I’ve been looking at various technologies, trying to decide how to port the Windows version of the Museum Archive software project to the web. I think I’ve settled on a plan… Using the same database and a small Windows-based web server application, the new web version will allow authorized users to edit and maintain the database through their web browser, and it will allow guests to view a sub-set of the data, all without any downloads or hassles with installing apps.
The technology I’ve chosen uses jQuery and css - giving you the ability to customize the look and feel of the pages served, even though those pages are ‘virtual’ - created on the fly by the web server app. It will be pretty cool. The downside is a fairly long development schedule; I’ll keep you posted on my progress.