We're trying to set up a way of automating webpage generation for very
low-end users by using a web form created from a template file to input
their information and having a Perl CGI process and generate the web page
for them. We'd like to completely shield the users from having to know
*ANY* HTML. Here are some of the requirements that we'd like:
* Bulleted lists
* Create links
* Parse out paragraphs (for a <TEXTAREA> block)
* Change the title
* Save and create the filename
* Archive the previous version of the page
I know there are CGIs out there that do automate to some extent, but
they're pretty generic, and the few I've looked at don't meet the
requirements I've stated here. We're not trying to do anything
particularly special, just give some staff that are content specialists the
ability to create and maintain some very basic informational files about
their group.
We do have security in place, and we have individual home directories for
our users. And we also give the users authorization for their
group/program directories. So, we might be able to have them just save to
their home directories and then the root user could move them into their
proper place, if that's easier from a CGI point-of-view. It wouldn't be as
automatic, but it would be acceptable.
Has anyone done anything like this? Does anyone know of a current CGI that
could handle a project like this? Any pointers would be greatly
appreciated.
Please reply back to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
Cheers!
Tom
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Thomas Scott, Web and Instructional Design Group
Web Developer, Consultant/Advisor III
Electronic Information Services, 40 Warren Hall
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cce.cornell.edu/
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