next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects Hi Michael... did you throw that bit in about IP's to see if we were paying attention... ;-) I hadn't detected IP issues in the last couple of messages... While PHP (whatever that is... ;-) may be a suitable tool, I'd rather get a better feeling for what needs, should, could be done before rushing to adopt a solution... On the other hand, a good demonstration of the use(s) of a tool is worth a lot to me so if PHP is on your to-do list by all means. I seem to recall Jamie of someone looked at it earlier and security was one of the issues... david potter On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Michael T. Smith wrote: > On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, David Potter wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Peter Morgan wrote: > > > > > with various bits plugged in -- a tip, the board message etc. I know how to > > > do this on some servers with server side includes. Is there a similar > > > capability with csuite? Of course, a more complex solution, involving > > > cookies and things to present a non-dail-in user with his/her dynamic > > > content would be great, but if we could easily modify the home page html > > > that would be a first step. > > I think we should set up PHP. PHP is a really great language for dynamic > Web design that doesn't necessarily have much of a learning curve. We > could have something like: > > <? include "standard-header.php" > > at the top of every webpage and > <? include "standard-footer.php" > > > at the bottom. The header & footer would pick up the user's browser and > location and give them a different format based on that (so we could have > a good graphical design and still look great in Lynx). > > We'd have to make some modifications to PHP for security, and maybe so > that only IPs (i.e. docs under /csuite/info) could use it. IMHO PHP can be > just as good as, if not better than, giving IPs full CGI access. >
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects