"Chris Babcock" <cbabcock@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:20071201171834.611ea46a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:50:35 -0500
> "David E. Cohen" <david_e_cohen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> It looks like English, and I'm sure it makes sense, but I got lost
>> somewhere in the second sentence. LOL
>
> OK, looks like some de-geeking is required...
Thank you. :^)
>> > My main concern is how much utility the site has.
>
> What did people get from the site? It seems that everything has been on
> the Yahoogroups for awhile, which is fine unless they convert to a paid
> service or their advertising becomes unconscionably aggressive. If the
> only remaining purpose of the website is to point people to the groups
> then I can have the site up in no time.
Well, there was certain content that has been useful, in addition to
pointing to the yahoogroups. I will gladly discuss it with you privately,
if you wish. There is also the matter of adding something that had never
been there previously, namely the Diplomacy webring toolbar, which I will
address in a separate email to this group.
>
>> > I need to
>> > convert the database from Access to MySQL and change all the
>> > directory paths to lower case.
>
> There is no way to access the MS Access database on the fly from a
> website that is hosted on a non-Windows Operating System. Also, the
> directory structure needs to be cleaned up.
>
>> > Since there's no interest in
>> > continuing development, the most likely course of action from that
>> > point is to try Mono to see if it works with minimal hassle then
>> > convert it to PHP if I plan to add or repair functionality without
>> > the benefit of any ASPies.
>
> Two of the more common ways of serving content to the web that is
> stored in a database are ASP and PHP. You don't need to know what the
> abbreviations stand for, just that PHP is usually used on Linux and
> other *nix systems, while ASP is used with Windows. It's now possible
> for me to host an ASP site on my Linux machine using a program called
> Mono, but I'm not going to learn any more ASP than I have to to get the
> site working with Mono and the new database. If there are to be new
> things added to the site there are two ways that it will happen. Either
> someone who works with ASP will volunteer or I'll run the pages through
> a Linux program called "asp2php" and do my best to get the resulting
> code working so that I can grow the site.
>
>> > My priorities and course of action
>> > depend largely upon what the stakeholders would like from the site.
>
> Stakeholders is another piece of jargon. It refers to those who have an
> interest in the site. It seems at this point as though that is a small
> number indeed.
>
>> > At this point, my only contact has been with those who are burnt
>> > out on the project. My wiring is a little different, so it's a
>> > little difficult to understand what I'm asking for when I solicit
>> > input.
>
> When I ask what people want, I don't mean that I'm going to finish it
> this weekend. It just means that I want information that can help me
> set my priorities. Websites are the public face of my efforts, after
> email they come first.
>
> Chris
>
Ok. Thanks for the translation. As I said previously, I will gladly
discuss it with you privately. Use my zendip18 AT optonline DOT net email
address, please.
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