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I've published my new web site but I still need to finish all the forms. They are too complex for me. I need to know the exact "action command" for every form and how to hyperlink them within web site pages.
My web site is not available at (www.ai.biz) yet, but you can view a page at http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/ . Why do I see just one page?
Kindly advise.
Thank you.

I am not sure what you mean. You have already, as i can see, set the action for your forms, in "searchandshow.php" and "action.php". These should be the scripts that will process your forms. So i don't understand what you mean by "how to hyperlink". It is the form action that defines where the info submitted will be sent for processing.

Your other pages do not show, because you have established your links as (f.e. for your "services" page) http://www.ai.biz/service.html , but since the domain name is not yet official, such a kind of link will not work, you would need to make it http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/service.html . Excactly the same reason for which the link to your site is, for the moment http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/ and not http://www.ai.biz

Returning to your forms: i see that these forms are practically search forms. This means that the visitor selects a search term, and he submits. Your "searchandshow.php" script should then receive the search terms, perform the search in your database (?) and then show the results in a results page. Do you already have this script ?

Thank you.
1.) Search forms:
Yes, that way it should work. For the search result I have this page with a "result form": http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/advancedsearch1.html
How to show the search result through the "result page"?

2.) Other forms:
For example the "Sign in" page http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/signin.html
contains forms such as "Register your membership form". I'd like to do it the way that when an user registers, his info will be automatically displayed in the web site.(after the payment is confirmed,...), and he should get his own "record" and "login info". His record will look like this http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/record.htmlI wrote wrong action commands for the forms. I think. I didn't know that the "searchandshow.php" was the correct command.

What you are trying to do requires a complex database script. Do you already have this script ? Forms are ok, but they only are an input mean. You need the program behind the forms that will store all the info in the database, and it will search, display, allow for editing etc. That's a VERY complicated work that requires lots of programming skills and knowledge.

If you don't already have such a script, you can:

1. Search on the net for a ready made, but customizable script.

2. Have one (in fact it is a collection of scripts, not one) custom built for you. However, from what i have seen here, the cost for a custom made script is going to be VERY high with all those features that you are asking for. If you decide to go this way, contact me.

You should better opt for solution 1.

The Advantage International is my company. I have no other web site made. All my forms and pages are made directly in BlueVoda and I have no other scripts.

yes, i understood that and edited my post. Please read again above.

I appreciate your advice. I will search on the net for customizable script. Do you have any suggestions how to search for it? (search words) :)

I beleive that you should look for " directory script php ". Make sure that the script that you will choose can work on VH servers (ASP scripts will not work)

Thank you. I'll take a look.

And have a look at this: http://www.phpmydirectory.com/index.html

Directory script php:
I've found this one. http://www.phpmydirectory.com/requirements.html
Is it good for us?

I see your message now! So I found the same one.

I cannot answer on whether it is suitable for you or not. I would send an email to their presales department, provide them links to your pages, and have them answer on whether it can be customized according to your requirements.

I've learned about their service and I decided to purchase it. While downloading the software I have to choose from:
1.) install it to my machine, or 2.) install it to a remote machine.

1.) Asks me: "Please enter the URL of the install location on your local web server".
2.) Asks me for: "FTP login: FTP server address: 75.126.10.7; FTP port:21; FTP username & FTP password; Upload files into folder: .....

I think I should go with the second option. Is that right? In that case, shall I use my temporary server address (75.126.10.7) or the http://www.ai.biz ? Also where should I upload those files to? What is the file name?
Thank you in advance for your help.

I beleive that you should load the files on your website, but again, i would ask their support what the difference is between one or the other. If you do it on your site, create a folder, called, f.e. "directory" and load the files there.

Ok so I will ask them first. I'll inform you soon. Thank you.

Hello. They suggest downloading it to a place that is safe for backup purposes. The
install location will be the URL to where I have uploaded the files. This is
where they will show via the web so it means that I will install it to the http://www.ai.biz or http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/ . What is the correct location?

If the ONLY purpose of existance of your site is this directory, then you can go on and install it in your http://www.ai.biz otherwise i would suggest that you create a dedicated directory for this script (which, in any case, is a useful thing). Then, install the script in this directory. In that case, the location should be http://www.ai.biz/foldername . However, this is only true if www.ai.biz is already pointed to your account, otherwise you will need to use your temp address.

I take your advice. I will create the dedicated directory. So right now the location is http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/foldername ?

I have no much of clue as what I'm doing.

I repeat: if your website is NOT yet pointed to your account, then yes, the location http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/foldername is correct (replacing "foldername" with the actual name of the folder that you will create).

If, instead, your website is up and running, the location should be http://www.ai.biz/foldername

In any case, by uploading to http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/foldername it will work the same.

Thank very much you. I'll do that. I download it to http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/foldername because my web is not running at http://www.ai.biz/foldername yet.

Sorry It doesn't want to download to http://75.126.10.7/~efxawije/directory2
Message: A folder "name" has been created, but cannot be located on the web server. Adjust the URL so that it points to the location of the package install folder on the web.
What shall I write there?

Ok, i beleive that this has something to do with the fact that your site is not yet live. If the script has asked you the domain name, and you have given it www.ai.biz , it could be that after creating the folder with the direct address (75.126. .....) it then tries to upload the rest of the files making use of the domain name. At that point, it cannot locate the folder, simply because ai.biz is not yet pointed to your VH account. Just a though though, i cannot be sure, since i don't know the script.

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