How to implement movie listings on my site...
Hello all,
I've seen several sites with local movie listings, i.e. Yahoo. You enter your zip code and they have all the theaters, what movies are playing, what times, etc...
I'd like to implement this on my site, but my question is this. Does anyone know where Yahoo, and other sites, get this information? Is there some database out there? I know they do not do it manually. Thanks!!
I've seen several sites with local movie listings, i.e. Yahoo. You enter your zip code and they have all the theaters, what movies are playing, what times, etc...
I'd like to implement this on my site, but my question is this. Does anyone know where Yahoo, and other sites, get this information? Is there some database out there? I know they do not do it manually. Thanks!!
As to where Yahoo, etc gets this information, they have it locally on their site and I'm sure they pay big bucks for it, unfortunately.
I know this answer isn't exactly what you asked for, but it is as close as you are going to get without shelling out some cash to provide this service.
I know this answer isn't exactly what you asked for, but it is as close as you are going to get without shelling out some cash to provide this service.
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bigelos,
I'm sorry but the answer you provided will not do. I don't want to link to yahoo, i want to know if anyone knows where I can get this information.
I'm sorry but the answer you provided will not do. I don't want to link to yahoo, i want to know if anyone knows where I can get this information.
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Here are the three require files:
begin index.html
<html>
<head>
<title>New Page 2</title>
</head>
<frameset rows="150,*">
<frame name="title" target="main" src="movie.html">
<frame name="main" src="right.html">
<noframes>
<body>
<p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p>
</body>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>
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Begin movie.html
<html>
<head>
<base target="main">
</head>
<body>
<Form method="get" Action="http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html">
<table border=0 width="595" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td valign=top width="100%">
<table border=0 width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4>
<tr><td valign=top bgcolor="#9999cc" >
<font face="Arial" size="+1"><b>Showtimes</b>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top width="1%">
<table border=0 width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<tr><td valign=top width="1%">
</td>
<td valign=top>
<font face="Arial"><b>Enter 
<br>
<Input Size="12" Name="z"> <Input Type="Submit" Value="Showtimes">
</td></tr>
</table>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign=top align=left colspan=3>
<font size="-1">(e.g. 95051 or Santa Clara, CA)</font>-
<small><A HRef="http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/showtimes/advanced.html">Advanced Options</A><br>
</small>
<Input Type="Hidden" Name="r" Value="sim">
</td></tr></table>
</td>
<td valign=top></td>
</table>
</Form>
</body>
</html>
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Begin right.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Blank Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Blank Page</p>
</body>
</html>