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Database web site design & development
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HTML pages
Dynamic web pages and programming
Uses for database driven web sites
Examples of database driven web sites
Search engines and database driven web sites
of a web site that works with a database.
Data The information you want to display or gather is called data.
display: If you wanted someone to order one of the great fishing lures you sell in your online store, you would want to display the lures, their prices, descriptions and pictures.
gather: You would want to gather from your new friend who wants your lures the info you'll need to get them there... Now you need somewhere to keep, or serve as a base, for all of this data:
Databases
These little guys come in a variety of sizes. In a database your information is stored in what you might think of as compartments called tables. Your database can grow from one to many tables depending on the complexity of the information you're handling.
Currently Microsoft SQL and MySQL are two popular SQL databases developed for holding large amounts of data.
We've also developed a number of sites for clients using Microsoft Access databases. These robust databases can be used for many applications without resorting to the more expensive development of SQL databases.
While some developers believe Access databases are limited in the number of users they will serve, much depends on how the web site that uses the database is designed. We have clients using Access databases with over 10,000 visitors a month who have experienced no problems whatsoever. One of the main advantages of utilizing Access databases is ease of backup, portability and customization.
HTML Pages
You'll have some regular web pages written in HTML that display the text and graphics of your web site. If you click "View Source" on your browser, you'll see this page's HTML code.
Here's the HTML code for the title of this page you see displayed in the top of your browser:
Now for the exciting part!
Dynamic Web Pages
Dynamic web pages add power to your web site
To put stuff into your database, and to get it out later, you need some dynamic web pages that we create for you that will do these things by talking to the machine where your site lives in a language, or programming such as VBScript or PHP, in a way that she understands.
Your database and the programming code we develop for your web pages work together to produce the information your users will give you or get from you on your web site's pages, as well as display pictures and descriptions that match the user's search.
We specialize in dynamic database-driven web sites to provide online services for your site's visitors as well as providing dynamic content that will be up to date and fresh for your readers.
Uses for database-driven web sites
Unlike search engines which search the words written on a web page, database driven web sites seek their information in a fixed database so that we can present exactly the information the user is seeking in a neat, orderly fashion.- password protection for membership web sites
- present catalogs of products or services
- listings according to specific information
- specific information based on what the user has entered for a search term
- entries users have posted that other users may retrieve
- pricing, description and ordering information for eCommerce
- dynamic content management
- validating user input
Database-driven web sites currently online
These Sophia Solutions web sites are examples of database-driven web sites we've developed for our clients to suit their specific needs:
- 484 Music -- full eCommerce web site for music CDs
- Antiques Atlanta -- antiques for sale in the Atlanta area
- Advantage I Realty -- Atlanta real estate brokers with dynamic search
- Book Tennis Online Tennis Court Scheduling
- Child Care Atlanta -- search child care centers in Atlanta and throughout Georgia
- DMS Fine Furniture Repair -- museum quality furniture repair
- Mahdiyyah's Gift Ideas -- 88 great gift ideas online catalog
- My Design/Build Project database driven web site for Design/Build Remodeling Professionals features online web application for file sharing, messaging, project management.
- My Dolls Story online doll magazine starring Barbie, Fashion and Celebrity Dolls
- Remodelers Index -- find home improvement professionals in metro Atlanta
- SevasWorld -- online personal counseling sessions. This site is an example of a password protected membership web site requiring user name and password authorization to access the site's features.
- Skilled Hands Design/Build
Home Remodeling Equipped with our Content Management System My
WebSuite, this site displays the home remodeling contractor's specialties in custom
picture galleries. Updates to the site are managed quickly with the My WebSuite database
interface.
Because of their great functionality for web site content management, Sophia Solutions has specialized in database-driven web site development.
Search Engines and database-driven web sites
One of the things we've discovered about database-driven web sites is that if they are set up properly, the search engines love them. Search engines are looking for information and they, just like us, want to be efficient and get their jobs completed. When they find a web site that serves up many listings for a given subject from a database it makes them feel happy because they've done the jobs they were designed to do.
You will want a combination of sophisticated web design and ease of use for your web site.
Web Development takes many forms including programming, scripting, database development, graphic arts, copy writing, search engine optimization and usability studies as well as the fundamental web page design.
We provide all of these for you in a package developed specifically for your web project.
Your project will be completed entirely in-house from start to finish through the following services we offer our clients:
- web design
- Graphic Design
- Logo Development
- Web Site Re-Design & Upgrades
- Custom Programming
- Web 2.0 Web Development
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Web Site Copy Development
- Content Management Systems
- Custom Database Development
- Managed Web Hosting
Through the use of technologies we provide your clients and site visitors the experience of easily interfacing with your company.
We utilize skillfully crafted web technologies to reach the people who want what you have to offer.
These technologies include
- XHTML web page development
- CSS (Custom Style Sheets)
- PHP, Java and VBScript programming languages
- CakePHP and CodeIgniter MVC (Model/View/Controller) programming platforms
- jQuery and JavaScript
- MySQL databases
- Joomla, WordPress and Drupal CMS (Content Management System)
- Windows and Linux Servers
