Please Help - adjustable calendar needed.

[robertsaunders]

Here is a challenging problem for all you computer bods out there!

I am designing a website for a friend who is setting up a small business hiring out here VW Camper van.

She wants a page where potential customers can see a calendar with available and unavailable dates clearly distinguished (with different colours, say). As new bookings are taken she needs to be able to update the calendar on a weekly basis.

Can anybody please suggest how I might be able to do this. I deally I would like to be able to set up a system that she can then update herself. At present she has no knowledge of HTML or any other computer language, but would be willing to learn how to do something that could be explained simply to a beginner.

I do not currently use any webdesign software. I am very competent with HTML. Beyond that my knowledge is patchy, but I am always willing to learn.

If anyone has any suggestions, I would be most grateful.

Rob

[Acey99]

like so:

http://www.napavalleycondo.com/reservations.php

??

[robertsaunders]

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, that is the sort of thing I want, although I don't necessarily need the form part of it. As long as the viewer can see which dates are available and which aren't, that is all that I need really.

The question is, how do I do it? There must be an easier way than just typing out tables in HTML long hand for every date for the next n years and then teaching my friend how to manually change the class value next to the date, right?

Rob

[robertsaunders]

I don't like to beg, but has anyone got any other ideas for this thread? I really would appreciate some advice if anyone can suggest anything.

Thank you

[djr33]

There are several calendar scripts available on DD, but if those don't suit your needs, not really sure what to do.

If you want to make your own, this could be accomplished with php/mysql for serverside programming and database interaction to store the dates, events, etc.
Javascript could be used to make the page more flashy, like popup windows for days, highlighting onmouseover, etc etc.

Javascript isn't really needed, but php/mysql would be to store the info.

http://php-mysql-tutorial.com

A bit complex, but I like it. That's a good tutorial too.

Aside from that.... good luck searching google. Not really sure what else to suggest.