DATA-DRIVEN WEB SITES!
If you've got a web site that relies heavily on data that changes constantly,
it's a heck of a lot easier to create a data driven web site than it is
to create individual pages for each different item you need to display.
Data-driven web sites also allow you to display data quickly with any degree
of complexity: showing some or all of the data sorted backwards and forwards
by any topic. Its power is unlimited! If your site is already completed
to your liking but you want to reduce the storage space on your system
and reduce the amount of work you have to do when data changes, you should
consider moving your site to a data-driven format. Check it out:
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 Buzz-Oven.com
90% of the Buzz-Oven.com web site relies on data. Buzz-Oven is
a community who's members need to stay up to date with recent activity
in the organization. The database holds everything that would ever need
to be accessed: user names, passwords, addresses, phone numbers, email
addresses, news, events, ticket sales, and more. There is also some fun
stuff to keep track of like member photos, interests, bios and other nonessential
personal data.
Each member can log in to the members section and view and update recent
activity, communicate with other members and even see who's logged in right
now. Every bit of data can be sorted by date, region, member and venue
- and it's all able to be cross referenced from page to page. This kind
of detail just couldn't be maintained without a database! Through the use
of a database, we took what would have taken up to 50+ separate web pages
to display and consolidate it into about 15 pages. You can see some of
the data in action by going HERE.
Just select a region from the drop down menu (which is also displaying
data from a database!) and you'll see a list of members from that region
displayed nice and neatly on your screen.
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 NewMusicFestival.com
The New Music Festival is a yearly North Texas musician showcase
for the music industry. In 4 days they have 150 bands scheduled to play
in 12 different venues. We use a database here to store, display and cross
reference all the details of the 4-day event. You can view an alphabetical
list of artists or venues. Clicking an artist brings up details about the
artist and the date and location of their showcase. Clicking the date shows
you a list of all shows on that date. Clicking on the location brings up
a schedule for that venue for the weekend. This would have been a design
nightmare if we had to hand code every available option for displaying the
data. Databases make it a snap! See the 2002 version in action HERE. |
 BigFistBooking.com
BigFistBooking is an artist booking agency. This whole web site
is about showing artist information to potential venues. They need to display
info about each artist: bio, existing tour dates, available dates, song
samples, press kits and more. Their server didn't come with any database
support so we use text files to store data. It's not quite as nice as using
a real database but the results are the same. As soon as the Big Fist guys
update any bit of information it is immediately seen on the web site. |
 RainmakerArtists.com
This is a sister company to BigFistBooking.com. The same principles
mentioned above for the BigFistBooking.com web site apply here. Within a
few weeks the two sites will be sharing the same data but displaying them
with their respective templates. |
