Re: WebCat 5 Intranet Question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49367
interpreted = N
texte = SMSI: could the intranet templates be merged with a CMS such as Nitai's Redakto (sp?), leaving the templates encrypted but giving owners the ability to change the appearance, add links or even new pages?Just a thought...GK -----Original Message----- From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of Rob Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:45 PM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: WebCat 5 Intranet Question Hi Phil.Ok, I've calmed down now... ;~)The mentioned items would be perfect, as we could sell the base system as a canned solution. But with no means of expanding the system it would quickly loss interest and die.There has to be some means to accomplish this through .inc's or whatever. The look and feel is fine and totally acceptable in most situations, but most corporations have multiple websites(intranet, internet), and if there is no means to even provide links to call external information, it's kind of useless.If it remains proprietary, maybe consider selling or offering various navigation configurations.We would make it available to clients on an as is basis, referring to the encrypted templates, as long as the primary obstacle, for us could be overcome.We would probably offer this out as a bonus with the development of any major site... ;~)Just my 2 cents...Rob> The Intranet templates are marketed as a turn-key application, not a > development platform. If we were to offer them as unencrypted, it would > essentially render them open-source, even if there were some License > agreement for the source code ... I think history has shown that the honor > system of adhering to license agreement text is not consistently affective > without some form of enforcement mechanism. I think we would be open to > ideas on how to make the Intranet templates a more 'open' platform for > development while still retaining a real, enforceable mechanism to ensure > that any deployment of an Intranet based upon them is dependent upon a > purchased license for their use. > > Nothing new was added to the Intranet templates for 5.0 since we were > focusing our manpower resources on other functionality areas. This is the > same Intranet as was released back in October, though with the addition of > the Calendar in 4.5.1. I'll be the first to admit that they don't currently > support customization and extensibility by other third parties. So the > other part of the discussion is ideas for enhancements to the Intranet to > make it more extensible, i.e., things like the ability to add your own .inc > templates to the administrative section for creating new 'tabs' based upon > your own templates, having an unencrypted template of the baseline graphics > so you could add your own functionality but with the same look/feel, then > include it into the admin section, etc. > > I'd be happy to hear ideas from the community so we can look at what would > fit into a plan for 5.1. > > Phil B.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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SMSI: could the intranet templates be merged with a CMS such as Nitai's Redakto (sp?), leaving the templates encrypted but giving owners the ability to change the appearance, add links or even new pages?Just a thought...GK -----Original Message----- From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of Rob Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:45 PM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: WebCat 5 Intranet Question Hi Phil.Ok, I've calmed down now... ;~)The mentioned items would be perfect, as we could sell the base system as a canned solution. But with no means of expanding the system it would quickly loss interest and die.There has to be some means to accomplish this through .inc's or whatever. The look and feel is fine and totally acceptable in most situations, but most corporations have multiple websites(intranet, internet), and if there is no means to even provide links to call external information, it's kind of useless.If it remains proprietary, maybe consider selling or offering various navigation configurations.We would make it available to clients on an as is basis, referring to the encrypted templates, as long as the primary obstacle, for us could be overcome.We would probably offer this out as a bonus with the development of any major site... ;~)Just my 2 cents...Rob> The Intranet templates are marketed as a turn-key application, not a > development platform. If we were to offer them as unencrypted, it would > essentially render them open-source, even if there were some License > agreement for the source code ... I think history has shown that the honor > system of adhering to license agreement text is not consistently affective > without some form of enforcement mechanism. I think we would be open to > ideas on how to make the Intranet templates a more 'open' platform for > development while still retaining a real, enforceable mechanism to ensure > that any deployment of an Intranet based upon them is dependent upon a > purchased license for their use. > > Nothing new was added to the Intranet templates for 5.0 since we were > focusing our manpower resources on other functionality areas. This is the > same Intranet as was released back in October, though with the addition of > the Calendar in 4.5.1. I'll be the first to admit that they don't currently > support customization and extensibility by other third parties. So the > other part of the discussion is ideas for enhancements to the Intranet to > make it more extensible, i.e., things like the ability to add your own .inc > templates to the administrative section for creating new 'tabs' based upon > your own templates, having an unencrypted template of the baseline graphics > so you could add your own functionality but with the same look/feel, then > include it into the admin section, etc. > > I'd be happy to hear ideas from the community so we can look at what would > fit into a plan for 5.1. > > Phil B.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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