Re: Code for off-site Maintenance?

Thanks Justin, A web-based control panel & content management system seems like a nice invitation to enter 'Hackers' Paradise'. I like the idea of doing it at home and testing, as you do. Something inside of me squirms at the idea of the whole shebang being tatooed by a hacker. Regards, Andre On Wednesday 21 August 2002 09:21 am, Justin French wrote: > I'm usually weeks, or month ahead of myself. The code I have in my local > environment is looking forward towards knew features, new ideas, etc etc. > Every week or two I grab a mirror of the online database (or I could > connect straight to it of course), and WHEN new code is ready to upload, I > do it via FTP. > > If I had a LOT of uploads, I'd write something that does it for me, > comparing dates or something. > > I do have a web-based control panel & content management system for some > sections of some sites, allowing me (or the client) to add / edit / delete > / arrange some content... > > End of the day, it's each to their own -- but I know that I wouldn't want > to be directly editing live code, data or modules on the fly. I like to > work on a mirror, test, test, test, upload, test. > > > Justin French > > on 21/08/02 10:11 PM, Andre Dubuc (aajdubuc@webhart.net) wrote: > > Soon, I will be transferring my site to go on-line with my IP. Since I've > > never managed anything off-site, I have a very fundamental question: > > > > What are the usual procedures with respect to maintaining a site, that > > is, accessing the PostgreSQL database for corrections, deletions, etc? > > > > One idea that occured to me: mirror the site here, complete with > > database, and modify stuff at this end, then upload to the IP. Or should > > I create some form of management code that would allow me, using php, to > > access and modify the stuff on-line. I've looked at Zope, Midguard, and > > another one, but they seem like over-kill (and I would have to change a > > lot of my code to use them). > > > > I would appreciate any input pointing how I should proceed -- I'm a total > > newbie in this area. Any pointers, or where to look, would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Tia, > > Andre