PHP / Mysql

[Chuckie]

Actinic is a very handy program without we would not have a online shop, but isnt it time actinic stopped being hard coded html, and uploaded the products from the access database to a mysql database, our site randomly picks 4-6 products out of a mysql database @ pressent to display on the website, this means im running two databases, if actinic could upload to a mysql database it much sweeter :)

Any ideas Please.

[Jan]

You can get programs to convert your access database to a mySQL database here is one example

http://www.softwaremonster.com/business_finance/database_management/access_to_mysql_pro.asp

I haven't used it by the way. If you do a search on google for Access to mySQL converter you get loads coming up - some are free if you have the patient to work out how to use them.

Regards

[chrisbrown]

I think that you are missing the point Chuckie. There are other ecommerce solutions which work the way you describe but the Actinic way is a deliberate design choice.

Static HTML can be fully indexed by search engines. Pages which are built dynamically either don't get indexed at all or else the indexed version has completely changed when someone follows the search link.

I like the Actinic way. Apart from search engine indexing, the pages are also faster to display and less prone to server processing overload. Maybe it would be nice to have some additional dynamic feature options but not at the expense of the current advantages.