[VPM] database frontend II

Peter Scott peter at PSDT.com
Fri Mar 21 14:15:06 CST 2003


At 12:12 PM 3/21/03 -0800, nkuipers wrote:
>Hello fellow Mongers,
>
>I gave some thought (though you'll probably conclude, "not much") to the
>layout of afore-mentioned database frontend, and put together a skeleton so
>that you can get an idea of what I am trying to accomplish.
>
>You can find it at http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~nkuipers/title.html
>
>Basically, it consists of a welcome page, a [very preliminary] documentation
>page, a [not yet password protected] search page, and some links.  The search
>page is a form who elements are not yet active.
>
>I welcome any criticism on the layout/design, and any tips for making it
>better.

The comments of the people who are going to be using the system are the 
ones you want.

>So, I have a postgres database being populated as I write, and a nice looking
>frontend.  Now is the hard(?) part, designing and writing the guy who sits in
>the middle.  I've all but decided on using HTML::Template as my main tool,

I would concur.  I find it to be just right.

>and
>am studying its documentation again.  Again, any advice for how to proceed
>securely is much appreciated.

What do you mean by "securely"?

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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