Hi
Can someone please. please help a beginner? I am planning to get a "matchmaking" site developed by an expert where men and women are able to search for a parther.
Can someone pls help me choose the appropriate scripting language/ database and a good webhosting company who will support the recommended language/ database at a good price to enable me to get this site running.
Some ppl have mentioned that I sould use MySQL as the d/base and PHP as the language, but others have said that since MySQL is not so popular SQL2000 is better?? Pls help, i'm just gettin confused. To top up the confusion, I am not even sure about the hosting company that I need.
What web space considerations do I have to have for something like this?? I was recommended a hosting company which said that they provide languages such as PHP, ASP, perl ... for $99 a year plus SQL2000 for $25/year for every 25MB space. That implies that I need to consider the space allowed on the database?? Do I need to consider this and if so how much space do I need to select?? What other considerations do I need for choosing a host i.e bandwidth, general webspace etc.
If you are interested, below are very brief details of the site. Thanks a million. The site will allow ppl to be able to use preset criteria form to be a able to search for the type of person they are looking for, based on, age sex, location etc. The site comes back with the matches found with details of the matches. The users will need to subscribe to the site to view member email details. Any one accessing the site will be able to submit their details free of charge for the database. Their email address will be verified by them acknowledging a membership email sent from the site. The site will also provide members the facility to change their profile information, change their passwords, submit pictures etc.
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