good to start with an O'Reilys book on CGI. Either that or google it up. I
don't have any specific recommendation for you though.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Could you recommend a good starting place for me to do some reading on cgi?
>
> -Rob
>
> dan wrote:
> > I think that you can do this without too much difficulty. just read up
> > on cgi a little bit. as long as you dont alter the scripts and just
> > mess with the layout and add or remove things you should be alright.
> >
> > i will look into this a bit also. I think that the best thing to do
> > would be to leave the left pane basically as is, other than maybe change
> > the script that is run. then make alternates for each of the pages in
> > the layout you like.
> >
> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Rob Owens
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to avoid potential issues. I'm considering selling
> > pre-configured BackupPC servers to small businesses.
> >
> > I don't mean to say that the interface is complicated, but there is a
> > lot of information there and some people will panic when they see it.
> > I'd like to give them just the extreme basics, like:
> >
> > how full is the disk
> > what machines get backed up
> > what shares get backed up
> > ability to add shares
> > warning of any errors
> >
> > I would take out:
> >
> > xfer error summary
> > file size/count reuse summary
> > compression summary
> > server backup path
> > duration and age of backups
> > log files
> > admin options
> > email summary
> > current queues
> > almost all of the config options
> > etc
> >
> > I like having all that info available, so I don't want to eliminate
> it.
> > I just want to hide it from certain users. I want customers to not
> > feel overwhelmed and feel like they can do a restore without
> contacting
> > me first. I might even take out the option to do a direct restore,
> just
> > so they don't overwrite anything important. We'll see.
> >
> > So how about it? Can anybody help me get started on figuring out how
> > the CGI interface is constructed? I'm willing to spend time on
> research
> > and learning, but I don't know where to start.
> >
> > -Rob
> >
> > dan wrote:
> > > ?? How is the interface complicated? I have a number of VERY low
> > tech
> > > users that are capable of using the standard interface to backup
> > their
> > > computers. I man a fairly simple PDF walk through for them as a
> > > refernce and I have virtually zero issues.
> > >
> > > Are you trying to avoid a potential issue or do you actually have
> > people
> > > incapable of working the cgi interface?
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Rob Owens
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd like to make the CGI interface a little less overwhelming
> > for my
> > > non-technical users. Could somebody give me advice on how to
> > edit it?
> > > I really know nothing about CGI, but I hope that I can rely
> > on my logic
> > > to figure out what lines of code do what.
> > >
> > > I'm hoping I can have both a simple and the standard CGI
> > interface
> > > available, possibly by using 2 different addresses:
> > >
> > > http://localhost/backuppc/simple
> > > http://localhost/backuppc/standard
> > >
> > > or something like that.
> > >
> > > -Rob
> > > ********************************************************
> > >
> > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person
> > or entity to
> > > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or
> > privileged
> > > material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
> > reproduction,
> > > copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this
> > > transmission in
> > > error please notify the sender immediately and then delete
> > this e-mail.
> > > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or
> > error free as
> > > information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed,
> > arrive
> > > late or
> > > incomplete, or contain viruses.
> > > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors
> or
> > > omissions
> > > in the contents of this message which arise as a result of
> e-mail
> > > transmission. If verification is required please request a
> > hard copy
> > > version.
> > >
> > > ********************************************************
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM)
> Conference
> > > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to
> > save $100.
> > > Use priority code J8TL2D2.
> > >
> >
> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > BackupPC-users mailing list
> > > [email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > > <mailto:[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>>
> > > List:
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
> > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
> > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
> > >
> > >
> > ********************************************************
> >
> > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity
> to
> > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> > material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
> > copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this
> > transmission in
> > error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this
> e-mail.
> > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free
> as
> > information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive
> > late or
> > incomplete, or contain viruses.
> > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or
> > omissions
> > in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail
> > transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy
> > version.
> >
> > ********************************************************
> >
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
> > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
> > _______________________________________________
> > BackupPC-users mailing list
> > [email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
> > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
> > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
> >
> >
> ********************************************************
>
> The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
> which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> material. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction,
> copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this transmission
> in
> error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail.
> E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as
> information could be intercepted, corrupted lost, destroyed, arrive late or
> incomplete, or contain viruses.
> The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions
> in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail
> transmission. If verification is required please request a hard copy
> version.
>
> ********************************************************
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
> _______________________________________________
> BackupPC-users mailing list
> [email protected]
> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
[email protected]
List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
