Help starting website

i shot love · 05-03-2007, 10:44 PM

I want to make a website for reviewing music. I can design it and everything but the one thing i really would like to do is give viewers the ability to give ratings themselves to chosen songs or albums. I'm guessing i'd have to store all that in a database but i'm almost clueless with all of that. I was wondering if someone could just point me in the right direction? I'd appreciate any help.

**scottydont2841** · 05-04-2007, 10:55 AM

That sort of stuff is usually done via, PHP and CGI, you may want to google it to learn more. But hold out and one of our web design team should be able to tell you more.

i shot love · 05-04-2007, 04:52 PM

Ok. Basically, I want the visitor to be able to input a number 0.00-10.00. That will be entered into the database and averaged with the others and displayed on that page. Check out www.metalstorm.ee, something like that.

petko · 05-11-2007, 07:17 AM

If you like the rating on this site for example:
http://www.onlinehowto.net/Tutorials/Development/Howto-Integrating-Flash-file-in-PHP-documents/467/2]Howto Integrating Flash file in PHP documents
you can get html source code and write some PHP script to receive the value [1-10] wich user choose by clicking on radio butons.

i shot love · 05-12-2007, 07:58 AM

I might be able to use that. So for example, if one person rated a song a 10 and then another person rated that same song a 9, that will keep track of those two ratings and average the 2, then display the result on the page? That's what i want it to do. I'd really like for the viewers to be able to input their own number like 9.67 or something like that. Then when they clicked the submit button or whatever, it averages that number with the others for that song and displays the result. In a nutshell, I want it to show my rating and then the peoples' ratings. I was reading up a little bit and came to the conclusion i'd need to use PHP and SQL or something but like I said in my first post, I know next to nothing about either of them.

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i shot love Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 32 OS: Windows XP SP2	Help starting website I want to make a website for reviewing music. I can design it and everything but the one thing i really would like to do is give viewers the ability to give ratings themselves to chosen songs or albums. I'm guessing i'd have to store all that in a database but i'm almost clueless with all of that. I was wondering if someone could just point me in the right direction? I'd appreciate any help.

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scottydont2841 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bristol, England, UK. Posts: 1,228 OS: Vista Home Premium My System	Re: Help starting website That sort of stuff is usually done via, PHP and CGI, you may want to google it to learn more. But hold out and one of our web design team should be able to tell you more. __________________ Please use the search function of the website before asking questions, as we may already have answered them. Everest FREE Edition AVG FREE Edition

05-04-2007, 04:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
i shot love Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 32 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Help starting website Ok. Basically, I want the visitor to be able to input a number 0.00-10.00. That will be entered into the database and averaged with the others and displayed on that page. Check out www.metalstorm.ee, something like that.

05-11-2007, 07:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
petko Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2 OS: WinXP	Re: Help starting website If you like the rating on this site for example: http://www.onlinehowto.net/Tutorials/Development/Howto-Integrating-Flash-file-in-PHP-documents/467/2]Howto Integrating Flash file in PHP documents you can get html source code and write some PHP script to receive the value [1-10] wich user choose by clicking on radio butons. __________________ h t t p : / / w w w . o n l i n e h o w t o . n e t : : T h e K n o w l e d g e p l a c e

05-12-2007, 07:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
i shot love Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 32 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Help starting website I might be able to use that. So for example, if one person rated a song a 10 and then another person rated that same song a 9, that will keep track of those two ratings and average the 2, then display the result on the page? That's what i want it to do. I'd really like for the viewers to be able to input their own number like 9.67 or something like that. Then when they clicked the submit button or whatever, it averages that number with the others for that song and displays the result. In a nutshell, I want it to show my rating and then the peoples' ratings. I was reading up a little bit and came to the conclusion i'd need to use PHP and SQL or something but like I said in my first post, I know next to nothing about either of them.