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diff -u -r1.29 -r1.30
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-requirements.html	7 Jun 2008 20:28:49 -0000	1.29
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/apm-requirements.html	29 Dec 2008 22:21:04 -0000	1.30
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
           by OpenACS documentation staff.
         </div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="apm-requirements-intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>The following is a requirements document for the OpenACS Package Manager
 (APM), version 4.0 (APM4). APM4 offers a superset of APM v3.3 functionality
-with the following specific enhancements:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>A public procedural API. (v 3.3 only has web-based UI)</p></li><li><p>Support for dependency checking.</p></li><li><p>Support for compound packages (to support installation chaining).</p></li><li><p>Support for on-line parameter setting.</p></li><li><p>Support for sub-site level configuration (requires revised ad_parameter
+with the following specific enhancements:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>A public procedural API. (v 3.3 only has web-based UI)</p></li><li><p>Support for dependency checking.</p></li><li><p>Support for compound packages (to support installation chaining).</p></li><li><p>Support for on-line parameter setting.</p></li><li><p>Support for sub-site level configuration (requires revised parameter
 and /admin pages at sub-site level; deprecation of site-wide parameter
 file).</p></li></ul></div><p>To differentiate these new requirements from the requirements of version
 3.3, all requirements new in v4 are prefaced with the number
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 </p></li><li><p><span class="strong">Web-based tools for package development:</span> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle"><li><p>Creating new packages locally</p></li><li><p>Releasing new versions of locally-created packages</p></li><li><p>Uploading packages to a global package repository on the web</p></li><li><p>Use of these tools should be safe, i.e. installing or removing a package
 should never break an OpenACS installation</p></li></ul></div></li><li><p><span class="strong">Web-based tools for package configuration:</span> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle"><li><p>The ability to change package parameter values on-line through a simple
-web interface.</p></li><li><p>A new ad_parameter which does not require a monolithic site-wide
+web interface.</p></li><li><p>A new parameter::get which does not require a monolithic site-wide
 parameter's file or server restarts for changes to take effect.</p></li><li><p>The ability to manage multiple package instances at the sub-site
 level.</p></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="apm-requirements-use-cases"></a>Use-cases and User-scenarios</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>
 The APM is intended for the following classes of users, which may or may not
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diff -u -r1.28 -r1.29
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites-requirements.html	7 Jun 2008 20:28:51 -0000	1.28
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites-requirements.html	29 Dec 2008 22:21:04 -0000	1.29
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 subcommunities.</p></li></ol></div><p>Joe Programmer is working on the forum package and wants to make it
 subsite-aware. Using [ad_conn package_id], Joe adds code that only displays
 forum messages associated with the current package instance. Joe is happy to
-realize that ad_parameter is already smart enough to return configuration
+realize that parameter::get is already smart enough to return configuration
 parameters for the current package instance, and so he has to do no extra
 work to tailor configuration parameters to the current subsite.</p><p>Jane Admin maintains www.company.com. She learns of Joe's work and
 would like to set up individual forums for the Boston and Austin offices of
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/apm-requirements.xml
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diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/apm-requirements.xml	17 Jul 2006 05:38:38 -0000	1.8
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/apm-requirements.xml	29 Dec 2008 22:21:04 -0000	1.9
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 <listitem><para>Support for on-line parameter setting.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>Support for sub-site level configuration (requires revised ad_parameter
+<listitem><para>Support for sub-site level configuration (requires revised parameter
 and /admin pages at sub-site level; deprecation of site-wide parameter
 file).</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/ext-auth-design.xml	17 Jul 2006 05:38:38 -0000	1.3
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/ext-auth-design.xml	29 Dec 2008 22:21:04 -0000	1.4
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     {email:text}
     {password}
 } -on_submit {
-    if { [ad_parameter UsernameIsEmail] == 't' } {
+    if { [parameter::get -parameter UsernameIsEmail] == 't' } {
        set email $username
     }
     array set auth_info [auth::authenticate \
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@
     if { [ad_check_password $user_id $password] } {
         set auth_info(auth_status) "ok"
     } else {
-       if { [ad_parameter EmailForgottenPasswordP] == 't' } {
+       if { [parameter::get -parameter EmailForgottenPasswordP] == 't' } {
             set auth_info(auth_status) "bad_password"
             ... display link...
        } else {
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@
         }
     }
     # Notify admin on new registration
-    if {[ad_parameter NotifyAdminOfNewRegistrationsP "security" 0]} {
+    if {[parameter::get -parameter NotifyAdminOfNewRegistrationsP -default 0]} {
         with_catch errmsg {
             ns_sendmail \
                 $notification_address \
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--- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/subsites-requirements.xml	17 Jul 2006 05:38:38 -0000	1.6
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/kernel/subsites-requirements.xml	29 Dec 2008 22:21:04 -0000	1.7
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 <para>Joe Programmer is working on the forum package and wants to make it
 subsite-aware. Using [ad_conn package_id], Joe adds code that only displays
 forum messages associated with the current package instance. Joe is happy to
-realize that ad_parameter is already smart enough to return configuration
+realize that parameter::get is already smart enough to return configuration
 parameters for the current package instance, and so he has to do no extra
 work to tailor configuration parameters to the current subsite.</para>