WebMaestro has many years of experience with the tools required for sophisticated web site creation e.g. scripting languages and databases. There is no web-based application that we cannot develop.

Scripting

HTML web pages can be made much more sophisticated by the inclusion of program scripts which perform functions that HTML cannot.

JavaScript and VBScript can be embedded in the HTML code to perform a number of extended roles e.g.

• Roll-over navigation bars
• Calculations
• Validation of form entries

PHP is called a parsing language which, running on the server, can provide customised HTML pages to the visitor.  PHP is the companion scripting language for MySQL databases.

Perl scripting which runs on the server controls CGI (Computer Gateway Interface) which allows web pages to send e-mails via the server and perform a large number of operations 'hidden' from the web page visitor.

WebMaestro has significant experience in writing scripts in these languages.

Databases

Databases add significant additional functionality to a web site. Features that use database technology include;

• Content management
• Access control - username and passwords for secure client and members areas
• On-line catalogues and shopping cart systems
• Site search engines
• Collection of visitor details
• Mailing lists

Databases are located on the web server and are interfaced with web pages through scripting language interpreters like PHP and VBScript.

The most common Unix server based database system is MySQL and the accompanying scripting language is PHP.

For Microsoft servers the common databases are SQL server and Access.

Visit www.teesdalediscovery.com to see the events and accommodation databases in action.