How I did this
I wanted to be able to change the layout and information on a lot of web pages, quickly. As of now (5/6/2001) I have entered data for only 7 CD's. When I run my Perl program that creates these pages it creates about 3.5 million bytes of data in 190 files (with only 7 CD's!). I enter the information from a CD in a data file like this one (satltsadw.dat) :
NAMShip Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
CDD1%Discovery D2 74235 [AAD]
CDD0%1
CDD3%1991
CDD4%Munchkin Music, ASCAP
CDD2%1982, 1991 Barking Pumpkin Records
ADDProducer : %Frank Zappa
ADDCD Graphics : %Roger Price (2 1953,1981)
ADDRecorded at the %Utility Muffin Research Kitchen and UMRK Mobile
ADDPhotographs : %Mollye Moore & John Livzey
ADDCD Layout : %Tracy Veal Design
CUT01%No Not Now%5:51%Frank Zappa
CUT02%Valley Girl%4:50%Frank Zappa - Monologue by Moon Zappa
CUT03%I Come From Nowhere%6:10%Frank Zappa
CUT04%Drowning Witch%12:03%Frank Zappa
CUT05%Envelopes%2:46%Frank Zappa
CUT06%Teen-age Prostitute%2:40%Frank Zappa
MUSFrank Zappa%Lead Guitar, Vocals
MUSSteve Vai%Impossible Guitar Parts
MUSRay White%Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
MUSTommy Mars%Keyboards
MUSBobby Martin%Keyboards, Sax & Vocals
MUSEd Mann%Percussion
MUSScott Thunes%Bass
MUSArthur Barrow%Bass
MUSPatrick O'Hearn%Bass
MUSChad Wackerman%Drums
MUSRoy Estrada%Vocals
MUSIke Willis%Vocals
MUSBob Harris%Vocals
MUSLisa Popiel%Vocal on Teen-age Prostitute
MUSMoon Zappa%Vocal on Valley Girl
This data is used to generate the CD pages that contain the links to each song (if the cover images have been created they are added automatically), a song data file (which is needed to generate the song pages), the song pages (during which a check is made to see if a lyric file exists for that song) and a master data file. The 3.5 million bytes of data are generated in about 1 second. I can change the layout of all the pages simply by adjusting the html that is written in the MakeZappaWorld Perl program. The Perl program is not REAL presentable (but is about the best I can do with my knowledge of Perl, and my seeming inability to move beyond BASIC programming style), but for those who are interested, here it is (HTMLified.)
Thanks for stopping by. The REAL Tom Green Dot Com
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