Thanks for your continued input on this challenge. I'll try and answer the posts up to this message in one swoop.
1) The content will most likely change every day, sometimes more often. This content change could be both with the client himself, or with end users who use the site (ie, members posting messages on the internal message board. 2) Most of the images on the site are absolutes (since most of the page contents are aggregations of includes pulled from different folders of the site). So this part would not be a problem. 3) The links being relative could be more of an issue, though not insurmountable. 4) Since these are very large organizations interested in picking up the pages, we could just provide the URL's - though it might be a tough sell. Keep the ideas coming - this is very enlightening (for me anyway). Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: David Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Sorta OT:Posting One Site Inside Another Mark, After thinking about your challenge, I think about the only way to do this would be for each potential client to give you an FTP directory. Then, you could schedule an FTP process to send up all of the pages in a container. They could then wrap the container with their ASP. PHP, CF or whatever to suck it into their operation. How "dyanmic" would the content be? I mean, info changing daily, weekly, hourly, what? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffry Houser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: RE: Sorta OT:Posting One Site Inside Another > Do you want them to hit your images remotely, or have a local copy? > How often do they want it updated? > > This seems like an unconventional request to say the least, > especially since you have no control over the remote site. ( > Shouldn't it be there problem on how to get it? Of course it should, > but it's not... ) > > At 11:02 AM 9/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >They want a copy of the complete site, with my client's header and > >footer, and look and feel. > > > >Thanks, > >Mark > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:57 AM > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: Re: Sorta OT:Posting One Site Inside Another > > > > > > I'm confused.. > > My first thought was a frame. Arguments could be made that using > >a frame is leaving the members-only site, at least for a single > >frame. > > > > Are you ( they ) really looking for a copy of the complete site, > >including "your" look and feel? Or do they just want to be able to > >display the data? Can you just create an XML version of your site's > >data and give > >them access to it? > > > >At 10:06 AM 9/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >A client wants to be able to offer the ability to post his site > > >INSIDE an organization's members-only password protected area > > >(outputting everything between <HTML></HTML>). As an example, say > > >I launch a browser window going to Macromedis's homepage; below the > > >flash banner I > > > > >would pull in MSN.com (the entire page). > > > > > >Here's the problem: If the organization had their site written in > > >CF, I > > > > >could use CFHTTP. But this ability needs to be cross-platform (ie, > > >posting my client's CF pages inside ASP, JSP, etc.) > > > > > >[A clickable hyperlink to my client's content, launching a new > > >browser > > >window) was originally discussed - however the organizations wanting to > > > > >buy this site content doesn't want people leaving their member's > > >only area for any reason - this would be a deal-killer] > > > > > >Is there a way to do this? How would I package the my client's > > >site so > > > > >that others can pick it up and insert it inside their site. Would > > >it be XML? WDDX? I really don't know where to begin with this one. > > >Are there some reference books, sites, tutorials that are > > >recommended? > > > > > >Hopefully this description is clear. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Mark > > > > > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > Vote for ColdFusion: A Beginner's Guide in > the ColdFusion Developer's Journal Readers Choice Awards > <http://www.sys-con.com/coldfusion/readerschoice2002/> > -- > My CFMX Book: > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> > My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
