Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml,v diff -u -r1.8.2.1 -r1.8.2.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml 24 Nov 2002 21:29:23 -0000 1.8.2.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/index.xml 30 Mar 2003 20:30:41 -0000 1.8.2.2 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ + @@ -56,152 +62,160 @@ + - + + + + + + - ]> OpenACS Documentation - - + + OpenACS For Everyone High level information: What is OpenACS? - + High level information: What is OpenACS? Overview - OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is an advanced - toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications. - If you're thinking of building an enterprise-level web application, - OpenACS is a solid, proven foundation that will give you a 3-6 month headstart. + OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is an + advanced toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented + web applications. If you're thinking of building an + enterprise-level web application, OpenACS is a solid, + proven foundation that will give you a 3-6 month + headstart. - OpenACS is also a collection of pre-built applications and services that - you can use to build your web site/application. Through a modular architecture, - OpenACS has packages for user/groups management, content management, e-commerce, - news, FAQ, calendar, forums, bug tracking, full-text searching, and - much more. + OpenACS is also a collection of pre-built applications and + services that you can use to build your web + site/application. Through a modular architecture, OpenACS + has packages for user/groups management, content + management, e-commerce, news, FAQ, calendar, forums, bug + tracking, full-text searching, and much + more. + - OpenACS relies on AOLserver, - the free, multithreaded, scalable, Tcl-enabled, web/application server used by - America On-Line for most of its web sites, and a true acid-compliant - Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Currently OpenACS supports - PostgreSQL, an open source RDBMS, and Oracle. (read more) + OpenACS relies on AOLserver, the + free, multithreaded, scalable, Tcl-enabled, + web/application server used by America On-Line for most of + its web sites, and a true acid-compliant Relational + Database Management System (RDBMS). Currently OpenACS + supports PostgreSQL, an open source RDBMS, and + Oracle. (read + more) - The OpenACS toolkit is based on the ArsDigita Community System. ArsDigita - (now part of Red Hat, Inc.) kindly made their work available under the - GPL, + The OpenACS toolkit is based on the ArsDigita Community + System. ArsDigita (now part of Red Hat, Inc.) kindly made + their work available under the GPL, making all of this possible. - The OpenACS community would like to hear your comments and help you - in your endeavors with the system. Stop by our web site - and feel free to ask a question, post ideas or whatever. + The OpenACS community would like to hear your comments and + help you in your endeavors with the system. Stop by our + web site and feel + free to ask a question, post ideas or whatever. - &release-notes; - - - - For OpenACS Admins - - Help to the folks keeping an OpenACS installation up and running. - - - - + + Administrator's Guide + &software; + Installing on Unix/Linux - - &install-overview; - &operating-system; - &oracle; - &postgres; - &aolserver; - &openacs; - &nextsteps; - &credits; - + &install-overview; + &operating-system; + &oracle; + &postgres; + &aolserver; + &openacs; + &credits; - - + Installing on Windows - - - Overview - This walks you through an OpenACS installation under Windows. - - &win2k; - - + + Installing on a Macintosh + &mac; + + + Upgrading + &upgrade; + + + Maintenance + &maintenance; + &database-maintenance; + &recovery; + + &redhat; - + For OpenACS Developers - This is the place to look if you want to extend OpenACS and build on top - of what's already here. Here you can find out about the guts of the system. + + This is the place to look if you want to extend OpenACS and build on + top of what's already here. Here you can find out about the + guts of the system. + - - OpenACS Developer's Guide + + Development Tutorial + &tutorial-newpackage; + &tutorial-database; + &tutorial-pages; + &tutorial-debug; + &tutorial-advanced; + - - Overview - A tour of what you need to know in order to extend OpenACS. - - + + Development Reference &packages; &objects; &rp; &api; &templates; &permissions; &subsites; - - - - - Other Developer Resources - - - Overview - Developer information that doesn't really fit anywhere else. - - &parties; &permissions-tedious; &object-identity; &programming-aolserver; - @@ -221,42 +235,50 @@ Kernel Documentation - + Overview Compared to its predecessors, version &version; of OpenACS has a much more structured organization, i.e. the most significant change is found at the system architecture level, reflected in the following hierarchy: - + - The OpenACS &version; Kernel, which handles system-wide necessities - such as metadata, security, users and groups, subsites, and - package management and deployment. - - - - - The OpenACS &version; Core, which comprises all the other packages - that ship with the kernel and are most frequently needed by users, - such as templating, bboard, and user registration/management. The - packages tend to be developed and distributed with the kernel. - - - - - OpenACS &version; Application packages, which typically provide - user-level web services built on top of the Kernel and Core. Such - packages include those built by ArsDigita as well as external - contributors. Application packages are developed separately from - the Kernel, and are typically released independently of it. - + + + The OpenACS &version; Kernel, which + handles system-wide necessities such as metadata, + security, users and groups, subsites, and package + management and deployment. + + + + + The OpenACS &version; Core, which + comprises all the other packages that ship with the + kernel and are most frequently needed by users, such as + templating, bboard, and user + registration/management. The packages tend to be + developed and distributed with the kernel. + + + + + OpenACS &version; Application + packages, which typically provide user-level + web services built on top of the Kernel and Core. Such + packages include those built by ArsDigita as well as + external contributors. Application packages are + developed separately from the Kernel, and are typically + released independently of it. + + - This document provides a high level overview of the kernel - package. Documentation for the other packages can be found elsewhere. + package. Documentation for the other packages can be found + elsewhere. @@ -270,18 +292,15 @@ &subsites-design; &apm-req; &apm-design; - + &db-api; &security-req; &security-design; &security-notes; &rp-req; &rp-design; - &db-api; &tcl-doc; &bootstrap-acs; - -