Hi Eric, Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great idea but it doesn't answer my original question about where/how to store my data... Perhaps I should clarify this a little - obviously I could store such data in a file somewhere in the hierarchy. But I am planning to have my site webhosted, and am not sure how easy it would be to just go in and update a file on a webhost without uploading entirely new data for my website. Perhaps this is easier than I think - and if so I'm sorry to bother everyone with "dumb questions". I haven't had my own website in some time, and the last one I had was a very simple one.
Also sure, I'd love examples of doing this kind of thing if you have some you'd like to point me to. Thanks, - paul r. On 2012-07-05, at 10:39 AM, Erik Alphenaar wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Why not schedule an importer and import the external data into a > predefined format into the data module? This way the content is > easily accessible, and does not rely on performance etc of the other > sites. > > You could schedule the job to run daily or weekly or whatever using a > cron / quartz trigger. > > Hope this suits your needs! Can point you to some nice examples. > > > Best regards, > Erik Alphenaar. > www.orange11.nl > > On 5 jul. 2012, at 19:19, "Paul Rasmussen (via Magnolia Forums)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm planning to write some software to display some data on my site which is >> not generally available but which can be gleaned from reading data on >> several websites. To do this I'd like to have my program access some data on >> my site which would guide it on how to interpret the data it reads. A rough >> example is my data could say that the site "foo.edu" has data in "format 1" >> and the site "bar.edu" has data in "format 2". I don't expect this data to >> change often but sometimes it will need to be updated. I am wondering if >> anyone has any suggestions about how this might best be accomplished in >> terms of where best to store such data so that it can be read >> programmatically and edited by me but not by anyone who accesses my site. >> >> Thanks, >> >> - paul r. >> >> -- >> Context is everything: >> http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/forum/thread.html?threadId=3c905056-70fc-4d0d-a7f4-3544c668adb0 >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> For list details, see >> http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html >> Alternatively, use our forums: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/ >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > For list details, see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html > Alternatively, use our forums: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details, see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html Alternatively, use our forums: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
