[midgard] Re: hosting
We can provide you with a Tier 1 host (directly uplinked to a peering point) in the US with one of our strategic partners who hosts many overseas sites. If you would like to test the responsiveness, check out www.e-technologies.com (still beta, but up), which resides there. We can lease you a dedicated server, preconfigured with midgard and mysql. If you prefer (as we do) to service non-midgard database storage with a database other than mysql, let us know. You can have your choice of Sparc-Solaris or Intel-Linux (choose your linux flavor). If you give us some idea of the expected server load, we would recommend the configuration you require. If you are expecting really intense use, we can provide clustering and failover also. I cannot give you a price without knowing more about your specific requirements, and when would you want this? The earliest we could install would be next week (since today is already Friday). For smaller sites, we will be bringing up our first multi-site midgard host within the next week or two. Carilda A. Thomas E Technologies, Inc. Phone: 215-489-1113 Fax: 215-489-1124 -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Allowing nobody to create topic/article
Someone once said - "ask and ye shall be answered" :)
Thanks Emile.
Vanja
- Original Message -
From: Emiliano Heyns [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [midgard] Allowing nobody to create topic/article
Vanja Bertalan wrote:
Is there a way to allow unregistered user to create topic/article. This
would be convenient if we wanted to create some kind of link submission
system or such.
What I have in mind is: user nobody faces a html form through which he
creates some kind of content (without looking under the hood, of
course).
After he's done, content he created is in DB but either locked or not
approved, and the webmaster gets an email note about submission. After
webmaster unlocks/approves content, it becomes visible to public...
You can do the equivalent of a 'su' by using
mgd_auth_midgard(username, password, 0). This will change the notion of
current user to the given username; I suggest a user setup specifically
only
owning the topic tree you want public submissions to. The last 0
suppresses
the cookie that this function normally sends but which would put the
password
in the users' cookie file.
After you've created the topic/article/etc you can re-anonimize by doing
mgd_auth_midgard("", "", 0);
The same page that accepts the submission can send mail to the webmaster
by means of the mail functions available in PHP.
Articles are not marked approved or locked by default, so you can check
in
your display logic whether the flag is set. The midgard list functions
will not filter them out automatically.
Emile
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Re: [midgard] Allowing nobody to create topic/article
Someone once said - "ask and ye shall be answered" :)
Thanks Emile.
Vanja
- Original Message -
From: Emiliano Heyns [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [midgard] Allowing nobody to create topic/article
Vanja Bertalan wrote:
Is there a way to allow unregistered user to create topic/article. This
would be convenient if we wanted to create some kind of link submission
system or such.
What I have in mind is: user nobody faces a html form through which he
creates some kind of content (without looking under the hood, of
course).
After he's done, content he created is in DB but either locked or not
approved, and the webmaster gets an email note about submission. After
webmaster unlocks/approves content, it becomes visible to public...
You can do the equivalent of a 'su' by using
mgd_auth_midgard(username, password, 0). This will change the notion of
current user to the given username; I suggest a user setup specifically
only
owning the topic tree you want public submissions to. The last 0
suppresses
the cookie that this function normally sends but which would put the
password
in the users' cookie file.
After you've created the topic/article/etc you can re-anonimize by doing
mgd_auth_midgard("", "", 0);
The same page that accepts the submission can send mail to the webmaster
by means of the mail functions available in PHP.
Articles are not marked approved or locked by default, so you can check
in
your display logic whether the flag is set. The midgard list functions
will not filter them out automatically.
