Because of the interest I have been getting on this subject, I will post in this thread any current ideas that both I and others might have on the Current Status of DBMan's marriage with Links2.
Note that this mod/project can also be used for other Links/Dbman needs in bits and pieces. Such as just allowing user (on-the-fly) deletions of their links or data, etc. Just use your imagination for more ideas
OBJECTIVE of project:
To disturb as little as possible, the current integrity of both DBMan and Links2 in their current operation. Allowing both DBMan and Links2 to maintain their present identities and features and to design mods in such a way that will allow the features of each to be shared. (Hence the word "Marriage" as opposed to "Merge" in my project title
REASONS for using DBMan/Links2 together:
**You get ALL the wonderfull features of both DBMan and Links made available to you to use as you need them!
**No more waiting for your favorite mod(s)to be developed for one or the other. Many times a mod is available in either DBMan or Link but not in both.
**You can have a choice of either on-the-fly instant update of your database (as DBMan performs) or you can have admin validation before update (as Links performs) or mix and max both based on your needs.
**Search Engines Cannot "see to list" on-the-fly generated web pages or databases. Increase web traffic with HTML generated web pages!!! (as Links performs).
**Increase or Decrease your Database access security to what ever level you need based on DBMan's available features and/or Links available features.
**Need "Templates" for DBMan? Until this option is added to DBMan you can use the Links2 Templates feature. Use the Templates on the Links2 side to perform your actions on the DBMan side by accessing DBman.cgi.
** MANY more to come as I think of them throughout developement.
[The latter are ideas and food for thoughts only]
Please feel free to include your ideas and needs for this project in this thread. Because of time constraints I will not answer most feedback (so I thank you in advance for your input and ideas). However, I will read all input and use what I can. This thread will be updated as needed so you can follow our current progress.
Uploaded text versions of all modules that are changed will be at:
http://www.site-city.com/dbman_links2/
07-30-99: Do a feasibility study on using DBMan as the front end for links2 add, modify, delete, on-the-fly and instant links database.
08-01-99: Research shows DBMan will do all (and more) than is required for this project.
08-04-99: First step is to install DBMan .cfg with required settings to access the heart of links2... links.db, linksid.txt, and categories.db. COMPLETED
ongoing)
08-07-99: Need to make DBMan work with Links2: Categories.db so DBMan will display the links2 Categories field in forms properly (a selected list). COMPLETED: 08-12-99 (See thread http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/forum/resources/Forum12/HTML/000693.html for details.)
08-12-99: Research the "Authorization Options" in DBMan and set them so Registered Users can add, view, modify, delete only own records (based on userID). Use Links2 side (templates) to allow user to view and search Links2 database (no password or userID required on this end of access). COMPLETED: see (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/forum/resources/Forum12/HTML/000695.html)
Thanks
TimRyan
[This message has been edited by timryan (edited August 22, 1999).]
Note that this mod/project can also be used for other Links/Dbman needs in bits and pieces. Such as just allowing user (on-the-fly) deletions of their links or data, etc. Just use your imagination for more ideas
OBJECTIVE of project:
To disturb as little as possible, the current integrity of both DBMan and Links2 in their current operation. Allowing both DBMan and Links2 to maintain their present identities and features and to design mods in such a way that will allow the features of each to be shared. (Hence the word "Marriage" as opposed to "Merge" in my project title
REASONS for using DBMan/Links2 together:
**You get ALL the wonderfull features of both DBMan and Links made available to you to use as you need them!
**No more waiting for your favorite mod(s)to be developed for one or the other. Many times a mod is available in either DBMan or Link but not in both.
**You can have a choice of either on-the-fly instant update of your database (as DBMan performs) or you can have admin validation before update (as Links performs) or mix and max both based on your needs.
**Search Engines Cannot "see to list" on-the-fly generated web pages or databases. Increase web traffic with HTML generated web pages!!! (as Links performs).
**Increase or Decrease your Database access security to what ever level you need based on DBMan's available features and/or Links available features.
**Need "Templates" for DBMan? Until this option is added to DBMan you can use the Links2 Templates feature. Use the Templates on the Links2 side to perform your actions on the DBMan side by accessing DBman.cgi.
** MANY more to come as I think of them throughout developement.
[The latter are ideas and food for thoughts only
] Please feel free to include your ideas and needs for this project in this thread. Because of time constraints I will not answer most feedback (so I thank you in advance for your input and ideas). However, I will read all input and use what I can. This thread will be updated as needed so you can follow our current progress.
Uploaded text versions of all modules that are changed will be at:
http://www.site-city.com/dbman_links2/
07-30-99: Do a feasibility study on using DBMan as the front end for links2 add, modify, delete, on-the-fly and instant links database.
08-01-99: Research shows DBMan will do all (and more) than is required for this project.
08-04-99: First step is to install DBMan .cfg with required settings to access the heart of links2... links.db, linksid.txt, and categories.db. COMPLETED
ongoing) 08-07-99: Need to make DBMan work with Links2: Categories.db so DBMan will display the links2 Categories field in forms properly (a selected list). COMPLETED: 08-12-99 (See thread http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/forum/resources/Forum12/HTML/000693.html for details.)
08-12-99: Research the "Authorization Options" in DBMan and set them so Registered Users can add, view, modify, delete only own records (based on userID). Use Links2 side (templates) to allow user to view and search Links2 database (no password or userID required on this end of access). COMPLETED: see (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/forum/resources/Forum12/HTML/000695.html)
Thanks
TimRyan
[This message has been edited by timryan (edited August 22, 1999).]