Suggestions on dynamic site..

powerhouse has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am creating a site for a client, in which I am making it where all the pages content is stored in a database. Perl then looks up that data. But what If I want it to do some functions, since the page would be stored in a database, how can I get Perl to perform certain tasks?

I guess I'm kinda lost as to how I can make them have a dynamic site, if a certain page requires some Perl syntax in it. I would appreciate it if you could just POINT me in the right direction, of course I'll do all the reading up on it. I don't want you to do any of the work for me. I am just kinda lost, and don't know where to go from here.

Thank you much,
Richard

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Re: Suggestions on dynamic site.. by tjh (Curate) on May 31, 2003 at 00:40 UTC
It's hard to tell where to start with your question, but it seems like some approaches below may be helpful. Separation of content and code might also want to look at HTML::Template as one approach and Template::Toolkit as another. You may not need it, but it never hurts to review Ovid's Web Programming Using Perl course. edited to add: Why use templates? So, what is the best way to deliever dynamic content nowadays? And, I'm sure others will have many other leads for you, including anything you can find on separating data, logic, and presentation. HTH	[reply]
Re: Suggestions on dynamic site.. by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 31, 2003 at 00:31 UTC
How Everything Serves Requests. (The Everything Engine powers this site.)	[reply]
Re: Suggestions on dynamic site.. by teabag (Pilgrim) on May 31, 2003 at 00:53 UTC
Well, if you're planning on just using flatfile databases you could check out Yawps, yet another web portal system. It's pretty flexible and you could adjust/adapt a lot of the features. Teabag `Sure there's more than one way, but one just needs one anyway - Teabag`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Suggestions on dynamic site.. by artist (Parson) on May 31, 2003 at 03:16 UTC
Your Prototype CGI script: (use CGI) Get title and page-text and other fields from database (use DBI and use DBD) massage title and text according to your needs. prepare new page from the template (HTML::Template). fill the title and text and other fields in the page. print the page. You might want to look at princepawn's homenode for your framework for further exploration. artist	[reply]