Techie Stuff - Part 1

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Hi all,

 

I've got my hand dirty with code. The new website would be driven by XML and

ASP. I also considered using an access db for faster query based searching, but

due to the proposed hugeness, I decided to make it using XML. Technically, there

would be two sections: (a) Public (b) Author

 

(a) Public:

This is what the world would see. It would contain:

1. Headlines of latest stuff from every section (yet to be decided).

2. Briefs from current section linked to complete article/post.

3. Glossaries: We would define glossary terms in the Author section and every

article, before getting displayed, would be scanned for these terms; if found,

that term would be linked to it's definition.

 

(b) Author:

This section would be password protected. Everyone, willing to contribute, would

be assigned a username and password. The author, after logging into his/her

account, would be able to post. I am also working on edit/delete options. The

post would then be saved as an XML file using the FileSystemObject and be shown

in the Public section instantly.

 

As Birendra suggested, the site can span through multiple accounts. But

Brinkster allows only one account per person, so we all have to create

accounts. Arvind, I need a vote on this point too. Are we going to make a

website bigger than 30 megs? Please note, we can't put audio/video/zip/pdf etc.

Brinkster doesn't allow these.

 

Coming up next: The Search

 

Sincerely,

 

Ashish Marathe

 

JAI GURUDEV