Web help

[David Wilson]

Sorry, I was not sufficiently detailed in my last message on this subject.

I am in the process of constructing a web-based Atlas of Natural Numbers. 
This project is partly motivated by love of the subject, and partly 
motiviated by the need to acquire some demonstrable Web tech skills if i 
ever hope to break back into the computer business.

At the present time, I am using a Perl converter program to generate HTML 
pages from an ad-hoc backend database.  I have installed a local Apache web 
server that allows me to view my pages as a virtual site on my local 
machine.  But as the amount of data has grown, the Perl converter is 
starting to bog down, and I realize the need for a more standard database 
such as SQL or XML (I prefer the latter).

I am, however, running into technical snags.  I have not been able to 
successfully use a CSS style sheet to view XML documents, and I don't know 
what the problem is, so I am stopped.  And it may be that I need something 
more powerful than CSS to get what I want, such as XSLT or PHP, but I'm not 
a web design geek (yet).

So I would like to get in touch with someone who is web design savvy.  I 
know that a few people in math-fun and seqfan have impressive sites, like Ed 
Pegg.  I promise to (try) not to be a pain to whomever takes me up on this.

Thanks.

- Dave Wilson