benefits of a database driven site
Information stored in a database is almost infinitely variable, the important point is that the database is designed to suit your business requirements. Once stored, the information can be retrieved and displayed in a format which best suits the product or topic concerned.
More importantly though, if the database is made accessible using a content management system, your product information and images all become instantly and easily updateable by you - the owner! No more payment of monthly or annual maintenance costs to a web developer for basic website content changes, and no more waiting either!
Listed below is a summary of the CD Titles from our demonstration online shop, initially displayed as retrieved from the database. By selecting a different display option, you can redefine how the information is retrieved and subsequently displayed - a very basic example of giving your customers the option to choose their own preference.
| Artist | Album Title | Release Date | Price |
| Blue | Blue All Rise | 2001 | £13.49 |
| Blue | Blue One Love | 2002 | £14.25 |
| James Blunt | Back To Bedlam | 2004 | £15.99 |
| Katie Melua | Call Off The Search | 2004 | £13.49 |
| Shania Twain | Come On Over | 1999 | £12.90 |
| Shania Twain | Up | 2002 | £12.50 |
| Katie Melua | Piece By Piece | 2005 | £14.99 |
| Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | 2001 | £14.50 |
| Coldplay | Coldplay X & Y | 2005 | £16.95 |
9-May 2008