On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Rick Gregory wrote:
> The database would be more like an "index" with links to those
> articles provided by individuals (or clubs or other factions for that
> matter). Plus due credit would, of course, be provided. For example:
I intend to put HTML links into the FAQ. I have appended a bit more to
it- right now I'm trying to hammer out a helper app that would take care
of the numbering & contained links (click here to jump down...) for me, so
that the potential editor could just write the FAQ like a database.
The major problems with databases is that they're not the easiest monsters
to tame. If you choose to use a Microsoft product, you will have all the
benefits of Access, which is a portable format... but Access always seemed
to be "less than intuitive" for me.
The other problem is maintenance- do you "hire" a team of people to
organize, debug, compile data? Do you make it "automatic", and hope it's
self-sustaining? Or do you go solo (like me) and become boggled by the
mass of information to be processed...
Anyway, a web index is a good idea. Keep us posted. I can offer moral
support at the least ;-)
-Malcolm
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