Need help - Newbie here

Storing of data

[PrinceOng]

I have created many webpages. This is my first time stepping into storing data on server, verifying, updating, maintaining etc. It goes like this:
1. Store users'(tutors) password,id and info etc who register at my tuition agency website in a database
2. allow other users(students/parents) to search for a particular tutor with some criterias (on a form) and display them on their browser with selected information from the database
3. once the user has targetted a tutor, a new form will be displayed to fill in particulars, contact etc and a submit button on the form would send an email (containing parent and tutor data) to administrator for processing etc.

[txbakers]

Hi welcome to WebmasterWorld!

What you are after is a dynamic content website. You will need a database of some sort and a scripting language to update and search the database.

Do a search here for "dynamic content" and you'll find endless information.

[PrinceOng]

Thanks for the information. Is there any available scripts around that I can play with first?

[txbakers]

www.aspin.com or www.4guysfromrolla.com have quite a few you can download.

[PrinceOng]

Thanks alot. I will check it out.

[PrinceOng]

So sorry. I have downloaded many scripts but dont seems to work. I am a newbie and so new that I am not sure where to start etc. I only know how to create webpages in DMX and nothing else about database etc. What do I need first before I can edit, preview etc the scripts? I have installed perl, pstudio and others. But still cant get the scripts I downloaded to work... My browser just display lots of text but nothing done. My apologies for stupid questions as I am totally new to this area. Maybe someone can guide me what to get and what to do step by step? How do I test the scripts locally?

[txbakers]

There is a lot to get set up before you can really get going.

The sites I gave you were for ASP coding, which requires a Microsoft WebServer.

It's really too big a topic to teach in a post-response. Search this forum for information.

If you want to use Perl, you need to download perl scripts. If you want to use PhP, you will need to install PhP and download those scripts.

I'm sorry I can't help further, because the topic is huge. Once you decide on a scripting platform, install the basic frameworks for it, we can help.

But do check and search these forums for "dynamic content" and "server scripting" and you'll find tons of information to help you get going.

[PrinceOng]

Ok thanks. But before I venture into a new script language. What would you recommend to me since there are so many? Which is the best or easiest for me learn? Any books to recommend? I haev done a search but not helpful as the topics are difficult for newbies like me to understanding. I now even have the difficult of even getting the correct infrastructure for building them. I have pstudio, active perl installed but know next to nothing except downloading the script. Dont even know how to start to edit or test them.