On Jan 25, 2008, at 3:37 AM, Kermit Kiser wrote: > Greetings from a newbie module developer: > > For me at least, developing a new Bible version is not a trivial task. > It may be years before it is ready for general review. In the > meantime, > I would like to make it available to my alpha reviewers via Install > Manager with Remote Source Downloading. > > I have researched the archives and have the following impressions: > > SWORD requires an anonymous FTP server to publish modules for Remote > Source Downloading. > JSword requires an HTTP server to publish modules for Remote Source > Downloading. > > Can someone please verify that my impressions are correct?
Yes. But if absolutely necessary, I can re-add FTP to JSword as it was there at one point in time. > > > My current brain-dead web site (GoDaddy shared hosting) does not > seem to > support anonymous FTP access. I have managed to get Remote Source > Downloading to work for Bible Desktop but not SWORD as a result. I > will > obviously be looking for a new site with anonymous FTP support in the > future although that does not seem to be a feature that most internet > providers advertise up front. (I don't have the resources for a > dedicated server presently.) Meanwhile all of this leads to my next > question: Is there a way around the anonymous FTP restriction (besides > manual download and install of modules which I don't think many of my > reviewers can handle) for SWORD or any likelihood of HTTP support in > SWORD Install Manager in the future? Sword can also download from a local directory. It may be possible for a user to map a web location as a drive, then it will work. JSword cannot do that at this time. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
