[Hidden-tech] Database program suggestions for printed/online resource guide

[Charles Wilber]

Deb,

You might want to consider creating a web site for the purpose of
collecting, formatting, searching and downloading data. Most web site
hosting providers offer MySQL database functionality and I have found this
to be a very versatile and inexpensive way of allowing multiple people to
input data into the same database(s). It also affords much flexibility in
displaying, sorting, searching and downloading that data.

Regards,
Charlie Wilber
Manresa Information Systems

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Deborah Chandler <debchandler411 at gmail.com
> wrote:

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> Dear Hidden Techers,
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> Happy Spring! Finally, some flowers and buds...
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> I am working on a project with a group of about 8 people, gathering data
> about community resources, which will then be put into a printed resource
> guide as well as an online guide (on an existing website, with an existing
> (blank) structure in place) There will be 3-4 of us entering data, all at
> different locations. I am the only one using a Mac, everyone else is using a
> PC. One person is using Linux.
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> Then, I will be creating a printed guide on my Mac, using this data.
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> So, the question is: What database program should we use to input the data,
> which is fully searchable, and has the option of sections being rearranged
> and which can then allow me to pull this data to put it into a printed
> guide.
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> The people working on this project range from fairly tech savvy to novices.
>
> We have a budget to purchase software, and if needed, we could consider
> hiring a consultant to help us use it.
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> Thanks, I would love to bring this info to a meeting early tomorrow
> afternoon.
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> Deb
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