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Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface
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From: dan <dan...@gm...> - 2008-05-27 22:10:24
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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 <rob...@bi...> 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 > > <rob...@bi... <mailto:rob...@bi...>> > > 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 > > > <rob...@bi... > > <mailto:rob...@bi...> > > <mailto:rob...@bi... > > <mailto:rob...@bi...>>> > > > 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. 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