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[4thearth]

At the moment, I'm creating a website for all the athletes at my school. A website that kind of uses the idea of ESPN where everyone has their own page with their sport they play and their stats.

But I have a big problem. Instead of going through and making a page for EVERYONE, is it possible to make a template, then create a small file with data that the template should show?

I'm not new at programming, or web design, but I by far don't know everything.

(BTW, I'm doing this in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4)

[WingedPanther]

The way I would do it is to have a database containing the players and relevant information, then use PHP to provide a list of the players, and when a player is clicked on you pull that player's information from the database and display it.

[4thearth]

what type of file would I use to list the players (.php?)and how would I write that?

EDIT: Sorry, forgot how to use google. All I have to do is create a MySQL database. Which I'm reading up on right now.

Edited by 4thearth, 31 October 2010 - 09:48 AM.
Being an idiot

[PETTE]

I think you'll need to learn more about PHP and database management/SQL. It appears you very little knowledge on this. I think even a begin would have attempted this and became successful. Why don't you use CMS? Wordpress BuddyPress offers what you're looking for. What you're thinking of is quite advanced.

[H3LIOS]

The best way in my opinion (for you) is to install WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform on your webserver. Theme it using one of the basic templates you can preview on their resource pages.

You can theme it by modding the css, and then you can easily add or delete people off of the so called roster.

Good Luck!
P.S. Joomla is also a greate resource. ;)