The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Where in the world upgrade

I'm ready (I think) to revisit the where in the world upgrade, and I'd like some input from you.

The Where in the World page has been around a long time. It's getting long in the tooth now, and nobody has added to it in quite a while.

So question number 1 is, do we still need/want this thing? Is anybody using it?

If so, my thought was we could create a database with the information bolters want in it, and then you could search the database for what you were looking for.

For example, if you live in Australia, you could search for any bolters who have submitted their information and live in Australia.. (Since it's entirely voluntary, it would only be populated with info from people who wanted to be contacted.)

If you wanted to talk to someone who owned the same (or similar) truck as you, you could search by year, make and model and find any that are in there.

The thing is, if people aren't going to use it, it's not worth the effort. I'm not a programmer or a database designer, but I know enough to cobble together something that might be useful. (If there are any bolters who program and want to volunteer to help, I'd be tickled pink to talk to you.)

My thinking is to use php and mysql to create the page. Data would be submitted through the page and inserted into the database. Searching could include checkboxes like Chevy and GMC (so you could chose both), and text boxes for City, State and Country, as well as model and year (all optional).

Unless someone objected, I would enter the existing data into the database myself.

The existing form has fields for the following information:
If someone has multiple trucks, they could enter all the information once, check a box that says add more or something like that and the code would prefill all the form fields except the truck filed and then create multiple truck records all pointing to the same person record.

Comments? Suggestions? Criticisms?