[alankeoy]

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If i have created a simple static website and in of the the page, i have a form in whihc the reader will enter their information such as names, add etc and in the end they have the option to attached their CV.

can i k now where shooud i start ?

do i need spesific webhosting ?
do i need to connect to access database ?

once the user enter their details and click send...how will i received it ?

thanks

[adlinds]

I'd do it in PHP.

You can get their details via email and the CV can either get sent with the email or it can be automatically sent to a folder on your web space so that you can access it from there.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by alankeoy

hI

If i have created a simple static website and in of the the page, i have a form in whihc the reader will enter their information such as names, add etc and in the end they have the option to attached their CV.

can i k now where shooud i start ?

do i need spesific webhosting ?
do i need to connect to access database ?

once the user enter their details and click send...how will i received it ?

thanks

Hosting - yes, you'll need a host that supports either PHP, ASP, Perl, ASP.NET or any other scripting language. I'd suggest PHP.

Yes, you will need a database. Anyone who supports PHP will almost always support mySQL as well.

As has been suggested you can either put the received CV in a specific folder on the server and then you can grab it from there, or you can have it emailed to you.

[esme]

if the form sends email or accesses a database make sure you validate your input fields so it can't be used for spam and that no one can hijack or destroy your database with a carefully crafted value in a field

if you can make the form access the database as a user with only enough privilege to add data to the tables it needs rather than as the root user then even better

[alankeoy]

would it be simplier if i just attached a "word" document and let the user download it and email it to me ?

since i am just good in static html but not advance.

thanks

[esme]

that would work but the user would need your email address, and scavenging email addresses from websites is one way the spammers build up lists of addresses

swings and roundabouts

[sallonoroff]

you could have your email address as an image though.......


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[esme]

Originally Posted by moonlight

you could have your email address as an image though.......


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that would work, until they get wise and try OCR on images on websites, but it's not commonly used so I doubt they'd pick up on it for a while

[sixriver]

Remember you are trying to attract people to use your service.
You need to make it as easy as possible for people to give you the information. You then need to manage that information, so if you are spending all day cutting and pasting from Word documents into a Database / Spreadsheet things are very soon going to get messy and complicated and errors are going to creep in.

[alankeoy]

how difficult is it to learn form in html ? i have no idea how to link to database . can i use access to link with it ? any help would be appreciate.

my intention is to creat a databased of freelanceer in which they will enter their details and i will keep a record. they will automaticlaly be given a code for identification.

will it be complicated ?

[alankeoy]

hi

i look at your website ther is a contact. how would you recieved the message ?

Originally Posted by sixriver

Remember you are trying to attract people to use your service.
You need to make it as easy as possible for people to give you the information. You then need to manage that information, so if you are spending all day cutting and pasting from Word documents into a Database / Spreadsheet things are very soon going to get messy and complicated and errors are going to creep in.

[sccsux]

Originally Posted by alankeoy

will it be complicated ?

In a word, yes (dependant on experience).

Actually, a form with minimum db interaction is pretty simple. However, what you seem to be looking for is a way to allow user interaction with the db. You may be better looking into one of the simple CMSs that are available

[sixriver]

I would suggest you have a look at a few web sites that have PHP and MYSQL tutorials. Also buy a book from Amazon. This will give you an idea of how complicated it is for you. If the site and the service starts to grow it will be a lot harder to add on new features if the database and the code wasn't designed correctly to start off with.
If you don't have any programming experience other than HTML I think you may struggle to build a commercial quality, database backed website for your first project.

[esme]

Originally Posted by alankeoy

how difficult is it to learn form in html ? i have no idea how to link to database . can i use access to link with it ? any help would be appreciate.

my intention is to creat a databased of freelanceer in which they will enter their details and i will keep a record. they will automaticlaly be given a code for identification.

will it be complicated ?

to do this automatically will be complex for a beginner yes

and looking at sixriver's contact page he will receive an email, presumably he verifies input fields before sending

[monomiel]

Originally Posted by alankeoy

how difficult is it to learn form in html ? i have no idea how to link to database . can i use access to link with it ? any help would be appreciate.

my intention is to creat a databased of freelanceer in which they will enter their details and i will keep a record. they will automaticlaly be given a code for identification.

will it be complicated ?

Yes it is difficult for a beginner. A database is a logic structure, you have to be careful designing it, otherwise you'll have problems after.

You need to use methodologies for that, optimization, normalization etc.

If you just want a Table in your database , then you wouldn't need that.