stealthpaws

I used image.fluid. Better, but not on mobile. Looks weird. Definitely better tho.

Originally, I wanted to determine what we’d need in terms of information we’d need to gather, how I’d structure it & try to keep it clean & how a form would look. I started 2 weeks before we got the site. I assumed it would be easily transferable. I wrote fields into MySQL years ago (like…18 maybe?) or copied them, I don’t remember… but it wasn’t this complicated a situation. I also seem to recall I did it on my computer & then uploaded it to the hosting site. I’ll read the article. I’ve read so much I’m dreaming about data bases & WordPress. Ugh.

As far as recreating the info already in? I don’t mind re-tuping it. I just want it structured this way. I don’t want a million random categories/subcategories floating around, or the same Renaissance fair referred to in 5 different ways. In other words I want users’ pages be reasonably constained to the parameters set by the site.
Tks again!

Edit:
Basically? The ONLY reasons the artists might interact with the site is to fill out their form, and set up their pymt plans. Maybe update if they change something. We don’t expect enough people to sign up initially that we couldn’t handle the data entry ourselves if need be. I don’t understand about user profiles…I’ll look tomorrow.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by stealthpaws.

Hi again! I was going to reply, but figured it would just cause you to be interrupted again. Hope you got it up & running!
I hope I did this correctly. Here’s the imgur link https://imgur.com/4b97mpG

The idea is to have an artist, or one of us if need be, fill out the input form (or one like it on-line) to get the information into the database on WordPress. The artist will be on a subscription plan. As long as they renew, their info stays live. Then, a person who wants to shop, but cant remember what the shop name was, or the artist, or whatever can search by any & all of those categories – and then the information is returned with links the artist’s page (generated by the info in the DB) with a link to their shop.
I just realized I haven’t added a website link yet, but that will be done. Also, hopefully social media pages. Yah. Big project for someone with very little current or recent experience. LOL.

How do I get screenshots in here?

Hi Corrina- I didn’t fall off the earth or give up. Took awhile for us to get organized and get the site live, secured and minimal decor. I’m about to start trying to integrate my database w/WP. I’m a bit freaked having looked at not only your suggestions, but many others. I guess all I can do is break it…lol. I HAVE backed up the site via GoDaddy’s backup. Haven’t found a way to d/l the whole thing yet, so may look for that first. Anyhow, I’m starting. I appreciate your suggestions, and if that offer of getting un-stuck is still good? Thank you! I understand it may not be immediate, of course!
Should I put the url here? Not sure if that’s kosher?

“What security reasons are you worried about ?
It would be very difficult to scale something like this on your own, which is why so many sites rely on crowd input.”

This is a project 3 of us are developing to help the general public find Renaissance faire artists (handmade products) websites, etc online. It’s best described as a very detailed search of a directory. We are all basically out of work due to COVID, as most of the fairs have closed down. SOOO…we are going to charge a nominal monthly fee for a listing, as so far, we are currently covering the costs- hosting, domain, etc. I’ve searched directory solutions, sites w/paywalls, etc but we just can’t shell out the $$. Out of work ourselves. There doesn’t seem to be a reliable way to set up recurring payment w/passwords, etc on WP. As I said, I was unaware of author permissions, & assumed I would have to issue an admin permission which I would not give to strangers…lol. AND still can’t find a way to split an artist input w/paywall from public section to search. Even w/author permissions, I still would have to go in once a month, generate & change passwords. Easier to input from back end & just remove page if they don’t renew. Does that make sense?

On top of that, nearly everyone I’ve spoken with has advised me it’s just safer to do it ourselves, unless I use a specifically designed directory site. That’s not gonna happen.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by stealthpaws.

Thank you! I will look into all these suggestions as soon as I get the hosting set up. We sort of settled on doing input ourselves, mostly for security reasons. I was unaware of “author” permissions. Will look into that also. Going to leave this post open for a bit, as I’m sure I’ll have questions.

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I just quit trying to use that feature.

Thanks Gagan Deep Singh