Simple html list for personal DVD collection (with check mark) using CSS and not tables - data is in

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I am using Dreamweaver MX (6.1).

I would like to have a list of my DVDs (or music) in a simple html file
with an empty check box or a ticked check box, depending if the movie is
at home or a friend has borrowed it e.g. (where [X] = borrowed movie):

[ ] Title 1
[X] Title 2
[ ] Title 3
[ ] Title 4
[X] Title 5
[ ] Title 6

I know this can be done in tables, but how would I do it tablesless with
CSS so there is a checkbox if one of the DVDs is lent out? I am using MS
Access 2003 and have never done any linking with databases before. I am
not even sure what it is called to do this. I can have PHP access on my
site but not ASP as far as I know.
Thanks

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

I know this can be done in tables, but how would I do it tablesless with
CSS so there is a checkbox if one of the DVDs is lent out?

That looks like a table to me. Skip the CSS for it.

Artist Title On Loan

Steve McDonald Spinfield [ ]
Lester Wizard King The Wizard of Ahhs [ ]

 

[David Segall]

I am using Dreamweaver MX (6.1).

I would like to have a list of my DVDs (or music) in a simple html file
with an empty check box or a ticked check box, depending if the movie is
at home or a friend has borrowed it e.g. (where [X] = borrowed movie):

[ ] Title 1
[X] Title 2
[ ] Title 3
[ ] Title 4
[X] Title 5
[ ] Title 6

I know this can be done in tables, but how would I do it tablesless with
CSS so there is a checkbox if one of the DVDs is lent out?

This is exactly what tables are designed for. Why would you want to
avoid using them?

I am using MS
Access 2003 and have never done any linking with databases before. I am
not even sure what it is called to do this. I can have PHP access on my
site but not ASP as far as I know.
Thanks

The change from producing HTML pages to server-side programming is a
large one. Adding a database is a significant step on top of that.

The Macromedia solution to the problem is ColdFusion
<http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/> and the combination
of that and Dreamweaver provides an easy way to avoid the details.
Although Macromedia have a free download, deploying this solution is
expensive and won't be handled by most ISP's.

Equally easy, and free, is Sun's Java Studio Creator
<http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/ea/jsc2/index.html>
but it will mean learning a new tool. If you use the included web
server and database you will have your application running in a few
days. You will also have learned a huge amount about what is required.
Java Studio Creator requires support for Java Server Pages (JSP) which
is the non-Microsoft equivalent of ASP. Your ISP may provide this (the
software is free) but, in any case, you will be in a much better
position to decide what you need. You may decide that hosting your DVD
collection on your own computer is the simplest solution. That way you
can provide the (free) server-side programs required. A service like
DynDNS <http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/> provides a free
URL that you can reference from your "real" site.

I feel I should mention Microsoft's equivalent of Studio Creator. For
the time being it is also free -
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/>. The production
server and the advanced version of the product are not free and, if
Microsoft are true to form, anything you write will have to be
rewritten in two or three years.

 

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Thanks David for all the info. I will have a read and see what I can do.
Many thanks.

 

[Toby Inkster]

[ ] Title 1
[X] Title 2
[ ] Title 3
[ ] Title 4
[X] Title 5
[ ] Title 6

I know this can be done in tables, but how would I do it tablesless with
CSS so there is a checkbox if one of the DVDs is lent out?

<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle1" value="1">
Title 1
</label>
</div>
<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle2" value="1" checked>
Title 2
</label>
</div>
<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle3" value="1">
Title 3
</label>
</div>
<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle4" value="1">
Title 4
</label>
</div>
<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle5" value="1" checked>
Title 5
</label>
</div>
<div class="dvdRow">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="chkTitle6" value="1">
Title 6
</label>

I am using MS Access 2003 [...] I can have PHP access on my site but
not ASP as far as I know.

If you have PHP on your site, but not ASP, then it probably means that
you're on a Linux/UNIX host, so Access 2003 is not an option. Find out
what (if any) server side databases your host supports. (MySQL will
probably be the answer.)