weatherandsky
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/27/06
Posts: 2066
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Hi everyone,
I am still stuck in the stone age when it comes to web design. RIght now I just use nvu and occasionally will even make my pages from notepad and what little html source code I know. I really would love to update my site so that someone could browse my images by choosing to display them in various categories eg. type of subject(nature, astro, weather),type of object (NGC, Messiers, Cluster, Nebulas), equipment used, date, recent additions, etc. I am hoping that there is a very simple way to do this without having to make many multiple pages manually.
I am afraid that the only efficient way to accomplish this is to figure out all this PHP, SQL database, content management system stuff. My web page host is Yahoo Geocities Pro. Does anyone have any advice? I don't know where to begin and what the work flow is. Are there any online sources that will help me make sense of how all this stuff works? ... and is there an easier more efficient way out there?
Thanks,
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Kerry
* Weather and Sky Photography *
https://twitter.com/#!/weatherandsky
QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C
Meade 12" LightBridge
Astro-Tech 8in RC
Celestron C6-SCT
Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO
Omcon 4.5" Newt
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300
CGE, CG-5 GT
Edited by weatherandsky (12/26/07 04:15 PM)
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ericjacob613
Photon Hog
Reged: 05/25/07
Posts: 5177
Loc: Santa Barbara CA
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Very nice site. I especially like the Hair Tips Links page!
My own site uses a very simple layout. Each page has one huge table on it, covered with thumbnails and descriptions. I use Dreamweaver to make and maintain it.
Feel free to check it out. No flashy graphics or etc. Just an easy layout.
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Y'all look at my flikr stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42129623@N04/
Canon XTI with 100,000 clicks on it, cheap Asian glass.
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weatherandsky
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/27/06
Posts: 2066
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Thanks Eric. You have a nice page layout and fantastic pics... I like it.
I'll have a look at dreamweaver.
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Kerry
* Weather and Sky Photography *
https://twitter.com/#!/weatherandsky
QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C
Meade 12" LightBridge
Astro-Tech 8in RC
Celestron C6-SCT
Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO
Omcon 4.5" Newt
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300
CGE, CG-5 GT
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Faith_J
Sketcher Extraordinaire
Reged: 11/17/04
Posts: 5830
Loc: South coast of England
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I use Freewebs to make my astronomy website. They provide templates and you build and edit the thing online. Freewebs can be a bit slow and annoying at times, but the templates are nice and it's easy to use. It's also free.
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Visual deep sky
18" f4.3 dob
7.9" f/4 Celestron Newtonian
8x42 binos
100% visual observing...
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john D
All you have to do is ask!!
Reged: 08/05/07
Posts: 5682
Loc: Midlothian, VA
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freewebs is free? when i went there i thought i saw something that said i had to pay!
if its really free i might check it out!!
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My Blog
United States Marine Corps! Oohrah!
Meade ETX-125
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AleX`G
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 05/29/06
Posts: 877
Loc: Scotland UK
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I think for viewers to sort information to be displayed you would need mysql with php or some equivalent.
You dont need that much code to actually write a CMS for images in a database though creating an effective search engine can be quite hard. It will take quite a bit of reading to be able to bodge a site together which is what i usually do with php.
Good Luck if you go down that route.
Alex
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Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8
Vixen GP
Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS)
Canon 300D
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Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr
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