It sounds as though what you'd be doing is a fair distance from what you've already been doing.
That is not necessarily a bad thing. It really depends on the relationship you have with the client and the urgency of the project. If the client is happy that you'd be working outside your comfort zone and learning as you go (and presumably paying a discounted rate accordingly), then go for it. That's exactly how I wrote my first couple of interactive intranet applications - partly on my client's time and partly on my own, and with no push to get things finished in a hurry. No amount of book learning can compare with the experience gained from implementing a real system. As for help ... as long as you're doing the initial work and asking questions only when you can't answer something yourself, you'll find everyone on this group is very helpful. If you decide (or need) to go the PHP way, I'm sure you'll find equivalent groups that have people who are almost as nice. :-) Good luck. Dave S ----- Original Message ----- From: ellenrothwax To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:46 AM Subject: [ASP] Dynamic Site I have the opportunity to accept a project, but I am afraid it may be way over my head. The client wants a site with similar funtionality as http://www.vacationrentals.com I have done one dymamic website, using ASP in Dreamweaver but there is no adding or editing or deleting of data in the database by anyone except me. If the client needs changes, I make them locally in MSAccess and the upload the database to replace the one on the server. I sort of stumbled my way thru that, learning as I go, but many things are still fuzzy. I have also worked with a shopping cart (Shopsite)which was pretty easy. My question is, do I need a CMS for this kind of site? Is there one that is equivlent to Shopsite, basically all set up and I just have to tweak it? Or do I just bite the bullet, teach myself ASP or PHP/MySQL (I have a book) and create what I need? Or am I taking on too much for someone who has done mostly static sites and is still struggling with CSS!! Any advise would help. And if there are any volunteers to be my mentor if I must struggle thru it, I would appreciate it. Ellen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [email protected] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [email protected] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
