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acknowledged74
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 Posted - 2008-12-16 : 11:37:54
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| HiA company has a system setup where 50 websites are structured via a database.I mean all 50 websites look the same but have slightly different html content, but exactly the same content.To change the templates and therefore the layout, visual appearance of the website, is it a case of adapting the html template in my favourite editor and then just uploading to the database?The therefore changing all 50 websites at once.or is there likely to be some level of SQL coding involved to make the alterations?Also how would you change the textual content of the individual website?Sorry I have never physically used a database only via other systems, WP, Drupal etc.thanks |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 11:56:36
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| HiI have been told that I need to change the html, actually I need to update the websites to Css rather than tables and so on, then just upload to their database ? I pressume this is done via ftp, but when I look in my existing ftp folders that have databses I can't locate the database folders. Sorry this is I'm sure very basic stuff but I can't find adequate tutorials on Google etc.Thanks for your patience. |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 12:25:26
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| Ok I will try and set something similar up myself. Yes I have created a database using My SQL. It seems that you nee to setup connect.php ?But what I was really asking is that the system and the 50 websites already existing, if I am provided with the html template files how would I get them to the websites ? |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 12:57:10
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| No the existing 50 website database template set up is MS SQL, I use Unix at home and can't use that. Besides isn't SQL the language and MS SQL and My SQL the server. Ok literally how are they updating the Html templates in the database that are used to build 50 websites. and therefore If I was to change the html file how would I then get it uploaded to the database and therefore all the websites ???I was only suggesting setting something similar at home, its basically that I don't under stand uploading or whateve to a dtatbase, please forget the rest.ThxAsh |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 13:33:45
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| I have been told that I need to change the html, actually I need to update the websites to Css rather than tables and so on, then just upload to their database ? |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 15:41:42
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| I had this suggestion through Yahoo Ask "ANOTHER possible but high crap way, if you don't move up to ASP or PHP, is to create your own template HTML website with special text place holders.You then run your magic string replacement program (which you would neeed to write) which would then make your 50 websites for you. Pulling the content from files somehow.Even this sounds a bit backwards, but if you need to make a change to all 50 websites then this will atleast be able to cope with that."I have a feeling thats kind of whats being used.expressfreightgermany.co.uk is used just with html templates and a database, I know that for sure. |
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tkizer
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acknowledged74
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Posted - 2008-12-16 : 20:50:56
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| Well that is what I am asking, anyway nevermind. Maybe its just a bit of a hard one to answer, no problem I'll ask elsewhere Tara.thanks for trying. |
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darkdusky
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2008-12-18 : 06:36:05
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| If you use ASP you can use masterpages to set the style etc of the entire website. |
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SQL Database system to hold html templates