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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Database solution
From:	Max Johnson
Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2000 02:39:16 +0100

Thanks Sohrab for your reply.
I think the reasons you recommending me NOT to go with Flash in this project is
the same reasons why I believe I actually should do it...

I want to force people to come back to my site through the 'front door' to see
any quote. I don't want them to be able to bookmark certain pages or to select,
copy and paste text.
I want them to explore my site. And NO it's not going to be 'overly' 'Flashy',
but more subtle, fastloading, and extremely userfriendly, regardless of how
computer savvy you are.

Yes, it's gonna kinda be like a 'dictionary.com'-ish, but very aethsetically
appealing.
And as for books; I meant books in regards to DB, not the content. I already
have content up my...

Any other suggestions about what DB 'package' I should go with? Anybody...

/ Max

> My suggestion is not to use flash.
>
> i dont see any reason why flash should be part of this. Unless you have
> generator (which is probably out of your price range). This is a great idea
> and a great tool for everyone but especially stuents.
>
> I think by not allowing people to select the text, bookmark certain quotes
> etc, you are giving up a great asset of your site.
>
> maybe i am wrong, i am just thinking of your site as being like
> dictionary.com! maybe your are thinking of a more aethsetically apealing
> method, i dunno?
>
> as for books checkout websters dicitonary of quotations, i used this for
> every essay i wrote in high school ;-)
>
> hope this helps
>
>
> > I'm new to databases, and I'm gonna build a web site that
> > features literary quotations. It's a little personal pet project of mine.
> > The entire site will be Flash on the front-end, but am looking
> > for the perfect (and most inexpensive) solution for the backend.
> >
> > I'm on a PC. W98.
> >
> > It's really simple, this is what I need:
> >
> > I wanna put all my quotes in different categories; "Love", "Friendship",
> "Work",
> > "Family", etc...
> >
> > 1. A user would have the option of either searching for a quote by
> "keyword" (a
> > word in the quote) that would search ALL categories.
> >
> > 2. Or, browse an entire category that would maybe display a list of
> quotes, for
> > instance "quotes 1-5 of 63 are now displayed." Or, quotes could be shown
> one by
> > one, if that's easier; "quote 1 of 63 is now shown."
> > With a button saying "jump to the next 5 quotes", or "jump to the next
> quote."
> >
> > 3. Same thing as #2 above but it should search ALL categories.
> >
> > 4. And then, every day I wanna display a "Quote of the Day." This will be
> done
> > automatically, and this ONE quote should be pulled randomly from ALL
> categories.
> > Once displayed it will not show up again until all other quotes have been
> > displayed.
> >
> > 5. Last but not least; I need to be able to update this site with new
> quotes
> > daily if needed.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > Any books?
> > Web sites?
> >
> > / Max

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