suggestions for using php for musical artist site?

[klubrant]

Hello,

I was going to try and learn PHP (great tutorial, by the way!)

I am a singer/songwriter and just started designing web pages. Can anybody think of a "useful" application for PHP and my web site? the joke database from the tutorial cannot be applied!

The site will be completed when I finish my cd, so a temp page is at http://www.keithlubrant.com

I will have options like:
whats new, about me, pics, song samples, lyrics, order cd, etc..

Thanks!

[This message has been edited by klubrant (edited July 21, 2000).]

[Vinay]

the lyrics can be stored in a "searchable" db

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[jonese]

klubrant,

I think that you'll find that you can adapt the jokes tutorial into something more useful for your site.

my site http://www.romanceresources.com is going full DB thanks to Kevin's article and help from him and Vinay.

I basically took his article and applied it to what i needed. Of course this isn't an easy thing to do but with a little time and a lot of patience you'll be happy with the outcome.

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Eric Jones - SitePoint Administrator
http://www.sitepoint.com
eric@sitepoint.com

[klubrant]

Thanks for the idea Vinay...i will start with that.

and Jonese, I am curious how you will integrate PHP into your site. When you say full db, do you mean that the ENTIRE site will be created from db's or just certain parts?

[jonese]

my site will take all the data. The dating tips, the articles, the pet names, etc... anything that is "data" or that people want to reference or search for.

I then have each of these data packets put into tables. An article table, a dating tips table, etc.

Then with all these tables I an begin to build interfaces for people to add stuff to the current data. And I can start to construct pages for people to see the data and to search through the data.

Much in the same way SitePoint.com has DB'd it's entire web site.

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Eric Jones - SitePoint Administrator
http://www.sitepoint.com
eric@sitepoint.com