Thanks for the update. I'll be watching for any announcements related to redundancy.
-Steve On Dec 21, 9:31 am, David Huynh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > You're right that you would need your ISP to support Java servlets to > run painter. We're thinking of running painter at several places for > redundancy, so that you can switch between them in case one goes down. > But a client side painter is also a great alternative. > > David > > Steve wrote: > > Hi David, > > If I'm reading things correctly, unfortunately, that's not a generic > > solution as it requires specific technology from your ISP which mine > > unfortunately, doesn't support. > > > I think I'll need to investigate the thread where a client side > > painter was posted as that seems like the only viable alternative. The > > MIT painter URL is still down and has broken the app I've been working > > on so I need to seek another solution. > > > -Steve > > > On Dec 19, 11:21 am, David Huynh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Robert Forkel wrote: > > >>> hi, > >>> i took the opportunity today - simile.mit.edu being down - to get > >>> exhibit plus timeline and maps extension to run independent of > >>> simile.mit.edu. > >>> while the necessary changes in the source code to work around hard > >>> coded paths were pretty minimal (i have to clean up my code before it > >>> can serve as a tutorial), the problem with the painter script was > >>> harder. the map extension call a script running on simile.mit.edu to > >>> create dynamic map markers on the fly. > >>> i first replaced that script with a pretty basic python cgi script > >>> using PIL to create rather primitive markers, but then found the > >>> javascript here: > >>>http://gmaps-utility-library.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mapiconmaker/re... > >>> which i simply substituted for the Exhibit.MapView._makeIcon function. > >>> the only thing left to do now is replacing the calls to the painter > >>> script used for the markers in the map legend. > >>> regards, > >>> robert > > >> In case you still want to use "painter", then you can host it yourself > >> at some URL and then tell Exhibit to use that service URL: > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/84... > >> <http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/84...> > > >> David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
