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[Guest]

I am setting up a site for a deli and want to find a simple way to
add/change/update menu items and/or price. Anyone know of a simple way to do
this or any add-ins that could make this easy?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

I always shudder when I see that word "simple."

A computer program is like a professional ice-skater. You see the skater
doing all these neat swirls, jumps, and flips, and they make it look so....
simple. But now, you ARE an ice skater. And you want to know how to do the
"simple" things you've seen the pros do. Well, if it's so simple, why can't
you figure out how to do it? ;-)

In general with computers and programs, the simpler something is to use, the
harder and more complex it is to build. In your case, the most logical
solution would be to build a server-side app that dynamically builds your
menu from a database. Change the data in the database, and it is
automatically reflected in your page. And of course, once you build your
nice GUI, it WILL be simple to use. But somehow you've got to build it. That
means ASP, ASP.Net, or some inferior server-side programming technology.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.

 

[Bob Lehmann]

or some inferior server-side programming technology.

By that you must mean PHP or JSP or ColdFusion or Java / Struts?

Flame On !!!

Bob Lehmann

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Well, Bob, I just feel that it's the right thing to do here to promote
Microsoft products, for some reason or other! ;-)

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Neither a follower
nor a lender be.

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Rob_Giordano_\=28aka:_Crash_Gordo]

a more basic question would be are we talking about 10-50 menu items or 1000....if it's only a few then manually changing them ain't no big thing...certainly simpler than setting up a db.


| I always shudder when I see that word "simple."
|
| A computer program is like a professional ice-skater. You see the skater
| doing all these neat swirls, jumps, and flips, and they make it look so....
| simple. But now, you ARE an ice skater. And you want to know how to do the
| "simple" things you've seen the pros do. Well, if it's so simple, why can't
| you figure out how to do it? ;-)
|
| In general with computers and programs, the simpler something is to use, the
| harder and more complex it is to build. In your case, the most logical
| solution would be to build a server-side app that dynamically builds your
| menu from a database. Change the data in the database, and it is
| automatically reflected in your page. And of course, once you build your
| nice GUI, it WILL be simple to use. But somehow you've got to build it. That
| means ASP, ASP.Net, or some inferior server-side programming technology.
|
| --
| HTH,
| Kevin Spencer
| .Net Developer
| Microsoft MVP
| Neither a follower
| nor a lender be.
|
| | > I am setting up a site for a deli and want to find a simple way to
| > add/change/update menu items and/or price. Anyone know of a simple way to
| do
| > this or any add-ins that could make this easy?
|
|

 

[Bob Lehmann]

Having experience in the other guys (except ColdFusion) technologies, I
approve, wholeheartedly!

The whole Java / Struts thing strikes me as being horribly contrived. The
PHP / MVC / Struts paradigm is even worse.

I anticipate that others hold different Points of View.

Flame On!!!!

Bob Lehmann