Project lead: Oliver.
Others:
- Diane Patzer (<dep14> (local: dianec) Days: M, T, Th, after 10 or 11am.
- Barry (for data and DB)
- Joanne (content)
Goal
CCMR's web service shuts down and Freed's web site continues to work correctly.
Strategy
Attempt migration to CIT's free LAMP service.
Possible investment, especially if above migration proves difficult:
- Identify options for hosting, and characterize trade-offs, including costs and administrative overhead.
Project notes
Migration to CIT's LAMP service
1/11/113: Confirmed that CIT AT can host the web site for free.
1/8/13: Oliver put in a request for service to CIT's Academic Technologies (AT) group (Todd Maniscalco <tam42>). They willl determine if this is a "fit" for their (free) service offerings.Ticket ID: 38530. Case number: INC000000770987.
12/17/12 (Mon): Oliver submitted request to <webservices@cornell.edu>. Since been confirmed that just exploring this option will cost a VM hosting fee as part of using CIT's otherwise-free LAMP service.
Michael Hint had CU's hostmaster change the <acert.cornell.edu> domain name in CU's DNSDB so it can accept changes from CRCF staff (12/18/12). Before this, the only person listed was former CCMR IT lead, who had left quite a while ago
Other notes
- Can Barry provide info about the personal pages, such as (1) which personal pages have data, (2) when was the last time site updated (last write-access)? and (3) last visit of a personal page by person-driven browsing (usage stats).
If not, who should contact Keith Earl to determine if he is using or needs the data from a personal page? Anyone else?
- Oddly, <http://acert.cornell.edu> does not resolve. Must have preceding "www" for some reason. Domain name tweak would be good to do!
- Purpose of PHP and MySQL:
- Provide consistent header/ footer/ left-bar navigation.
- Dynamically create (auto-generate) pages based on metadata. Ex: Publications. Uses Admin pages to edit/ add data and metadata.
- For a service request page, but that is rarely used. JavaScript investment could improve formatting of resulting email. Get's the right data from user, but could replace by telling user the data required.
- Never functioning, but had hoped for: Service request residing with DB for query by staff (for work flow).
Options/ Ideas
CIT offers a web development service.
AWP: Used by EMC2 for their web site. They would recommend them.
Oliver's meeting notes, 11/28/12's mtg
Barry: PHP/ MySQL-based.
Diane works part-time.
Ideas discussed at the meeting
- CIT's LAMP service (whole, dedicated machine guessed to cost ~$110/mo?)
- Bluehost, etc.
- HostMoster (used by Barry)
There may be some personal pages. Such as for Keith Earl.
Decision at meeting:
None recorded by me.
Past email threads, pre-meeting
Barry, 11/20/12, 2:34 PM
N/A.
Peter, 11/20/12, 12:51 PM
ACERT web site (as well as ftp) could be hosted by Chemistry Department and managed by its Webmaster.
Oliver, 11/20/12, 10:23 AM
(5) Web site hosting currently provided by CCMR for the Freed group.