[rochester-pm-list] Perl Webpage Publishing Systems

[David Simcik]

Hmmmm...this may not help to clarify and will sound a bit rudimentary, but
here goes. If you look at any "big" portal site say, CNET or ZDNET, you'll
notice that their URL's have Perl parameters in them, even though though they
are not passing form data. In essence, this is how they manage their archive
of thousands of articles
at their sites. I can only assume this type of script would be placed under
the category of "document management" or "document publishing". Maybe it's
just a template built in Perl that they use to maintain consistency?

Here's an example from Webmonkey:
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/perl/?tw=perl

And CNET:
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Gadgets/Special/DigitalTV/?st.cn.fd.gen.gp

But then again, here's an example URL from DevHead (doesn't look like a
parameter, but what does it all mean???):
http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,1600169,00.html

I hope that helps to clarify a little. I think what I'm going for here is some
sort of document management automation. I think I also just confused the hell
out of lot of people!

Thanks again.
Dave


Brian Mathis wrote:

> I'd be glad to help, but I'm not sure what your question is.  Please be
> more specific.  What are you trying to do?  Your topic covers a braod
> range, try to narrow it down a little..
>
> Brian Mathis
>
> David Simcik wrote:
> >
> > Greetings!
> >     This is going to drive me crazy! I found a site about a month ago
> > that had a tutorial that dealt with this very topic...but naturally I
> > can't find it anymore! I think it was one of those Web developer sites
> > like Devnet, Webmonkey etc.-I checked them, but I still can't find it.
> > Here's an excerpt from O'Reilly's Learning Perl pg. 205-it's a pretty
> > good description of what I'm looking for:
> >
> > "Perl is great for creating custom publishing systems tailored to your
> > unique needs. It's easy to convert raw data into zillions of HTML pages
> > en masse. Sites all over the Web use Perl to generate and maintain their
> > entire website."
> >
> > It goes on to say how The Perl Journal (ww.tpj.com) and perl.com use
> > this sort of system to generate thousands of pages.
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > Dave