First of let me say thank you for anyone who answers my question.

As the title suggest I am fairly new to design but im using dreamweaver and so far its easy to use as far as using design view my question is this

I have an overage of members so far i had a contacts form were an individual would fill in data fields and an email would be sent to me and i would update there precreated profile with no information until i received an email but with to many people now joining our group updating profiles is getting crazy is there anyway i can make it so that when they submit there data it links to there pre-created page so they can update anytime they want and i don't have to do it for them.


Thanx a bunch
its driving me nuts lol :D

Dani AI

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— the problem described here is exactly the kind that grows as member counts rise. pointed toward server-side handling, which is the right direction. The practical solution is to stop creating one static file per person and switch to a single dynamic profile page that reads and writes a member record based on a unique identifier (session or ID in the URL).

A short practical roadmap:

  • Add authentication so each member has a login and a stable user id. Store passwords with a strong hash (bcrypt).
  • Create a users table (id, username, email, bio, avatar, timestamps) and load the record into a single edit-profile form on GET; apply server-side validation and update the same record on POST.
  • Always use parameterized queries / prepared statements to prevent SQL injection and validate/sanitize all inputs server-side. For avatars, validate MIME type, limit size, and keep files outside the webroot or use randomized filenames.
  • Keep authorization checks so members can only edit their own records (compare session id to requested id).

Quick example of the SQL pattern used by the edit/update flow:

SELECT id, username, email, bio FROM users WHERE id = ?
UPDATE users SET email = ?, bio = ? WHERE id = ?

If building from scratch feels heavy, consider a CMS or user-management library to save time. Dreamweaver can help with markup, but generated server-side helpers often need manual review for security and robustness.

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You need to integrate a server side language such as php/asp/jsp/coldfusion to automatically update the database. You shouldn't be creating a new page for each user. You should have one template filled with variables that are populated by the database.

Thats what I though as i did some searching on the internet yesterday I kinda ran into some information about such implementation. Thank you though for answering my quest :D

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