mojomike
January 20th, 2008, 04:10 PM
Hi all,
I've got a website that I'm trying to improve on by setting up a user profile and database system.
I'm probably using incorrect terminology, so I'll try to explain what I want to do.
Before I go on, I'll explain that I probably know my way around webdesign well enough to get myself into trouble. HTML's no problem, and I can take someone else's scripts and incorporate them on my page pretty well (usually), but the actual programming behind dynamic sites scares the Cr@p out of me.
Currently, I have an email list and email campaign going using GoDaddy's Express Email feature. I've got a form on my page that the user completes and they are added to the database automatically. Then, I can send email's to the whole list. Nothing fancy.
What I would like to setup is a profile for each user that they can sign into with a username and passwd. Then they can edit the various aspects of their profile and save them.
I would like my email list to be incorporated into this. I'm concerned about this, because if I'm using a service like Godaddy or aweber, how can I merge my form and database with theirs?
I would also eventually like to add a forum to my website, and obviously, it would be best for the forum to use the same usernames and passwds as the user profiles
Finally, I need to be able to download all of this information into my own database on my computer, for which, I'll probably be using OpenOffice (unless someone has a better idea).
Any help anyone could give would be great. I realize this covers a broad spectrum of questions. If there's a good tutorial site that I could look at, that would be cools.
OR, if there's a service that can do all of this, that would be great too. I'm no programmer, I'm more of a businessman. I just need a working website to do what I need it to do.
Thanks for all your help and guidance.
I've got a website that I'm trying to improve on by setting up a user profile and database system.
I'm probably using incorrect terminology, so I'll try to explain what I want to do.
Before I go on, I'll explain that I probably know my way around webdesign well enough to get myself into trouble. HTML's no problem, and I can take someone else's scripts and incorporate them on my page pretty well (usually), but the actual programming behind dynamic sites scares the Cr@p out of me.
Currently, I have an email list and email campaign going using GoDaddy's Express Email feature. I've got a form on my page that the user completes and they are added to the database automatically. Then, I can send email's to the whole list. Nothing fancy.
What I would like to setup is a profile for each user that they can sign into with a username and passwd. Then they can edit the various aspects of their profile and save them.
I would like my email list to be incorporated into this. I'm concerned about this, because if I'm using a service like Godaddy or aweber, how can I merge my form and database with theirs?
I would also eventually like to add a forum to my website, and obviously, it would be best for the forum to use the same usernames and passwds as the user profiles
Finally, I need to be able to download all of this information into my own database on my computer, for which, I'll probably be using OpenOffice (unless someone has a better idea).
Any help anyone could give would be great. I realize this covers a broad spectrum of questions. If there's a good tutorial site that I could look at, that would be cools.
OR, if there's a service that can do all of this, that would be great too. I'm no programmer, I'm more of a businessman. I just need a working website to do what I need it to do.
Thanks for all your help and guidance.