Need Suggestions for Tables Possibly?

you need to give a lot more information on what you are trying to do,

Essentially it’s a long database, currently covering 45 pages, with probably 150-200 elements per page. It’s a video database for keeping my collection straight, I need to keep track of what I have, when it came out, where it is, etc. and it needs to be flexible enough so that as I get more, I can insert things alphabetically into the page.

I used to do it, pre-Wordpress, through hundreds of multi-line tables, pasted one after another, but it ended up slowing page loads down dramatically. After I converted over to WP, I just did it all in text and cut-and-pasted a new copy as I got more movies. Unfortunately, that led to a lot of eratic formatting and I’m trying to avoid those same problems again. I’d like to set up a single formatted table (or similar), then be able to add new tables (or whatever) anywhere on the page as necessary. That way, it’s always quick and consistent.

I just don’t know if I’m not thinking outside the box enough or not. I don’t want to run into the same problem where pages take 20-30 seconds to load all the hundreds of tables.

I completely understand what you are trying to do..

Is there a reason you are using wordpress for this? I mean, a simple php database website would work for you. As a matter of fact, my company is in the process of developing ones for modeling agency where the user can just add a new “model” and put in their attributes and features. Then they can add new fields and upload images along with that person.. And of coarse its also very easy to search and filter based on certain attributes.

That is essentially what you are considering doing correct? If so, I can look into licensing on that for you.

I guess in very rough terms it is, although I don’t need anything so fancy. Certainly not looking to buy a software package to keep track of my hobbies though, sorry.

haha.. fancy? No. this is not a fancy thing.. its literally an interface to a database.. SUPER simple.. its a lot less fancy than wordpress itself.. Think of it as wordpress if it were JUST a way to catalog info.. no users, no comments.. Just a way to enter content and then search the content later..

I’m not talking about a LOT of money for licensing but it will be nice and easy to use.. It was just a suggestion because what I am doing for this client is something that I can see having a BOAT LOAD of uses for a lot of people/

So what exactly do you need?

A function that selects data from a custom database and then displays it in a table(or whatever) like you’ve shown in the opening post?

Is this data stored in the WordPress database? (Perhaps but in another table?)