Online Planner

Hey guys,

Over the last several months I've been working on developing an online planner that can be used on my website. Yes I do subscribe to WeDj and use the powerful Gigbuilder tools. However, I thought for kicks and giggles I would look at doing my own, that I can host on my own website, for free, well actually include it with my website hosting.

I use asp programing with a MySQL database (all provided by Godaddy). So for less than $60.00 a year, I get my web site hosted and my own online wedding planner. With the way the database is set up, a date availability checker would be easy to add also. I am about 1/2 way finished with the product and I work on it as time permits. I haven't done much the last 2 months or so because of the wedding season. I'd really like to hear some additional input from a few DJs. So I will post the info I have on these boards rather than on other boards. I do have to complete the music database section along with the financials section and the custom printouts. But it is getting there.

There are two sides to this program. The DJ side and the Bride side. For a look at the dj side go here > http://www.bigtimeltd.com/contact/admin.asp

On the bride side, you will need a username and password and they are listed below:

http://www.bigtimeltd.com/contact/login.htm

usernames and passwords
bill bill
john abc123

You can make any changes to the data you want as this is not live data.


Please let me know your thoughts and things to do to improve or things you'd like to see. Please remember I am the nuts and bolts guy, not the "oh that would look nice" guy. I'll leave the graphics to someone else to make it look pretty.

And, as always, I'm willing to share this code with anyone that wants to do their own.

Yes but you are the human spell checker

Thanks Dan. I have a few small things I want to add yet and make all of the forms printable, etc. I also want to make an offline version as soon as I become educated enough. You have to understand that I have absolutely no background in any of this stuff and anything I have done I have learned in the last 2 years by hacking away.

As for branding it...nahhh. I'll give it away to anyone that wants to use it. I'm not really in this for the money. There are a few drawbacks for anyone that wants it:

(1). It must run on a windows server because of the ASP.
(2). Your hosting provider must have MYSQL database capability
(3). I could recommend a host....LOL!

I don't want to be in competition with anyone and I like to give back to the industry that has given so much to me.

Same offer goes for anyone that wants to do a wedding website with local wedding vendors. I have all that code that anyone can have. It is a great way to get more advertising for your DJ business and make some extra money to boot. http://www.lehighvalleywedding.com

Papa Deuce said:

OK.... I like it, but where is the search function for finding the saved events? Maybe I missed it.

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Pappa,
Do you mean the old events or the completed events? Once you enter a new event it should appear in the event lists either under leads or current events. Unless I was retarded and forgot the refresh on the page..which I have been known to do.

DJ Brian B said:

How Much do you sell it for? It looks cool

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I don't sell it. It's free...just not complete yet.

Bounce said:

I can help with that using mysql connector and VB6, I use those two combinations for all my software I develop. At least I could point you to several references to code it out if you wish... Since your a ASP guy, you may be working with the VBScript code, which is basically similar...

Nice work on the Web GUI. Looks promising, at the same time very functional to what your using.

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Thanks Travis!!! Point me the way!!!! Yes I do work with VBScript code. Not an expert by far, but I can usually hack my way through it.

djxpress said:

I want a copy!!!:whoohoo:

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LOL.....Don't you want to wait until it's done? Or do you eat your steak raw.....LOL. Give me some time to finish it up so everything works ok. Weding season should be over soon, so I will have more time to work on it.

Couple of things you should know guys. If you want this or the code, here is what I can tell you that I know for sure. I developed this using GoDaddy economy web hosting package. So I am familiar with the coding necessary to connect to the databases. I also developed this in FrontPage, again because I was familiar with it. And it only connects to a MySQL database. All of the database connections are done in an includes file so you only have to change one page. If you host with anyone other than GoDaddy, I may be lost until we get the correct connection strings (you get them from your host). Your host also has to have ASP (most good hosts do). This is not written in php because I am too old to learn another language.

Papa Deuce said:

I got it. I ain't the brightest bulb at 1 AM....

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You crack me up!!!!