[thelist] Mac and ASP

[Bailey, Dan]

I think I can help you out.  I built an entire site in ASP/VBScript using a
Mac. (www.fontosaurus.com)

1.) Get ahold of BBEdit -- if I recall correctly, it has syntax highlighting
similar to Homesite.  This will help out a great deal.  I don't know if
GoLive will do much for you in the ASP department -- I stopped using it when
it was still GoLive Cyberstudio.

2.) Wrong book.  ASP in a Nutshell gives you the nitty-gritty about the
backend workings of ASP.  If you're planning on simple coding, you'd be
better off with VBScript in a Nutshell.  I have both and find myself
referring to the VBScript book 95% of the time.

When I built Fontosaurus, I started off with a quick list of the various
sections I wanted in the site, a list of functionality ideas, and then
hashed out a template.  Once that was done, I started with the ASP code and
integrated it into the template, coding all the ASP by hand, which was no
small chore.  (Fontosaurus was the first site I ever built employing
ASP/VBScript.)

If you need any help, with anything, feel free to contact me off-list:
dan.bailey at fontosaurus.com

I'll give you as much help as time permits.

-- Dan


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Dan Bailey
Content Engineer
Digital Insurance
dbailey at digitalinsurance.com
(610)-278-5471
When your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.
"Shop smart!  Shop S-mart!"



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Benvenue-Jennings [mailto:eric at rapid13.org]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:44 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] Mac and ASP


I'm about to start working on an existing web site that uses ASP for a
couple
of pages with editable content. There's a web interface that includes a few
forms that allow the owner to edit modified dates, job postings, officer
names, etc. My first task is to fix a simple asp page that is supposed to
display a date entered into one of the forms. Unfortunately, I'm on a Mac
and
have no experience or familiarity with ASP. My only access to the site
server
will be through FTP.

I have Adobe GoLive 5 which includes a Dynamic Linking module for working
with
ASP but I haven't delved into it yet. I also have Virtual PC in case I need
to
run a PC-based server for testing. Finally, I just bought ASP In A Nutshell
from O'Reilly.

Can any Mac users offer any tips and insights on working with ASP?

--
eric at rapid13.org
(digest subscriber, please cc if possible)

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