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Agenda:
David J. Murdoch handed out
copies of the current CSuite Brochure, with the request that we review it
and send comments to him at djm@chebucto.ns.ca by Friday, so that he could prepare a
new print run.
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More review input on the Chebucto User Guide is
needed. A few comments were received from the first review group
identified at the Internet Show. A note in the Message Of The Day (motd)
has been suggested to encourage a broad spectrum review, with a general
e-mail if necessary. Details will be finalized by e-mail among the
help-doc group.
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The major activity for this week was a design session for the new Lynx
"Start Page". Please correct mistakes or omissions in these notes.
Goals
- better communications
- expose
- services
- links
- tips
- sponsors
- revenue generation
- Information Providers
- Promote interesting and new sites
- education
- interesting, dynamic
- personalized messages
- mail status
- quota
- membership solicitation to non-members
- donation solicitation to heavy users
- custom options
- local issues
- events
- customizable
- success stories, meet people
- move functions from shell script
Principles
- novice friendly
- clean, simple
- primarily linear
- not "too long"
- no mysterious disappearances
Format
- Mandatory header
- User Customizable Header (Default, but configurable)
- Message body
- Each of the following consist of queues of messages submitted by
appropriate bodies to a special archive constructed for the purpose.
Some would be organized LIFO, some random selection, all with active
expiry flags.
- 1 to n of
- System messages
- Quota message
- Personal messages
- 1 to n of
- Board
- Volunteer
- Events
- 1 to n of
- Tech messages
- Help Messages
- IP messages
- Mandatory Footer
- User Customizable Footer (Default none)
Process
Present ideas call for a script that runs at login, and generates a page
which would be stored at some location (perhaps create /tmp/$USER with
permission 700 at login, use it for all temporary files, remove directory
on logout. This will mean modification to all executables that create
temporaries :-( but this will resolve a security issue. ;-) and more
consistently purge /tmp ;-)
The script will build the page depending on the configuration options
specified by the user or from the default options. After inserting the
mandatory parts, as many of the optional parts will be inserted as will
fit on the screen as determined from $TERM and $LINES.
- Issues to be resolved
- Should the page be limited to a single standard screen (24 lines) or
be allowed to run over.
- How to incorporate updated information
- Whether to rebuild page on user command
- Details of selection strategies for queues
- Provision of archives for queues, viewing messages
- User configurable links
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Gerard presented a quick summary of the system he is preparing for
enabling authorized group leaders to grant privileges to those who need
access to various "special" areas and services in the system. Based on
GAWK scripts and sudo, it promises to more effectively distribute control
to those who need to have volunteers undertake specific responsibilities.
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Submitted by Ed
Dyer aa146@chebucto.ns.ca
Workshop Coordinator David J Murdoch djm@chebucto.ns.ca