Re: WebCatalog for guestbook ?

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10303
interpreted = N
texte = I'm not sure exactly what features you want in a guestbook, but yes, WebCatalog is an excellent tool for developing such a thing. I'd start with the Classifieds demo, because it contains some good security ideas under the hood. The database contains username/password fields that disable anyone but the 'owner' of a record from messing with the record. And as long as you don't publish a URL to a template that displays all the entries, you can keep people from downloading your list of guests.>Given the ability to have web access to catalogs, both for browsing and >updating entries: > > Has anyone used it for GuestBooks ? > >The permissions would have to be set pretty carefully, but given the ease >with which web-based additions can be made, it would seem to be a natural >to use WebCatalog for guest books if it is already being used for other >catalogs anyway.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WebCatalog for guestbook ? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Re: WebCatalog for guestbook ? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  3. Re: WebCatalog for guestbook ? (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  4. Re: WebCatalog for guestbook ? (Rob Schmidt 1997)
  5. WebCatalog for guestbook ? (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
I'm not sure exactly what features you want in a guestbook, but yes, WebCatalog is an excellent tool for developing such a thing. I'd start with the Classifieds demo, because it contains some good security ideas under the hood. The database contains username/password fields that disable anyone but the 'owner' of a record from messing with the record. And as long as you don't publish a URL to a template that displays all the entries, you can keep people from downloading your list of guests.>Given the ability to have web access to catalogs, both for browsing and >updating entries: > > Has anyone used it for GuestBooks ? > >The permissions would have to be set pretty carefully, but given the ease >with which web-based additions can be made, it would seem to be a natural >to use WebCatalog for guest books if it is already being used for other >catalogs anyway.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | Tools for WebWarriors Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebCommerce Solution 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, #462 | SiteEdit, SiteCheck, PhotoMaster San Diego, CA 92128 | 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com Grant Hulbert

DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!

Top Articles:

Talk List

The WebDNA community talk-list is the best place to get some help: several hundred extremely proficient programmers with an excellent knowledge of WebDNA and an excellent spirit will deliver all the tips and tricks you can imagine...

Related Readings:

Make sure I understand this??? (1997) Unexpected error (1997) Bug or syntax error on my part? (1997) Beta version-Mac? (was Emailer update for Mac?) (1998) # fields limited? (1997) Append command (2000) Multiple prices (1997) Signal Raised Error (Part II) (1997) [table] and simultaneous users (2008) OT: Weird table rendering w/ WebCat in Explorer (2005) Signal Raised (1997) forms processing (2000) IIS4 (1998) WebCatalog for Dummies part 2 (2000) Database flushing does not work any more... (2000) Read and Write (2001) form ENCTYPE confusion (2003) default value from Lookup (was Grant, please help me) (1997) [WebDNA] help with writefile (2012) Execute Applescript (1997)