Techie Stuff - Part 1

04-04-2001, 12:02 AM

JAI GURUDEV
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