MySQL/PHP Classes @ LVS Online

The Web is full of database driven web sites. Blogs are data driven and most of them run on MySQL/PHP like this one. E-Commerce sites are also database driven. They can run on a variety of platforms like ASP.net, jsp and of course MySQL/PHP. Some are well written and easy to navigate. Others can be a nightmare. Some of those issues are related to database design, others to interface design and other issues are related to business rules. You can see some examples of this. especiallu business rules, described in Viki’s post.
In this course, we will be designing a basic interface for our database to create a database driven web site. We won’t be tackling e-commerce until the advanced course so let’s turn our attention back to other data driven web sites. Blogs are one of the most common examples but there are lots of others like recipe repositories and information clearinghouses. Spend a little time surfing the web and find one that you like that is NOT an e-commerce site. Post the URL of the site here and tell us what you think it does and what you like about it.

For example, I like ma.gnolia. It is a social bookmarking site. It’s database allows me to store my bookmarks in one central location. I can use its interface from any computer to add to my bookmarks, edit or delete them. It allows me to query its database of bookmarks based on tags. I can search everybody’s bookmarks, my friends or just my own.