Need some help

[Edwin Gore]

There is some good information on using the RunRev engine to execute cgi scripts here:

http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/articles/tipoftheweek/6.html

It's also possible the create a standalone and install it on your server and then have it actually BE the application server and communicate through sockets. I haven't really started to play with the yet, but it seems like it would be very interesting to play with.

At this point I haven't really started to fool around with any of the server/CGI capabilites of RunRev - this is all just stuff that I have picked up from the list and various resources on the internet.

Right now I am struggling to just get a desktop version of my software finished, then (whenever that is) I'm going to start looking at what it would take to make a server-side version of it with a web interface.

The application that I am actually working on right now is designed for members of the Amazon affiliate program - it lets them create a database of the products that they want to offer, grabs the info about the products from Amazon's XML web service, then stores it locally. Users can then create html templates that are processed by my app into static web pages that are uploaded to a server. I'm not sure how long it's going to be before I move away from the desktop...


>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: James Lewes <jameslewes at comcast.net>
>To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:13:07
>
>How do I write scripts for CGI.  And having written
>them how do I get 
>them to work in Revolution.
>
>Also, Edwin as you and I both seem to be attempting
>to climb the same 
>mountain, it might be good to put our heads
>together and see if we can 
>make the climb easier.
>
>James
>
>
>On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 06:14  PM, Edwin
>Gore wrote:
>
>> In that case - go nuts!
>>
>> If you want to be really crazy (and I mean REALLY
>CRAZY) then I would 
>> say that the most challenging thing to try would
>be to set up a 
>> standalone that resides on your webserver as a
>CGI and have that 
>> dynamically create html pages from templates
>based on the user's 
>> navigation and/or search input (in the form of a
>http-post).
>>
>> Extra credit if you also create a web-based front
>end to manage the 
>> site!
>>
>> I'm actually considering a project like this -
>it's possible, but it 
>> sure it nuts...
>>
>>> ----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>> From: James Lewes
>>> Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:43:30
>>>
>>> ah, but the challenge appeals to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 05:27  PM, Edwin
>>> Gore wrote:
>>>
>>>> It sounds like your site is going to have
>>> relatively static content.
>>>> To me that says do it in HTML and use something
>
>>> like HTDIG or the like
>>>> to do the searching.
>>>>
>>>> I would love to nudge you towards doing it in
>>> Revolution, but it
>>>> doesn't seem like the best solution here.
>>>>
>>>>> ----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>>>> From: James Lewes
>>>>> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>>>>> Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:09:26
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a book coming out, on July 30, on the
>>>>> military antiwar-movement
>>>>> which emerged during the Vietnam War. I am
>>>>> currently thinking about a
>>>>> website to accompany the book. The site will
>>>>> include approximately 500
>>>>> images and I would like to make it searchable
>by
>>>
>>>>> content.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the moment I am playing with three
>>>>> possibilities:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. to build a filemaker database and link to
>it
>>>>> with a web portal.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. to build it with revolution and deploy the
>>> stack
>>>>> online and build a
>>>>> front page that would do the same thing. The
>>> latter
>>>>> appeals to me
>>>>> because it would enhance my programming skills
>
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. To use html.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please advise me on what I should do
>>>>>
>>>>>
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