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 +<box 30% right right-clear red|More Web Publishing Information>
 +{{indexmenu>:computing:web:web_publishing#1}}
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 ====== Research Group or project web sites ====== ====== Research Group or project web sites ======
  
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 ===== Wiki sites ===== ===== Wiki sites =====
  
-Wiki pages can be created for group purposes under the URL ''http://zzz.physics.umn.edu/groups''. These pages can be edited directly within your web browser using standard [[http://dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]] formatting. You can also upload images or other media, and we also support some extra features such as basic LaTeX formatting. However you cannot change the template used by the site, so its basic appearance is fixed (however since the university and college "require" use of their defined headers and footers on university-hosted sites, this is a moot point).+Wiki pages can be created for group purposes under the URL ''http://zzz.physics.umn.edu/groups''. These pages can be edited directly within your web browser using standard [[http://dokuwiki.org|DokuWiki]] formatting. You can also upload images or other media, and we also support some extra plugins such as basic LaTeX formatting or database queries. You cannot change the template used by the site, so its basic appearance is fixed, but since the university and college "require" use of their defined headers and footers on university-hosted sites, this is perhaps best left alone.
  
-===== Standard sites =====+Once we've set up the group area for you, you as the "group manager" can control who is allowed to edit it from within your MyPhys page. 
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 +===== Standard group sites =====
  
 Group websites are generally set up on the server ''groups.physics.umn.edu''. Group websites are generally set up on the server ''groups.physics.umn.edu''.
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 The content for the site would be stored in the ''public_html'' subdirectory in the service account home, eg ''/home/webgroups/lemming/public_html'' The content for the site would be stored in the ''public_html'' subdirectory in the service account home, eg ''/home/webgroups/lemming/public_html''
  
-As such sites usually need to be maintained by more than one person, we will set up a "service account" for the site (eg "lemmingweb"). The account can't be accessed directly as it won't have a password, rather you would log in to your regular personal linux account, and access the service account using the ''sudo'' command. You need to let us know the list of usernames which should be allowed to access the account.+As such sites often need to be edited by more than one person, we generally set up a "service account" for the site (eg "lemmingweb"). The account can't be accessed directly, rather you would log in to your regular personal linux account, and then access the service account using the ''sudo'' command (eg "''sudo -u lemmingweb bash''" to obtain a shell). You need to let us know the list of usernames which should be allowed to access the account for site editing. 
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 +Using a service account like this (rather than simple unix group permissions) is necessary so that dynamic content (eg, PHP code) can work correctly. 
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 +===== Named sites ===== 
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 +For institutes or programs we can set up a named website, such as ''hstm.physics.umn.edu'' 
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 +===== More details for standard and named sites ===== 
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 +==== Dynamic content ==== 
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 +We can support PHP content on both the standard and named sites. It's not enabled by default - please contact us if you need it. Named sites also support regular CGI. 
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 +==== SSL support ====
  
-Using a service account like this (rather than simple unix group permissions) is necessary so that features such as CGI can work correctly.+For various reasons, SSL is not enabled on the standard or named sites (it is on the wiki site).
  
-===== Data storage =====+==== Data storage ====
  
 Neither of these hosting systems is appropriate for large amounts of data. If you need to serve large datasets (more than one GB), then you should talk to us about the specific requirements. Neither of these hosting systems is appropriate for large amounts of data. If you need to serve large datasets (more than one GB), then you should talk to us about the specific requirements.
  
-===== Template requirement =====+==== Template requirement ====
  
 The university has a set of templates which provide required headers and footers for sites hosted here. The university has a set of templates which provide required headers and footers for sites hosted here.
computing/web/web_publishing/groupsites.1310596132.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/07/13 17:28 by allan

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