Solutions

Finally got a solution to the PHP problem. At the moment I'm not enjoying the PHP coding aspect of the site. I understand the principals but always seem to hit some problem that should be easy to fix, but I can't. It means I waste time when I want to work on the actual design and interface of the site, not all the coding behind the site. That needs to be passed onto someone with more experience. I understand Ian's argument that you need to understand how the coding works but I am not enjoying it.
Last week I worked through this tutorial Image Gallery A detailed tutorial that covered a lot of PHP/ MySQL (Fun,fun,fun) MySQL is a complete arse and would't work through my webhost.

So I'm going for a ready made PHP template that I can adjust. Basically a combination of a Content Managment System such as Joomla and image gallery such as Gallery 2 will give me enough freedom to alter the PHP code and design the site using CSS/HTML/JavaScript. This rather badly designed site shows what is possible [Space]

I'll design a CSS/HTML/Flash/JavaScript frontend to the site and link to a rough working version of the image gallery space. This is definelty the way forward at the moment to gt a working version of the MA site up in the next six weeks. I'll also try to develop PHP/MySql coding over the next year if necessary. Print this post