[CCIL-user] Using PHP on CCIL Server

[Charles Dennie]

Hello John,
At Present:
1. I want to change the look and feel of the newsletter that I'm authoring
at present.
2. Designing each newsletter required a lot of time and effort on my part.
3. I was hoping to get other contributors to add content is difficult
because content had to go through a webmaster.

Looking Forward:
1. Design of Content Management System (CSM) would appear the same to most
browsers.
2. In a CSM website, once its template is created, the only work required
would be to add content.
3. The CSM allows anyone to add content without concern to web page design.

Minimum Requirements for an Effective CMS:
1. Apache 1.13 or above (web server)
2. PHP 4.2 or above (pull content from database for web server)
3. MySQL 3.23.or above (store content)
4. The PHP installation must include support for MSQL, XML, and zlib.
5. The CSM installer performs a preinstallation check for missing
capabilities.
6. Full feature FTP application that is multiplateform (Windows, Linux,
MacOS) client.

The selection of a CSM is unimportant, only the configuration of the above
needs to be performed. PHP is used to access a database (MSQL) to add
content for a browser request. Joomla, like other CSM, need PHP to run the
show. Instead of separate HTML pages for each newsletter, an article can be
retrieved from a database for desired content. This is viewed in the web
server template. This template need not be redesigned. The template can
easily be changed while the content is still in place.

I am employing Joomla to put it through its paces at GoDaddy web site
http://ccilnews.org. GoDaddy hosting supports both PHP and MSQL. I'm waiting
for activation for the website.

Send me information about CCIL archived content. Maybe we wouldn't need L/F
to run the application, freeing them to service our servers. And maybe it
will run the planned content without CSM application.

Thanks John for the reply.
Charles Dennie

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Dennie [mailto:CDennie at ctdi.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:13 AM
To: charles.dennie at comcast.net
Subject: FW: [CCIL-user] Using PHP on CCIL Server


-----Original Message-----
From: John R. Hamilton [mailto:jrh65 at ccil.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:12 PM
To: Charlie Dennie
Cc: gdp at ccil.org
Subject: Re: [CCIL-user] Using PHP on CCIL Server


Charlie:

Our Production Web server (ala mars, I think) has support for PHP content,
and in fact, much of the administrative site is composed of PHP code. Our
User server (ala earth, I think) does not offer support for PHP.

I am a bit confused about the need for PHP ... Is it Joomla that requires
PHP (e.g. is a browser based CMS), or will the newsletter be published as
PHP content (doubtful)?

Please list the reasons that you want a CMS system?

While a CMS will hold archives of documents, the website itself would need
to be updated to provide access to those archived documents. Also, the
existing website would need to be "imported" to the CMS so that content
management would be centralized.

If you are looking for a way to provide access to archived content, we
have one or two methods already in place where that could be done. Trouble
is, no one has stepped up to "manage the content." In my eyes, this
simply entails creating [maintaining] a page with synopses (is that a
word?) of the article(s) and links to the articles themselves.

In fact, the left side of the CCIL homepage (under "Make a Donation")
could be used as a holding place for links to archived content. And, if
memory serves, this was part of the function that the "Happenings" section
(on the right of the CCIL homepage) was supposed to serve.


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John R. Hamilton
CCIL Volunteer

On Thu, August 16, 2007 9:33 am, Charlie Dennie wrote:
> User support suggest our uses can run PHP on the CCIL server. I would like
> to request permission to run PHP for the ccil newsletter. I would like to
> change the format of the newsletter from HTML to Joomla! content
> management service (cms). Needed is permission for root directory and
> publix_folders to run both PHP and MySQL. With Joomla!, files can easily
> be ftp'd between client and server, and provide rich content for ccil
> users to search on. This cms can service other users wishing to create
> blogs and community service web sites.
>
> Charles Dennie
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