The Beaver wrote:
Hi,
I want to send a newsletter to people that Opt-in to get it. Nothing
fancy. Name, address, email, phone, fax, maybe a couple check boxes
if they want something else, also. Should I use OOo to get the data
input and use MySQL for the back end? Or should I use OOo for the
whole thing?
Maybe somebody already has something like this working as it seems
like a pretty common need. Anyway, I have some database lists with
some shopping cart and eBay, but I want one I can get the data from.
Anyone with any help at all will be greatly appreciated.
Hello Floyd,
A lot of stuff in that question(s).
I take it that your first question is about an actual web page to gather
the opt-in data. MySQL for a backend would be a fairly common way to go.
OO.o as a web site development tool - not really it's strong point IMO.
Which is not to say that it can't or shouldn't be part of a solution,
but I would regard it as just that - a part. For generating the web page
itself I would suggest you look at something a bit more focused to this
task. Perhaps PHP along with a library such as DoJo - but there are
really quite a few choices here.
OO.o would be a good choice for generating the actual newsletter IMO.
Where Base would figure into this depends on some specifics:
If, as it sounds, the server is directly accessible from your desktop
then Base can easily connect to the MySQL database and most certainly
can play a role here. If the server is at a web hosting firm then this
can be a bit more problematic.
Anyway - I'll stop here, hopefully that helps some, if only to generate
more specific questions :>)
Drew
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