is that not the same thing I would have downloaded with MAMP?
phpmyadmin would be what came with MAMP…yes
Its not the easiest thing to use, granted….. but how much do you plan to do in there? The database is pretty darn near hands off as far as wordpress goes.
In my years of WP, I’ve probably only poked around in there 10 times to try to learn, and maybe 3 times to fix things. And I only did that after lots of googling and tutorial reading.
So basically, I don’t think there is an ‘easy’ front end, but if you plan to really dig into the database….it would be good to learn the de facto standard….. and if not, you’ll be able to stumble through the basic stuff in phpmyadmin
Well, after talking with my pops (programmer, but says I need to do this on my own), he said that I needed a database with at least 3 different tables.
http://www.theprizefinder.com/competitions/kids
The site above is a great example of what I am aiming for.
So they have a table for members to register, a table for clients that want to publish new information and I assume a table for the actual content.
trust me, I don’t want to be messing around with a database, the phpmyadmin is nothing close to what I would be used to, and as you already know, I am a complete virgin to all this.
So if there is a way for all this to happen without me messing with things I have no business messing with, please let me know lol..
Thanks
Q8Treacle x Hoping to get another bar of chocolate
well, your WP install should already have everything you need in terms of database
All of WPs info is already stored in one place. Posts, pages, options, theme info, plugin info, etc….
you can add things to the DB without doing it manually, either coding, or having plugins do it for ya
unfortunately I can’t look at that site due to work web restrictions…but I would believe you can store anything you need to within the existing DB…its a matter of figuring out how to get it there
Anybody who registers is already in the DB. So is all your content. And adding info for people who want to publish new info? That could be done with simple posts, or custom post types, or a form plugin, etc….
