmy

[nicedreams]

Well, it depends on how you are creating your current page. Are all the updates pulled from a mysql database and put on the page automatically already? Or are you updating the page yourself?

Jimmy

[gaybucks_chip]

I think GPallan is saying that his current tour is all HTML, and Nicedreams is talking about a PHP/database-driven site.

If I'm correct, GPallan, the only practical way to do what you want with minimum effort is to use something like AWiz or have a PHP programmer create a simple content management system for you to do this.

Otherwise, you will have to manually change the HTML on each page each time you update the site.

For example, all of our membership sites are PHP driven, so whenever we add an update, it automatically appears in all of the different places (model pages, episode pages, tour, etc). But our 18WestStudios.com site is pure HTML (until we upgrade it) and right now, whenever we add a title, I have to go in and mess with 4 or 5 pages to add the new title and push the older ones down.

It's a pain to get the CMS operating at the start, but then updates are nearly instantaneous.

[GPallan]

thanks guys!

yes gaybucks, that's what i was talking about. right now, the site is all plain HTML and the way of achieving that, is to go to each page and do it manually :fucked: like you said.

so, then the only way to have it be automated, is to get a CMS in place? that's something that i've of course been thinking about, but im not sure if i have the time right now to implement it.

Any easier ways of doing this? if i were to get a php programmer to set this up for me, how much do you think it's going to cost and how complicated will it all be?

thanks again guys...

I think GPallan is saying that his current tour is all HTML, and Nicedreams is talking about a PHP/database-driven site.

If I'm correct, GPallan, the only practical way to do what you want with minimum effort is to use something like AWiz or have a PHP programmer create a simple content management system for you to do this.

Otherwise, you will have to manually change the HTML on each page each time you update the site.

For example, all of our membership sites are PHP driven, so whenever we add an update, it automatically appears in all of the different places (model pages, episode pages, tour, etc). But our 18WestStudios.com site is pure HTML (until we upgrade it) and right now, whenever we add a title, I have to go in and mess with 4 or 5 pages to add the new title and push the older ones down.

It's a pain to get the CMS operating at the start, but then updates are nearly instantaneous.

[nicedreams]

thanks guys!

Any easier ways of doing this? if i were to get a php programmer to set this up for me, how much do you think it's going to cost and how complicated will it all be?

thanks again guys...

Yes, this could be done very simply and cheaply. Under $100. I'll do it for that. haha. You just need a simple database of your updates made, and a form so you can enter your updates info weekly. Then have some pages made up pulling from that database paging it like you want. You could even use a flat file instead of a db. And you don't need some complicated cms to do it.

Jimmy

[basschick]

would it be able to generate html pages?

Yes, this could be done very simply and cheaply. Under $100. I'll do it for that. haha. You just need a simple database of your updates made, and a form so you can enter your updates info weekly. Then have some pages made up pulling from that database paging it like you want. You could even use a flat file instead of a db. And you don't need some complicated cms to do it.

Jimmy

[RageCash-Ben]

why do you want to do that may i ask?

[GPallan]

Hey Jimmy, yeah i'd be very interested in that. But like Basschick mentioned, will it be able to generate html pages? i think what i'm asking for is a little more complicated. I'll need to have my tour pages automated basically, so that new pages are generated as needed and thumbs/links are shifted down when there's a new update.

Thanks

Yes, this could be done very simply and cheaply. Under $100. I'll do it for that. haha. You just need a simple database of your updates made, and a form so you can enter your updates info weekly. Then have some pages made up pulling from that database paging it like you want. You could even use a flat file instead of a db. And you don't need some complicated cms to do it.

Jimmy

[GPallan]

well, i want my tour spread over more pages (as apposed to all being on one page, like they are right now) to make them appear as more and have it be more organized also.

why do you want to do that may i ask?

[nicedreams]

would it be able to generate html pages?

Yes.

Jimmy

[nicedreams]

Hey Jimmy, yeah i'd be very interested in that. But like Basschick mentioned, will it be able to generate html pages? i think what i'm asking for is a little more complicated. I'll need to have my tour pages automated basically, so that new pages are generated as needed and thumbs/links are shifted down when there's a new update.

Thanks

I will be back in a bit with something for you to see.

Jimmy

[Lee]

well, i want my tour spread over more pages (as apposed to all being on one page, like they are right now) to make them appear as more and have it be more organized also.

You do realize the more pages a tour has, the higher the chance you have of the surfer never getting to the join page right?

Regards,

Lee

[nicedreams]

Ok, so check this out:

List of current sets: http://www.nicedreamsentertainment.com/test/list.php

Add a set: http://www.nicedreamsentertainment.com/test/add.php

Build pages: http://www.nicedreamsentertainment.com/test/build.php

Page 1: http://www.nicedreamsentertainment.com/test/page1.html

I did this real quick, so its not perfect yet. But you get the idea.

The list page obviously lists all the sets in your db. The add page lets you add a set. Try it out. After you add a set, go to the build link, then check page 1. Page 2 and 3 will also change. I made it to display 3 sets on page 1, 3 on page 2, and 1 on page 3.

Other fields can be added etc, including your images for each set.

What you think?

Jimmy