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Re: Must everything be php?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Sat, 21 Feb 2004 03:01:29 GMT
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> wrote in message
news:HtEJ2H.Ktq@lugnet.com...
> Why does everything on ldraw.org have to be converted to php links?
> This is insane. For instance, I noticed the "recent article box" on
> the top right of the main page says Bram Lambrecht's LDraw & Ledit
> tutorial was posted on the Feb. 10th. I'd really like to link to that
> tutorial from my website, but unfortunately it's now a useless mess.
> None of the links work because they're not that hideous php format:
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http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=262
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> That means nothing to me. What's wrong finding a nice place for the
> original html files? Something with an catchy name like this:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/tutorials/LdrawAndLedit.html
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> and just skipping the whole php tranformation.
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It isn't so much a function of PHP but rather the CMS implementation
(PostNuke) which is responsible for it. PostNuke stores all of the article
content in a database and retrieves is when asked for. It doesn't (for the
most part) exist as static content on disk (unless the L-Draw folks have
done something to cause that to happen).
While PostNuke has some limitations and the code thread can be rather
cumbersome to follow, it's ability to quickly get a web site up and running
with lots of features and functions is admirable. There are lots of add-ons
to it as well.
One possibility is to use the Apache mod_rewrite module to address the
cumbersome link issue. I know it works for Gallery, I don't know if it
works for articles though. Anyone know if IIS supports something similar to
mod_rewrite? The NCLTC web site is also based on PostNuke but is served by
IIS intead of Apache.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
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