Opening Screen |
Eventually, subsequent screens (as you can see below) will need to be redesigned to remove the Galaxy cover as it tends to be distracting in subsequent screens.
Note: The "Author" field contains a hyper-link. Clicking on it will display all stories written by that author.
Listing of Each Magazine Issue in the Database |
Note: The "Magazine Name" field contains a hyper-link. Clicking on it will display all stories for that particular issue.
Filtered Issue List |
Selection of an Author |
Display of all Stories Written by the Author Selected |
Selection of a Magazine Issue |
Display the Contents of the Selected Issue |
Listing of All Stories Having "Pluto" in Their Title |
This project still needs a lot of work. For example, I have not yet gotten around to developing editing screens. Turns out editing is much more complicated than simple data retrieval. Editing, when it is done, has been done through phpMyAdmin which works directly with MySQL.
Additionally, it seems that I will need to learn JavaScript for certain actions. Drat, yet another programming language to learn!!!
This project is essentially for my self edification. A more extensive and complete source of information is located at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB).
I anticipate that this browser based approach will be the final rendition in the development of this database. But then one should never say never. Eventually, I intend to complete it. But don't hold your breath.
Should you have any comments, please leave them.