Madden Books
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Lee Madden is an antique book dealer who specializes in rare used books. With an inventory of 8000 hard to find titles, he was looking for a web site that would display the entire collection. He had originally entered his data into a Microsoft Access Database. For power and speed we upgraded the Database to Microsoft SQL Server and went to work on his site. Through the use of ASP I designed a site that is fast and smooth. A visitor can search the entire inventory of available titles from an interface on the home page. The results are returned 30 records at a time to keep the site efficient and speedy. Deatails of each book are available by clicking on any title returned by the search. Many of the books have images associated with them which are displayed as thumnails on the detail pages. Clicking on the thumnails will open the full size image in a new menu. The search interface on the left will allow you to search the Madden Books inventory from this page. The results will open in a new window. |
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| The searching capabilities are one of the advantages of a data driven web site. Another advantage is the ability to change the site content quickly and easily. If a web page is displaying content that comes from a database, all that is needed to change the web page is to change the data. Madden Books is a good example of this kind of dynamic web site. If a new book is entered into the database, it immediately becomes available to the site visitor. If a title is removed, it no longer shows up as available. The web site is current. It doesn't rely on the owner contacting the designer and the designer changing the page, for any updates. The Madden Books site takes this concept one step further. The site owner uses web interfaces to change the content of the home page. He can change the feature books on the home page without the help of any designer or any knowledge of HTML. The result is a web site that is easily updated and maintained without additional expense. These user interfaces are used by Madden Books to enter books into the database, upload images to the server, and change the feature books. They are also useful for updating news, listing sale or clearance items, or announcing special events. |
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