[math-fun] Re: Web help
Sorry, I was not sufficiently detailed in my last message on this subject. I am in the process of constructing a web-based Atlas of Natural Numbers. This project is partly motivated by love of the subject, and partly motiviated by the need to acquire some demonstrable Web tech skills if i ever hope to break back into the computer business. At the present time, I am using a Perl converter program to generate HTML pages from an ad-hoc backend database. I have installed a local Apache web server that allows me to view my pages as a virtual site on my local machine. But as the amount of data has grown, the Perl converter is starting to bog down, and I realize the need for a more standard database such as SQL or XML (I prefer the latter). I am, however, running into technical snags. I have not been able to successfully use a CSS style sheet to view XML documents, and I don't know what the problem is, so I am stopped. And it may be that I need something more powerful than CSS to get what I want, such as XSLT or PHP, but I'm not a web design geek (yet). So I would like to get in touch with someone who is web design savvy. I know that a few people in math-fun and seqfan have impressive sites, like Ed Pegg. I promise to (try) not to be a pain to whomever takes me up on this. Thanks. - Dave Wilson
David, I can help some with this. I've got CSS and XML experience, and I've read a book on XSLT. Gerald At 09:31 AM 9/25/2005, David Wilson wrote:
Sorry, I was not sufficiently detailed in my last message on this subject.
I am in the process of constructing a web-based Atlas of Natural Numbers. This project is partly motivated by love of the subject, and partly motiviated by the need to acquire some demonstrable Web tech skills if i ever hope to break back into the computer business.
At the present time, I am using a Perl converter program to generate HTML pages from an ad-hoc backend database. I have installed a local Apache web server that allows me to view my pages as a virtual site on my local machine. But as the amount of data has grown, the Perl converter is starting to bog down, and I realize the need for a more standard database such as SQL or XML (I prefer the latter).
I am, however, running into technical snags. I have not been able to successfully use a CSS style sheet to view XML documents, and I don't know what the problem is, so I am stopped. And it may be that I need something more powerful than CSS to get what I want, such as XSLT or PHP, but I'm not a web design geek (yet).
So I would like to get in touch with someone who is web design savvy. I know that a few people in math-fun and seqfan have impressive sites, like Ed Pegg. I promise to (try) not to be a pain to whomever takes me up on this.
Thanks.
- Dave Wilson
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, David Wilson wrote:
At the present time, I am using a Perl converter program to generate HTML pages from an ad-hoc backend database. I have installed a local Apache web server that allows me to view my pages as a virtual site on my local machine. But as the amount of data has grown, the Perl converter is starting to bog down, and I realize the need for a more standard database such as SQL or XML (I prefer the latter).
I don't have time enough to assist you, but I can tell you that if you're already familiar with Perl, then there are tons of tools (modules) to interface with both. At work they have a big infrastructure built mainly over Class::DBI to which I'm getting used, and the more I get used to it, the more I appreciate it, except for some parts for which it ends up being too heavy and "direct" DBI access is preferred instead. Michele -- Ira Kane: You wouldn't understand. Dr. Allison Reed: No, how could I? I'm just a humorless ice queen in desperate need of a good humping. Ira Kane: Oh... you heard that, huh? Dr. Allison Reed: Loud and clear. - "Evolution", Ivan Reitman
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