In the meantime, check which software you will need for this (such as MySQL etc)
________________________________ Ramon Casha Megabyte Ltd (www.megabyte.net) F4, The Technopark, Mosta MST02 Malta tel: (+356) 2142 1600 fax: (+356) 2142 1590 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Azzopardi Sent: It-Tlieta, 1 ta' Novembru 2005 10:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Malta Linux User Group - general list Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] PHP based forum.. Thanks for the support.. My MSN is [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those who shun MSN, my google talk address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 01 November 2005 09:28, Andrew Cilia wrote: > I would say that there isn't a problem working on the current mirror but > you would need to get the committee's blessing on that. If you do get it > (the blessing), I recommend you contact one of us to get passwords etc. > and we'll try to help via MSN. Just make sure that you have backups of > everything because the current mirror is in its death throes. > > Cheers > > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 09:18 +0100, Jean Azzopardi wrote: > > In the mean time, before the mirror arrives, we can use free webspace > > available online? > > I wouldn't mind helping to set it up, as long as I am with someone a bit > > more knowledgeable than me... > > > > On Tuesday 01 November 2005 08:36, Andrew Cilia wrote: > > > Gentlemen, > > > is this something we can install on the new mirror when it arrives? > > > Maybe Jean would like to help set it up. > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 11:40 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I agree on running a PHP site (perl sites are old school too). There > > > > again... PHP is so light that you can run it on the same webserver. I > > > > run 4 language flavours on my website without having any problems > > > > apart from memory because the machine has only 128Mb of RAM. > > > > > > > > PHP > > > > PERL > > > > PYTHON > > > > JSP > > > > > > > > BTW... did you ever integrate Mambo with a forum? > > > > > > > > What is actually dynamic on the MLUG server other than the wiki? > > > > > > > > I personally prefer TikiWiki, although MediaWiki is good too. Depends > > > > what you need. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Raphael > > > > > > > > Quoting Vitaly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Maybe we could assemble a small server of unused or old components > > > > > or collect money from donations, so then you ll build a dedicated > > > > > server running PERL/PHP site. > > > > > > > > > > BTW, I don't understand why JSPs are used. JSP waste memory and it > > > > > is viable to use Java functionality in business projects which > > > > > require complex solutions. But MLUG website is small and simple. > > > > > IMHO it is much simpler to run PHP/PERL sites. > > > > > Additionally there is a bunch of free content management systems > > > > > which support forums and mailing lists such as Mambo. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Vitaly > > > > > > > > > > P.S. Mambo uses PHP so it would be easy to integrate it with any > > > > > PHP forum software. In fact that's what many people do. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Azzopardi > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:23 PM > > > > > To: Malta Linux User Group - general list > > > > > Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] PHP based forum.. > > > > > > > > > > Also, regarding the forums, not all people are going to ask > > > > > questions of the same calibre as in the mailing list. Generally, in > > > > > the mailing list, we have the experts...(wish I was one of them) > > > > > discussing and asking questions, while users of the forum will > > > > > probably be low calibre users who might ask questions of the sort: > > > > > > > > > > How do I install NVIDIA drivers? > > > > > How do I burn an .iso file? > > > > > How do I install a tarball? > > > > > How do I compile from source? > > > > > > > > > > These, we can easily answer. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MLUG-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list DISCLAIMER The information contained in this electronic mail may be confidential or legally privileged. 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