Emile
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[midgard] Active Pages and non Existing Urls
Hi. I have defined some active pages. While the whole thing works fine I have one Problem. Let's say the active page is reachable under /nathan/ If you give him an URL that doesn't exist, he brings the standard-page, because my code init doesen create an article id. Sure, I could create an custom error-message to handle this. But this doesn't work with search engines. How can I configure an active page so that an search-engine/bot recognizes that the page in question doesn't exist anymore? So that /nathan/some_rubbish.html results in a regular apache-not-found page. Live long and prosper! Torben Nehmer -- ICQ-ID : 14148813 WWW : http://www.nathan-syntronics.de E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [midgard] Active Pages and non Existing Urls
I suspect that the key to this lies in the HTTP headers, which you can access via PHP. You need to send a 404 Not Found error. Use the PHP header() function as a code init element before any other code is output. -- Paul Gillingwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat Certified Linux Engineer Acting Unit Head, Network Support Unit Computer Services Centre, International Atomic Energy Agency http://www.iaea.org -Original Message- From: Torben Nehmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 00:07 To: Midgard Mailing-Liste Subject: [midgard] Active Pages and non Existing Urls Hi. I have defined some active pages. While the whole thing works fine I have one Problem. Let's say the active page is reachable under /nathan/ If you give him an URL that doesn't exist, he brings the standard-page, because my code init doesen create an article id. Sure, I could create an custom error-message to handle this. But this doesn't work with search engines. How can I configure an active page so that an search-engine/bot recognizes that the page in question doesn't exist anymore? So that /nathan/some_rubbish.html results in a regular apache-not-found page. Live long and prosper! Torben Nehmer -- ICQ-ID : 14148813 WWW : http://www.nathan-syntronics.de E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[midgard] question for midgard-lib documentataion (resent)
(I don't think my original post made it through to the list, but please excuse me if this is a duplicate.) The current version of mgd_init and mgd_done (from CVS) actually initialize and free parser structures. I assume the intent is that any initialization and shutdown code should go here. Is it correct to say that "mgd_init" should be called before using any functions except "mgd_version" and "mgd_lib_match"? Is "mgd_done" guaranteed to free all resources associated with Midgard Lib? Thanks, Ami. -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Founding a Midgard nonprofit (continued)
On 30 Mar, Emiliano Heyns wrote: If under "The Midgard Project, Ry", probably. But nothing's keeping any person or firm from offering Midgard consulting, so even if "we" want to go commercial, we can do so. Yes. The idea of the nonprofit is just to provide the infrastructure (servers, mailing lists, etc) for the project and ensure that all parties involved have equal opportunities in using Midgard and doing business with it. I feel that doing things like consulting work under the nonprofit would erode this idea badly. Rather, if some people from the developer team want to start doing business with Midgard, they can do so as a separate entity, so that the nonprofit can be kept neutral business-wise. Emile /Bergie -- -- Henri Bergius -- +358 40 525 1334 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.iki.fi/Henri.Bergius -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[midgard] Lost URLs
I've gotten the Midgard system up and running just fine. The only problem I'm having is when I create a new root page and new top level page and content pages, and reference the correct article and topic numbers for the url creation, the system still can't find/create the pages. The admin site and example site work fine, though. I'm referencing the topic and article numbers from the midgard database... not sure what's up. Has anyone had this problem? Chari [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Founding a Midgard nonprofit (continued)
On 30 Mar, Emiliano Heyns wrote: On the topic of assets: I propose we have a clause in our regulations stating that if we are ever to disband "The Midgard Project, Ry", any assets remaining are donated to charity. Under the Finnish law, the possible disbanding is decided by a general meeting of the organization. Usually the regulations state that the assets of the organization are at that point donated onwards to advancement of the organization's goals. For us, that could mean that if the organization were disbanded, the copyrights could be donated to for example FSF. However, I think it is better to have nothing of where the donations should go at that event written down to the regulations, but rather let the general meeting decide that following some guidelines set by the rules. Reading from example regulations provided by the bureau (Sääntömalli I - quick translation): 12. Modifications to regulations and disbanding of the organization The