I realise that Cobalt 7 is new, and that writing documentation is a lot less fun than writing software, but it would be a real help to have some basic information that shows the sort of things Cobalt is capable of doing, and where to start. I have, more by luck than anything, got the Blog demonstration working - although I am not quite sure what I did to fix the parameter problem (I just hit everything I could find and eventually it started working!).
For example, my immediate need is a simple database record creation and retrieval system. I am building a site for a music society and I need to show details of our concerts: - Date of concert, Composer, Musical Work. I need facilities for a site administrator to add, delete, and amend the records, and then I need to display them in a formatted and sortable manner on a Public page.
I am sure this is something that Cobalt can do without difficulty, but I am still trying to fathom how to go about it. I created an input form with the necessary fields, but when I use it, it appears more like a blog entry with Title, rating, Avatar, etc. Then I have no idea how to retrieve the records I created and put them in a formatted table.
Could someone tell me first of all if what I want to do is possible with Cobalt 7. If so, some general guidance on how to tackle it would be good. One upon a time I would have done this in raw php and mySQL, but Cobalt seems a more easily maintainable environment once I can get my hear around it!
No fun developing a system if no one can use it, so can you advise?
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I realise that Cobalt 7 is new, and that writing documentation is a lot less fun than writing software, but it would be a real help to have some basic information that shows the sort of things Cobalt is capable of doing, and where to start. I have, more by luck than anything, got the Blog demonstration working - although I am not quite sure what I did to fix the parameter problem (I just hit everything I could find and eventually it started working!).
For example, my immediate need is a simple database record creation and retrieval system. I am building a site for a music society and I need to show details of our concerts: - Date of concert, Composer, Musical Work. I need facilities for a site administrator to add, delete, and amend the records, and then I need to display them in a formatted and sortable manner on a Public page.
I am sure this is something that Cobalt can do without difficulty, but I am still trying to fathom how to go about it. I created an input form with the necessary fields, but when I use it, it appears more like a blog entry with Title, rating, Avatar, etc. Then I have no idea how to retrieve the records I created and put them in a formatted table.
Could someone tell me first of all if what I want to do is possible with Cobalt 7. If so, some general guidance on how to tackle it would be good. One upon a time I would have done this in raw php and mySQL, but Cobalt seems a more easily maintainable environment once I can get my hear around it!
No fun developing a system if no one can use it, so can you advise?