Hi Simon, >> However, there is one part of the app that I do not want to rewrite. I >> guess it's really the part of the "app" that is an app. It's uses SOAP >> to communicate with a server on the LAN that handles reservations. It >> checks for availability. Before my times, we outsourced the creation of >> this app.
Does your website communicate with the application using SOAP? What is the application written in? It's not too difficult to bring data into Lenya from a webservice - at our company we use this method a lot. Regards Vik Simon Walter wrote: > Hi all, > > I have inherited an extremely poorly managed website where everything > was coded by hand using Struts and Tiles and no DB. Any change required > open Eclipse and editing Tile, .vm, .properties, and all sorts of files. > It would be quicker and neater to write raw HTML. Needless to say, I > want to do away with all this hand written XML and whatnot and use > something more robust and manageable - Lenya. > > However, there is one part of the app that I do not want to rewrite. I > guess it's really the part of the "app" that is an app. It's uses SOAP > to communicate with a server on the LAN that handles reservations. It > checks for availability. Before my times, we outsourced the creation of > this app. > > The main thing I would like is not have to resort to using an iframe or > maintaining the layout (css, images, menus, etc) for two different > websites and try to make them look like one. > > Has anyone done anything like this before? If so, first of all, I'd like > to know if it's possible. Then if I can't figure it out, I may come back > and ask for help. Another thing I'd like to ask advice on is: how much > should I expect to be charged by the company, that we outsourced the > creation of this app to, for them to integrate it with Lenya. They seem > to be rip off artists. So I want to know what is reasonable. > > You can see the website here: > http://www.htholidays.com/ > > The booking section is the part of the app I want to keep. Yes, it's a > wreck. Which is why I'm trying to bring some order. > > I've found a few hints in the archives about integrating Struts with > Lenya, but nothing substantial. > > Any help or advice is appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Simon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
