CD Trustee On The Web
Getting Started With ASP Scripts
I'll try to make the setup and customization of my ASP scripts as easy and painless as possible.
Where some specialized knowledge may be required to modify the scripts I'll give you some quick
lessons on how to do that. If you're already familiar with ASP databases, you can skip much of
this section, although I'd recommend that you at least skim it.
Here is a checklist of things you'll need:
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A web host that supports a Microsoft Access database.
That is because your CD Trustee database has a Microsoft Access database as a back-end. This
will typically be a Windows web server, although I'm told there are other servers that support
Access. One such server (which I've been told supports both Access and MySQL databases) is
called
Chilisoft.
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Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and how to build Web pages.
If you'd like to know more about these topics than I cover, you can probably learn everything
you need to know
here.
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Basic knowledge of VBScript is helpful but not absolutely necessary.
Again, I'll hopefully cover everything you need to know.
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A website that supports ASP.
If your website is hosted through geocities or angelfire, I can tell you right now that you
can't use ASP. (If this is you, scroll down to the bottom of this page for some alternatives).
If your website is hosted through your ISP, you may or may not have ASP support. If you are
unsure, you can contact your Web host and ask them, or try this simple test.
Highlight the text below, then save it into a file called test.inc.
Next, highlight the text below, then save it into a file called incltest.asp.
Upload both files to your Web server, making sure they're both in the same folder, then run
the page titled incltest.asp. If you see this in your browser:
Hello, world.
How are you today?
I'm doing fine.
How about you?
your Web host supports ASP. However, if you see this in your browser:
Hello, world.
you cannot use ASP.
What to do if you failed the ASP support test. If you still want to use my ASP scripts,
you'll need to switch Web hosts. Register a domain if you don't already have one, then choose a
Web hosting service that has support for the things you need.
PLEASE NOTE: I will eventually be adding a tutorial and scripts which will allow you to use your
CD Trustee database using PHP and MySQL. Just so you know, the PHP scripts have been completed. I
just need to finish accompanying tutorials before I make them available for download. Watch this
space for updates on the status of that project.
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