Need some help

[James Lewes]

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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