Programming

Gary Norris

Hi I have a html page and it asks for a username and i want to store it on a xml page

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Not being smart but with that much info you may aswell have written
"I have a dog and 7 cats. Who can answer my question?"

At a guess it is something like this you want to do?
http://www.w3schools.com/Xsl/xsl_editxml.asp

Gary Norris

sorry about that dont post stuff much i`ll look at that cheers

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If you just explain exactly what you want to do be loads of people here willing to help, and most of them would even know what there talking about!
I'm guessing its some kind of login you want to do but why do you want to pass the value to an XML file?

Gary Norris

Yeah thats it i want to login enter a username and password that will store on an xml file so I guess i need to know how to enter the username and get it to be stored into the xml file so basically i`m inputting the information into the xml file, hope that explains it

yoyo

Gary Norris wrote: »

Yeah thats it i want to login enter a username and password that will store on an xml file so I guess i need to know how to enter the username and get it to be stored into the xml file so basically i`m inputting the information into the xml file, hope that explains it

Would it not be easier to use a database? You would need to use a language like PHP to process the data into a XML file, you'd be probably better off using a database though

Nick

Gary Norris

Yeah ok i`ll have a look up on databases
Thanks

Liam Byrne

Will each login be saving to their own XML file ?
Will different people be able to edit the same XML file ?
How will you present the XML file to allow editing and adding of tags, etc ?
If the XML file is "writeable" on the server, what file and folder permissions will you use to make it relatively secure ?

I reckon there's an awful lot more to what you're asking for than you think.

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Don't even consider xml for what your doing man! DB all the way with it and be umteen times easier on you!
Is it just a regular website you are building? Why not use just a simple CMS which will cover all these issues for you from the off?

Gary Norris

I guess the 1 xml file for all, with regards to the other things i dont really know much about writing webpages

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Can you explain what the website is for. A very general overview will do or even just PM me the basic concept. I would probably recommend you using a technology like wordpress if your not overly familar with web development.

dvpower

Gary Norris wrote: »

Yeah ok i`ll have a look up on databases
Thanks

I'd forget about the db stuff for now. Just try and figure out how to get the username and put it anywhere - then decide where you want to put it (and how).
One step a time methinks.

Gary Norris

I can enter a username i dont how i would but it somewhere else

Liam Byrne

Gary Norris wrote: »

I guess the 1 xml file for all, with regards to the other things i dont really know much about writing webpages

That's the thing - what you're looking to do isn't really anything to do with "writing webpages"

XML is - usually - for data feeds and data exchange between different systems.

What will you be using the data for, and how ?

COYW

If you post up or PM, post preferably, a more detail description of what you are attempting to build in real world terms then people will be able to give you solid guidelines. Writing user log in related data to an xml file is unusual.