MySQL ::: PHPmyAdmin ::: MySQL install on Windows ::: PHP.net
This relatively simple method to incorporate more flexible design tenets in web development is far better known now that it was four years ago when I first started beating around for information. A quick Google search brought a lot of information.
Treat your visitor right: when a specified page cannot be found on your site, serve up an error page that allows visitors to find what they want through other means.
As opposed to client-side scripting (JavaScript, etc.) which occurs on the user's computer and browser, this technology takes advantage of the computing power in modern-day servers. It's a step up from server-side includes.
LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl and Python
A widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. I am interested in it because it's picked up a lot of momentum and seems fairly easy to learn.