Re: Client-side Image Maps and WebCat (what's a database-drivensite)?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20896
interpreted = N
texte = >No pages actually exist? I don't think there is a word to describe the>level of confusion I'm at now. >I'm still not getting what makes a>data-base driven site I guess. : (If you've ever done mail-merge form letters, it makes more sense. For aweb site, imagine you have a link that provides more details about aproduct that someone wants to buy. That web page contains things like theprice, weight, photo, description, and other details about that particularproduct. In a static HTML site, you would need 100,000 such pages tohandle 100,000 products. But with WebCatalog, you just design the pageonce (we call it a template, for obvious reasons), and you 'pour' thedetailed information into the page from fields in a database:----- simplified detail template -----Thank you for requesting more information about [sku]. We sell it for[price] and it weighs [weight]. Here's what the manufacturer says aboutit: [description]. Here's a picture:
--------------------------------------So this single page can handle every product in your database, as long asyour database contains real information to substitute in for those [xxx]values. Does this make sense?Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>No pages actually exist? I don't think there is a word to describe the>level of confusion I'm at now. >I'm still not getting what makes a>data-base driven site I guess. : (If you've ever done mail-merge form letters, it makes more sense. For aweb site, imagine you have a link that provides more details about aproduct that someone wants to buy. That web page contains things like theprice, weight, photo, description, and other details about that particularproduct. In a static HTML site, you would need 100,000 such pages tohandle 100,000 products. But with WebCatalog, you just design the pageonce (we call it a template, for obvious reasons), and you 'pour' thedetailed information into the page from fields in a database:----- simplified detail template -----Thank you for requesting more information about [sku]. We sell it for[price] and it weighs [weight]. Here's what the manufacturer says aboutit: [description]. Here's a picture:
--------------------------------------So this single page can handle every product in your database, as long asyour database contains real information to substitute in for those [xxx]values. Does this make sense?Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant,11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster,San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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