At 9:34 AM +1000 on 5/3/99, Adrian Sutton wrote:
>> Alain : I could whip up a voting CGI in a flash, a CGI quite similar to
>> the one that has been hosting the Save-HyperCard Petition which,
>> incidentally, now has 786 signatures.
>
>Adrian: I began working on a voting cgi that will be generic enough to be used for
>all our voting needs last night. I'm not sure when it will be fully ready though.
>Alain, is this functionality already covered by your collaboration infrastructure? I
>would really like to know what has been done
>with this infrastructure and what needs to be done so that I get help out.
>
>> Someone : I would like to see the cgi option (with some form of
>> security to be sure only members vote)...
>>
>> Alain : Password-protection is quite easy to implement.
>
>Adrian: How would you implement it so that the passwords remain
>safe while the cgi can be placed in the downloads folder (so others
>can make changes, bug fixes etc)?
>
>> Adrian : A CGI'd be nice, but then we'd need to issue everyone
>> passwords and authenticate. I could host a CGI for this (and write it
>> too), but I think we should just email to a person or the group.
>>
>> Alain : In the spirit of simplicity, we could indeed use E-mail this
>> time. I will attempt, however, to deliver a voting CGI, unless you want
>> me to host yours instead.
>
>Adrian: I have started one as I mentioned above, so if you haven't
>already got one programmed, perhaps it would be best for you to
>continue with other aspects of the collaboration infrastructure.
>
>> Adrian : Would you prefer someone else to take over hosting the site
>> (assuming someone can)?
>>
>> Alain : No. I would definitely prefer to continue hosting the UFP and
>> OpenCard web sites. My 2nd version of the UFP infrastructure has been
>> and still is running. And my 1st version of the OODL infrastructure,
>> which will likely serve as a template for the 3rd version of the UFP,
>> is close to completion. If I wasn't such a perfectionist ( and other
>> factors ), these new versions would already be online. I am considering
>> showing off some of the infrastructure's pages to get some feedback
>> from y'all.
>
>Adrian: That's what I was hoping to hear. :) You are most definitely welcome to
>continue hosting the UFP and OpenCard web sites, you've done such a good job in the
>past.
