Hey, i'm trying to create this easy script, even though it's easy... im not sure how i would make it.
so what i'm trying to make is a simple script which is like an excel page. where i can make a few dates, let's say

11/29/10
11/30/10

for each date i want to have 10 slots for people to submit there name in and lock it

so

11/29/10
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit

and when someone goes onto my page and puts a name in i'll become like this

11/29/10
( Ryan )
( Chris )
( Steve )
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit
( ) submit

So it's pretty much a first come first serve.

would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me out. Thanks in advanced

You're wanting this in PHP?

Yes please

What dates or date range? Would they ever change? Do usernames have to be unique within one day (presumably) or across all days? Do you have access to a database or would you use a file to store the info? If there's a sort of login process then what about passwords (otherwise anyone could type in "Ryan" at any time)? Would you want any other personal details? Will this give access to other pages/facilities?

I would have a couple of them set up for the week so let's say 7 will be set up. Once the week or the day is done i would manual delete the names and date or if so, it would do it by itself.

For this, only people i trust will be using it. So there wouldn't be a need for password or login. Pretty much anyone could put their names in and other people can view and see that all the slots are filled or if they could go put their names down.

I do have an access to a database but not to familiar with using it. so probably use a file to store for now.

I'm trying to incorporate a login system but i'm still pretty new to all this and i'm kinda confused on what i need to do, just trying to keep it simple.(but if someone could teach me or help me out with login that'd be great too)

But one thing i would want i guess is to have it so someone else other than me could delete/change names/dates without having to access admin. Which i guess would have to be login? unless i could do something like have a button and that person could click it and input a password then it would send them to another page which could edit the names/dates.

Can anyone help me with this? I'm in desperate need of helpc

QuickeN I'm guessing this is some kind of "appointment" management book you're trying to achieve.

You mentioned an Excel spreadsheet before - I'm just trying to get the measure of your intentions and available resources here;

Could you create a spreadsheet to the design that you're specifying, and save it somewhere where your trustees could access it and add their details, such as a shared network drive, or if it needs to be web-accessible - Google Docs?

If you wanted to make it in PHP - it would be quite simple, there is a ready made login system out there that you could use, and creating the script with PHP/MySQL would be fairly straightforward.

If you want to go down the PHP route, I'd be happy to post a full tutorial for you, or if you think you could manage with the spreadsheet option - I could give you details of how to make it work (including making it web accessible and protecting it from unauthorised use).

Originally Posted by HandCoder

QuickeN I'm guessing this is some kind of "appointment" management book you're trying to achieve.

You mentioned an Excel spreadsheet before - I'm just trying to get the measure of your intentions and available resources here;

Could you create a spreadsheet to the design that you're specifying, and save it somewhere where your trustees could access it and add their details, such as a shared network drive, or if it needs to be web-accessible - Google Docs?

If you wanted to make it in PHP - it would be quite simple, there is a ready made login system out there that you could use, and creating the script with PHP/MySQL would be fairly straightforward.

If you want to go down the PHP route, I'd be happy to post a full tutorial for you, or if you think you could manage with the spreadsheet option - I could give you details of how to make it work (including making it web accessible and protecting it from unauthorised use).

Hey, thanks for the reply.

Well, what i want would have to be on my website so i might be leaning towards the spreadsheet? (seems to be easier) How would authorized people be able to edit the spreadsheet? like delete the dates and put a new date up and clear names?

But another thing is that i wanted to make my site full php/sql is so i could take advantage of the login system. So people can comment on articles i put up or other admins, do the appointment and etc.

So if you could teach me both if possible. I wouldn't mind the learning experience just in case i come across something thing in the future that i would want to either use php or the spreadsheet.

Thanks you