In this tutorial, you will create a web application which will allow the posting and the viewing of classified ads. Ads can be browsed by category, with the help of a tree menu, and only registered users will be able to post ads. Users of your web application will also be able to search ads that match specific criteria.
In order to complete this tutorial, you need to have Macromedia Dreamweaver and the MX Kollection 3 bundle installed. Alternatively, if you do not have the whole bundle, you will need the following separate products:
ImpAKT - for all of the basic database operations.
MX Send E-mail - to be able to send e-mail messages from the site.
MX User Login - to implement the user authentication.
MX Includes - to display content from different pages in the same file.
MX Query Builder
The final part of the tutorial also requires these additional free extensions from InterAKT Online:
MX Breadcrumbs - to create a navigation trail, on top of your pages.
MX Tree Menu - to create the category listing as a tree menu.
You can download the two free extensions by visiting our website.
The estimated completion time for this tutorial is about 60 minutes. It depends on your web authoring knowledge with Macromedia Dreamweaver and MX Kollection 3.
It is recommended that you follow this tutorial in the intended order to avoid potential problems.