Comment Re:Database vs. XML Text Files (Score 1) 251
Well, I was a small-timer four years ago, but not planning on staying that way, I hired out the development, since books and onlne documentation reflect the utter inability of writers to sequence a series of steps in the natural order of an uninitiated person's need to know (except I suppose when it comes to vaulting their boogers).
Once it was developed, I was able to grow from 100 products to over 3000, and now I am building a mirror site as a backup to the production site using what I see in the structure of the current one via phpmyadmin. That and consulting the programmer I originally hired have been far more instructive than any book or online documentation. And considering the time factor saved, it's actually costing less than trying to disentangle the usual convoluted book or documentation.
Once it was developed, I was able to grow from 100 products to over 3000, and now I am building a mirror site as a backup to the production site using what I see in the structure of the current one via phpmyadmin. That and consulting the programmer I originally hired have been far more instructive than any book or online documentation. And considering the time factor saved, it's actually costing less than trying to disentangle the usual convoluted book or documentation.
