Re: Any help showing examples of database only web site w/mod_perl/my sql
I would like to build a 100% DB contained web site. Meaning all users home directories, files etc.. exists within a database. Any examples or places to look would be greatly appreciated. I am working on a similar project, look at http://www.jazzvalley.com. I have about 5000 musicians in my database, and each one has his own homepage, automatically generated but also containing stuff which can be personalized for each musician. Same thing for musical scenes, with a completely different implementation technique (much more personalization). I am now working on an extension to this system, which will allow each of the musicians to have a unique URI access, the URI's (non-existent, a priori) being analysed by translation handlers and automatically translated into script calls with parameters. Lincoln and Doug's book contains excellent and very complete explanations on how translation handlers work, thanks to Eric Cholet who pointed me to the right direction. Victor.
Re: Any help showing examples of database only web site w/mod_perl/my sql
Clifford Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a static site now where users can create new sites (user home directories) very easily, but the growth is going to kill me and my filesystem (to many subdirectories). I would like to build a 100% DB contained web site. Meaning all users home directories, files etc.. exists within a database. Any examples or places to look would be greatly appreciated. The areas I'm having conceptual trouble with is mainly the *.conf files. How do I accomplish the same actions as below with a static conf file? (without restarting the server every time a new user is added) I would write my own PerlAcessHandler and PerlAuthenHandler that would base its authentication/authorization on the URL. If you needed further customization of the authentication/authorization, you could tie your module's configuration to the user in the database. Implementation is left as an exercise to the reader. -- James Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED], 409-862-3725 Texas AM CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix
Re: Any help showing examples of database only web site w/mod_perl/my sql
That is what I did for our site. We have a members only section that allows them to have web access to some configurable pieces of their services. We store their encrypted account password as a column in the table that hold account info. When they try to access the protected area, the module steps in a prints out a form for authentication. It takes in its stuff and compares it to what it should be as returned by the db and either rejectes them or assigns them a cookie with a random token that is also stored in the db. If they try to access the area and the module sees that they have such a cookie it tests the token to see if its still valid and the process behaves pretty seamlessly. Its also a good method cause you can add alot of proprietary type functions for extra security, tracking, etc. Unfortunately I do not have a test account that you could examine the interface through. If you need any help or have any questions, I may be able to provide assistance though. On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, James G Smith wrote: Clifford Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a static site now where users can create new sites (user home directories) very easily, but the growth is going to kill me and my filesystem (to many subdirectories). I would like to build a 100% DB contained web site. Meaning all users home directories, files etc.. exists within a database. Any examples or places to look would be greatly appreciated. The areas I'm having conceptual trouble with is mainly the *.conf files. How do I accomplish the same actions as below with a static conf file? (without restarting the server every time a new user is added) I would write my own PerlAcessHandler and PerlAuthenHandler that would base its authentication/authorization on the URL. If you needed further customization of the authentication/authorization, you could tie your module's configuration to the user in the database. Implementation is left as an exercise to the reader. -- James Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED], 409-862-3725 Texas AM CIS Operating Systems Group, Unix --- "I keep banging my head on things," Tom said, bashfully. --- Jon J - Web Development for Shore.Net E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 781 593-3110 x156
