(5) Web site, using PHP and MySQL

"Dynamic" web site, <http://www.acert.cornell.edu/>.

Project lead: Oliver.

Others:

• Diane Patzer (<dep14> (local: dianec)
• Barry (for data and DB)
• Joanne (content)

Goal

CCMR's web service shuts down and Freed's web site continues to work correctly.

Strategy

Identify options for hosting, and characterize trade-offs, including costs and administrative overhead.

Project 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).
• Oddly, <http://acert.cornell.edu> does not resolve. Must have preceding "www" for some reason. Domain name tweak would be good to do!
• Question: What is purpose of PHP and MySQL, if not just for site navigation? If that's all it's being use for, seems much easier/ cheaper ways to accomplish this

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:

Joanne (is this correct?) will contact Keith Earl to determine if he is using or needs the data from a personal page.

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.