Re: First Attempts

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texte = This is my opinion based on my experience. Many opinions are always a good idea.I have built a moderately elaborate site using the TeaRoom example as a starting point but NOT using the storebuilder.The TeaRoom will get you started with some basic searches, an invoice form, and a shopping cart. If you're like me, you will find yourself copy-pasing a lot of code from the TeaRoom.As for building dbs. I find it easiest to use FileMaker Pro (export as .mer) to build the tab delimited text files that WebCatalog feeds on as databases. I like Filemaker because it lets you easily export into a text format that includes the column headers (.mer). You should read about fileformats and hdr. files in the WebCatalog docs.>From my point of view, and based on my limited experience, you should just dig in using the TeaRoom, html WebCat reference, and TalkList as your tools. With WebCatalog, you should always think If I can think it up, it is possible! The best way to learn the code is to just do it! Think of the TeaRoom as a rosetta stone.Blah, Blah, enough from me.>From: philz >Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: First Attempts>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:39:24>>I'm planning to try my first store using WebCatalog, and have read>through the User Guide and tutorial provided by Smith Micro.>> From everything I saw the TeaRoom demo is very close to what I'm>looking for (a simple store that I can build on in the future), so>I'm curious if I can just copy that source and modify it for use with>my own graphics and design.>>Obvious questions come up about the database being used behind the>TeaRoom. When I use the StoreBuilder it generates a lot of .db files>that I don't see in the TeaRoom example, particularly the customer>database, which seems to be missing from the TeaRoom example. Also,>how would/could I modify or expand on the database structure of that>site? Should I use StoreBuilder, and if so, how do I tell it about>my new site.>>Is it a bad idea to start with the TeaRoom example? Should I just>take the output from the StoreBuilder and work with that instead? I>like the idea of using TeaRoom if possible, mostly because it's a lot>simpler than the files created from StoreBuilder. Of course there>might be a reason for that...>>Anyway, can anyone comment/make fun of me for this approach?>>Also, is there an independent faq for WebCatalog, or a getting>started site that I should read through also? The tutorial was>alright, but left me with a lot of unanswered questions about what's>going on behind the scenes with WebCatalog.>>Thanks,> philz>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/________________________________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: First Attempts (philz 2000)
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First Attempts (philz 2000)

This is my opinion based on my experience. Many opinions are always a good idea.I have built a moderately elaborate site using the TeaRoom example as a starting point but NOT using the storebuilder.The TeaRoom will get you started with some basic searches, an invoice form, and a shopping cart. If you're like me, you will find yourself copy-pasing a lot of code from the TeaRoom.As for building dbs. I find it easiest to use FileMaker Pro (export as .mer) to build the tab delimited text files that WebCatalog feeds on as databases. I like Filemaker because it lets you easily export into a text format that includes the column headers (.mer). You should read about fileformats and hdr. files in the WebCatalog docs.>From my point of view, and based on my limited experience, you should just dig in using the TeaRoom, html WebCat reference, and TalkList as your tools. With WebCatalog, you should always think If I can think it up, it is possible! The best way to learn the code is to just do it! Think of the TeaRoom as a rosetta stone.Blah, Blah, enough from me.>From: philz >Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk)>To: (WebCatalog Talk)>Subject: First Attempts>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 09:39:24>>I'm planning to try my first store using WebCatalog, and have read>through the User Guide and tutorial provided by Smith Micro.>> From everything I saw the TeaRoom demo is very close to what I'm>looking for (a simple store that I can build on in the future), so>I'm curious if I can just copy that source and modify it for use with>my own graphics and design.>>Obvious questions come up about the database being used behind the>TeaRoom. When I use the StoreBuilder it generates a lot of .db files>that I don't see in the TeaRoom example, particularly the customer>database, which seems to be missing from the TeaRoom example. Also,>how would/could I modify or expand on the database structure of that>site? Should I use StoreBuilder, and if so, how do I tell it about>my new site.>>Is it a bad idea to start with the TeaRoom example? Should I just>take the output from the StoreBuilder and work with that instead? I>like the idea of using TeaRoom if possible, mostly because it's a lot>simpler than the files created from StoreBuilder. Of course there>might be a reason for that...>>Anyway, can anyone comment/make fun of me for this approach?>>Also, is there an independent faq for WebCatalog, or a getting>started site that I should read through also? The tutorial was>alright, but left me with a lot of unanswered questions about what's>going on behind the scenes with WebCatalog.>>Thanks,> philz>>>------------------------------------------------------------->This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .>To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/________________________________________________________________________Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Robert McPeak

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