Question about online encyclopedias
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:31 pm
Firstly, if I may welcome myself to your community, I am a business owner (former coder). I've been greatly disappointed by the "expert" advice offered by so-called gurus and thus I've taken an active approach to truly understand the tech-side of my company, so I apologize if my questions are rudimentary and ask that you graciously bare with me (I'm a very quick learner).
I have a copious amount of information from decades of research that I need placed onto the internet in the form of an online encyclopedia accessible by anyone at very high speeds, under heavy traffic with supreme reliability. From my own personal research, a MySQL database scripted by PHP on a dedicated Linux server is my best option (using Google, Yahoo and Wikipedia as reliable examples). This much I know.
The following is what I don't know. I'm presented with three options:
(a) have a developer write a custom, light-weight PHP script that does exactly what I need
(b) use the proven MediaWiki, the PHP-based software powering Wikipedia
(c) use some other off-the-shelf PHP-written program
I've gotten nothing but conflicting advice. I know that I want to use MySQL and I'm confident with PHP's capabilities. What does PHPDN recommend for me?
I have a copious amount of information from decades of research that I need placed onto the internet in the form of an online encyclopedia accessible by anyone at very high speeds, under heavy traffic with supreme reliability. From my own personal research, a MySQL database scripted by PHP on a dedicated Linux server is my best option (using Google, Yahoo and Wikipedia as reliable examples). This much I know.
The following is what I don't know. I'm presented with three options:
(a) have a developer write a custom, light-weight PHP script that does exactly what I need
(b) use the proven MediaWiki, the PHP-based software powering Wikipedia
(c) use some other off-the-shelf PHP-written program
I've gotten nothing but conflicting advice. I know that I want to use MySQL and I'm confident with PHP's capabilities. What does PHPDN recommend for me?