Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-27 Thread dan
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you recommend a good starting place for me to do some reading on cgi? > > -Rob > > dan

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-27 Thread Rob Owens
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

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-13 Thread dan
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 t

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-13 Thread Rob Owens
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

Re: [BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-12 Thread dan
?? 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 y

[BackupPC-users] dumb-down the CGI interface

2008-05-12 Thread Rob Owens
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 t