Re: FLASH: Database solution

[Sohrab Pirayesh]

My suggestion is not to use flash.


i dont see any reason why flash should be part of this. Unless you have

generator (which is probably out of your price range). This is a great idea

and a great tool for everyone but especially stuents.


I think by not allowing people to select the text, bookmark certain quotes

etc, you are giving up a great asset of your site.


maybe i am wrong, i am just thinking of your site as being like

dictionary.com! maybe your are thinking of a more aethsetically apealing

method, i dunno?


as for books checkout websters dicitonary of quotations, i used this for

every essay i wrote in high school ;-)


hope this helps


-sohrab

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> I'm new to databases, and I'm gonna build a web site that

> features literary quotations. It's a little personal pet project of mine.

> The entire site will be Flash on the front-end, but am looking

> for the perfect (and most inexpensive) solution for the backend.

>

> I'm on a PC. W98.

>

> It's really simple, this is what I need:

>

> I wanna put all my quotes in different categories; "Love", "Friendship",

"Work",

> "Family", etc...

>

> 1. A user would have the option of either searching for a quote by

"keyword" (a

> word in the quote) that would search ALL categories.

>

> 2. Or, browse an entire category that would maybe display a list of

quotes, for

> instance "quotes 1-5 of 63 are now displayed." Or, quotes could be shown

one by

> one, if that's easier; "quote 1 of 63 is now shown."

> With a button saying "jump to the next 5 quotes", or "jump to the next

quote."

>

> 3. Same thing as #2 above but it should search ALL categories.

>

> 4. And then, every day I wanna display a "Quote of the Day." This will be

done

> automatically, and this ONE quote should be pulled randomly from ALL

categories.

> Once displayed it will not show up again until all other quotes have been

> displayed.

>

> 5. Last but not least; I need to be able to update this site with new

quotes

> daily if needed.

>

> Any suggestions?

> Any books?

> Web sites?

>

> / Max

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