Toledo Ohio Muslim Islam Community

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About ToledoMuslims.com

This site was designed using some very cutting-edge technology. Users of this site can:
-View informational HTML pages
-Watch Flash animations and movies
-Login and administer the site
-Post discussions
-Post upcoming events with fliers
-Login and post articles
-Login to edit information
-Post links automatically
-Sell items through a classifieds section
-And much more

Firstly, this site is not a website, it is more of a web "application". Why? Websites sit still and don't interact with the user, this site actually presents itself to you based on who you are.

Furthermore, this website uses a database to run itself. Everything from the classifieds to the events calendar run from a database of information. The database is updateable. No, you don't have to upload your database everyday. You simply fill out short forms on your web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) and the database is automatically updated. No FTP, no uploading, no downloading.

Secondly, the site uses a internet language called ASP (active server pages). What do these do? Basically the pages you see on this website all end in '.asp'. What does ASP do? ASP detects your browser and then writes the HTML that displays what you see. As you know all webpages are written HTML, but the difference is that ASP writes the HTML on the fly, based on your input and the data returned from the database.

For example, when you press Upcoming Events, you will see a table with our latest events. If you click in your browser to view the source you will only see HTML tags, no ASP. This is great. Firstly, it protects your asp code, especially since people love copying things these days. Secondly, people will view a page optimized for their browser. As you know there are different browsers available. ASP automatically loads a website that can best be viewed by your browser. So if you have an older browser, like Netscape 2.0 or 3.0 or if you have the latest Internet Explorer 5.0 you will see and excellent website.

What else is great? An administrator can come to the site, login with their password and do any number of things. The administrator can add events to the calendar, delete events, add homepages, delete obscene ones, etc. All this is done through your standard web browser. Pretty amazing, right?

What does this mean for you?
Absolutely nothing, in most cases. However, if you are internet savvy, this means that you are surfing one of the most complicated, time-intensive, expensive, and laborious types of websites to create.

So how advanced is the Toledo community? You be the judge!

For more information or advanced questions, please email us at:
info@toledomuslims.com