Tools overview

1. Introduction
2. Tools overview
3. Site structure
4. Database creation
5. Site configuration
6. Creating a Frameset
7. Creating the Menu
8. Contents Frame
9. Backend Structure
10. User Admin Page
11. Master Index Page
12. Detail Index Page
13. Conclusion

Tools overview

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Macromedia offers, through Dreamweaver MX, a great set of tools to create and manage dynamic websites in a WYSIWYG interface. This new version is an evolution from the two currently most popular website editors: Macromedia Ultradev and Dreamweaver 4.0. Apart from numerous improvements added to this version, a very important one is the included PHP support, which is, unfortunately, supporting only MySQL connections for the moment.

InterAKT PHAkt 2.0 for MX

With the release of PHAkt MX, InterAKT does not intend to compete with Macromedia on the PHP server model market. Our extension could be considered as an added value to Dreamweaver. PHAkt 2 is based on the ADOdb library, supporting almost 12 databases types in a transparent way. Moreover, PHAkt 2 includes most of the functionalities found in the initial version (Login Server Behaviors, Go to detail page, etc).

InterAKT NeXTensio MX

For a developer or project manager building mid-sized web projects, that needs to create a website administration tool and to manage database content, NeXTensio is the solution that brings productivity to the process. Unlike other software packages, our product uses a tight integration with the database and automates form generation and editing, allowing the creation of a CMS solution in 15 minutes.

The great achievement of NeXTensio is UniFORM, the Unified FORM Architecture. It needs only one description of the application logic, then generates the code for the 3 operations on the data (insert, modify and delete). Combined with UniVAL, the automated validation algorithm, it allows vertical development, the generated code remaining also editable as any other Dreamweaver MX code.

From the 1.2 version, NeXTensio also ships with KTML, the InterAKT HTML Online editor, which is extremely useful for dynamic sites natural editing (WYSIWYG). KTML only works on Windows with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

PHAkt and NeXTensio use the ADODB extension (Active Data Objects for generic DataBase connectivity from PHP), a database connection library for PHP, which allows connection to many databases, similar with Microsoft's ADO library but implemented 100% in PHP. Among others, the following databases are supported: MySQL, PostgreSOL, Interbase, Oracle, MS SQL 7, Foxpro, ACCESS, ADO, Sybase and ODBC.