decision on modifying the regulations or disbanding the organization has to be made by a general meeting with at least three quarters (3/4) majority vote. The meeting invitation has to include a mention on modifying rules or disbanding the organization. In the event of disbanding the organization its assets are used to advance the organization's purposes in a way decided by the disbanding meeting. When the organization is disbanded its financial assets are also used on that same purpose. Of course, I'm operating here on the notion that we shouldn't be wanting to disband the organization anytime soon. :-) Emile. /Bergie -- -- Henri Bergius -- +358 40 525 1334 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.iki.fi/Henri.Bergius -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Founding a Midgard nonprofit (continued)
Henri Bergius wrote: Yes. The idea of the nonprofit is just to provide the infrastructure (servers, mailing lists, etc) for the project and ensure that all parties involved have equal opportunities in using Midgard and doing business with it. I feel that doing things like consulting work under the nonprofit would erode this idea badly. Also, the non-profit would likely be liable for mishaps that may heppen while someone operates under its name. Emile -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Founding a Midgard nonprofit (continued)
Henri Bergius wrote: Under the Finnish law, the possible disbanding is decided by a general meeting of the organization. Usually the regulations state that the assets of the organization are at that point donated onwards to advancement of the organization's goals. For us, that could mean that if the organization were disbanded, the copyrights could be donated to for example FSF. Works for me. But I was thinking more in the line of tangible assets. FSF works here too, I think. However, I think it is better to have nothing of where the donations should go at that event written down to the regulations, but rather let the general meeting decide that following some guidelines set by the rules. I wasn't proposing picking a charity _now_ :) The 'advancement' clause is close enough for me. Of course, I'm operating here on the notion that we shouldn't be wanting to disband the organization anytime soon. :-) *grin* of course. But no 'advancement' clause is required in .nl and I've seen non-profits end in petty arguments over this thing. Emile -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[midgard] Mail problems over the weekend
There must be some kind of curse on our mailinglist. During the weekend the mi-recordz server (which forwards mail for the greywolves.org domain) froze solid for a reason as yet undetermined. This is why you all got to enjoy a quiet weekend with opportunities to catch up on your social life :) The server is back up now, we're still looking for the cause. Emile -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [midgard] Mail problems over the weekend
But this is my social life...without it I had to mow the lawn and drag piles of dirt all over the place for my 4 year old to grow food she won't eat. kp -Original Message- From: Emiliano Heyns [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[midgard] Mail problems over the weekend There must be some kind of curse on our mailinglist. During the weekend the mi-recordz server (which forwards mail for the greywolves.org domain) froze solid for a reason as yet undetermined. This is why you all got to enjoy a quiet weekend with opportunities to catch up on your social life :) The server is back up now, we're still looking for the cause. Emile -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [midgard] Mail problems over the weekend
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Carilda Thomas wrote: What's a "social life"? Is this a new midgard function? Will it be in 1.4 or do we have to wait for 2.0? MGD_GET_SOCIAL_LIFE(PHP) NAME mgd_get_social_life - force social life on caller SYNOPSYS void mgd_get_social_life(); DESCRIPTION mgd_get_social_life gracefully brings down the webserver and will only allow it to be restarted when presented with a written permission by your SO, or upon detection of considerable beer smell about you and a hicky on either the neck or cheek. More of the latter can be applied but are not necessary for restarting. RETURN VALUE if you're lucky, you don't. ERRORS EINVAL you are not compatible with social_life (geekus terminalus). BUGS The shutdown is immediate and without consistency checks. This may cause race conditions with your supervisor if the server that has been shutdown was mission critical, or hosted her daughters' site (same). social_life has no bounds checking, and can be dangerous when combined with too much of the beverages required for restart. SEE ALSO http://lalaland.cl.msu.edu/~vanhoose/humor/0557.html http://lalaland.cl.msu.edu/~vanhoose/humor/0036.html http://lalaland.cl.msu.edu/~vanhoose/humor/0558.html http://lalaland.cl.msu.edu/~vanhoose/humor/0559.html -- This is The Midgard Project's mailing list. For more information, please visit the project's web site at http://www.midgard-project.org To unsubscribe the list, send an empty email message to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
