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How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
Old 04-11-2006, 10:54 PM How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
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Hi everyone,

I have several products that I would like to sell on my website, but I don't have a clue of how to build a database with images.
Well of course I can build up an excel database and then save it as html, but in this way I cannot set up like "total items to display in a page" or ordering the items by price..what's the best way to build up a database?

i have mysql on my webserver but i don't know how to deal with it nor if i can use images with it.

any advice will be so helpful, thank you very much!
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Old 04-12-2006, 03:41 AM Re: How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
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any shopping cart/catalogue software will do this.
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Old 04-12-2006, 04:47 AM Re: How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
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A database is just a bunch of data - in the case of products for sale this will be an ID number, a description, a price, and possibly a filename of an image. To get the eBay look, you have a script or program that looks in the database and builds a webpage with the right images and price info, and sends it along to the browser. That's the shopping cart script Chris is talking about. Most of them will set up the database nuts and bolts for you, you just need to fill in the items you want to store.
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Old 04-12-2006, 06:16 AM Re: How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
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thank you both very much, i didnt think about i could look for a shopping cart and not for a simple 'database'..infact all the search results i got were just about databases with text and without images.

i'll look for a good shopping cart software, perhaps i can find some for free, still thank you!
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Old 04-12-2006, 01:56 PM Re: How can I build a database that looks like the eBay one?
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here i am again, sorry everyone!
well i've been searching for about 4 hours today and couldnt come up with a program that helps my needs.
i have some pages like this one on my website:
http://www.gamblinggates.com/Catalog...3-350B2707EF84

and the result i would like to have is like this:
http://www.gamblinggates.com/TopList/

with the thumbnail image, a title, a description and some other data taken from the main form of each entry.

does anyone know a software that helps me make it? i dont know anything about asp, but even if i knew i think it's so hard to make such a script..and on the other side i know that there must be some software that makes it for me. i've searched for 'publish catalog', 'publish database' and lots of other keywords, but i couldnt find any software that gives me the results i want.

any news is very welcome, thanks!
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