I want to make a website, so you can log in and make a profile and such... But I don't know how I can... Help me out here...
(I am currently using Freewebs.com for a web publisher)
2006-12-03 08:31:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
You will need a database and a server-side programming language (and application server).
The database will store your users' information. Popular web database management systems are: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.
The server-side programming language will send information to the database for queries and retrieve the result sets. It will also handle conditional processing and the session managment for logged-in users. Popular server-side programming languages are: ColdFusion, PHP, ASP/.Net, Java Server Pages (JSP), and Ruby on Rails.
You web host must support (with an application server) the server-side language and provide the database. You will probably have difficulty find a host that offers this for free. 1and1 (1and1.com) offer plans at $8/month for PHP and MySQL support. Most other plans will run about $20-$30/month for shared hosting plans for the other languages.
Good Luck.
2006-12-03 08:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reasonable way to do this is to employ server side scripting with a database (or other mechanism to persist data) on the server.
Look into topics like
php, asp, cgi, etc
This, of course, is nothing you will learn in one afternoon - I am sorry to say. Also, your host has to offer server side scripting. A host that only offers pure HTML hosting won't help you there at all.
I am pretty sure that is not the kind of answer you wanted to hear, but some things are not quite as trivial as we would like them to be.
2006-12-03 08:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Martin I 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try using PHPizabi software. Its free software. Its similiar to myspace in a way, but with dating website options. Its worth a look.
2006-12-03 08:44:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