Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 71801 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2004 13:30:01 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Aug 2004 13:30:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 35374 invoked by uid 500); 8 Aug 2004 13:30:00 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-forrest-user-archive@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 35355 invoked by uid 500); 8 Aug 2004 13:30:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@forrest.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: user@forrest.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@forrest.apache.org Received: (qmail 35344 invoked by uid 99); 8 Aug 2004 13:30:00 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [195.200.0.96] (HELO relay1.ftech.net) (195.200.0.96) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 06:29:58 -0700 Received: from opal.ftech.net ([212.32.16.127] helo=mailgate.ftech.net) by relay1.ftech.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36-ftechp12 #2) id 1BtnkK-0007Iu-00 for user@forrest.apache.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:29:56 +0100 Received: from pc2.dspadsl.ftech.co.uk ([212.32.45.99] helo=dsp.ftech.co.uk) by mailgate.ftech.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36-ftechp12 #1) id 1BtnkK-0002MV-00 for user@forrest.apache.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:29:56 +0100 Received: from CHARLESS ([192.168.1.37]) by dsp.ftech.co.uk (dsp.ftech.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) (MDaemon.PRO.v7.1.2.R) with ESMTP id md50000053665.msg for ; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:29:54 +0100 Message-ID: <002b01c47d4b$c9c31100$2401a8c0@dsp.local> From: "Charles Palmer" To: Subject: Ideas for file downloads? Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:29:51 +0100 Organization: DSP Design MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0028_01C47D54.2A9AA800" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Processed: dsp.ftech.co.uk, Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:29:54 +0100 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-MDRemoteIP: 192.168.1.37 X-Return-Path: charles@dspdesign.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: user@forrest.apache.org X-MDAV-Processed: dsp.ftech.co.uk, Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:29:56 +0100 X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C47D54.2A9AA800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Team I'm looking at Forrest to see if it can serve my task of disseminating = technical information on our products (manuals, documents, software) to = our (technical) customers. We will create sites to upload to the web, as = well as copying to CD-ROMs. So far I can see ways of achieving most of = what we want. Thanks and well done! An unresolved problem is how to give our users access to files - perhaps = hundreds of files in dozens of directories (in a tree structure). Providing a link to a small numbers of files from within an XML/HTML = page is OK, and we can place the whole directory structure on a CD-ROM = (as well as the web) and tell our CD-ROM users where to browse to on = their PC. What I now need is some efficient method of getting web-based users to = navigate and download individual files or whole directories. Any ideas? One thought is to zip up files and directories, and give web-based users = links to the zip files. Is there a way of getting Forrest to automate = the zip process? Similarly the directory view of files in your own source code -e.g. at: = http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/forrest/trunk/?root=3DApache-SVN looks = a good example of navigating with a web browser (even though CVS is not = for me, and this doesn't look like it allows downloading of whole = directories). Any suggestions? Charles ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C47D54.2A9AA800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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I'm looking at Forrest to see if it can = serve my=20 task of disseminating technical information on our products (manuals, = documents,=20 software) to our (technical) customers. We will create sites=20 to upload to the web, as well as copying to CD-ROMs. So = far I can=20 see ways of achieving most of what we want. Thanks and well = done!
 
An unresolved problem is how to give = our users=20 access to files - perhaps hundreds of files in dozens of directories (in = a tree=20 structure).
 
Providing a link to a small numbers of = files from=20 within an XML/HTML page is OK, and we can place the whole directory = structure on a CD-ROM (as well as the web) and tell our CD-ROM users = where to=20 browse to on their PC.
 
What I now need is some efficient = method of getting=20 web-based users to navigate and download individual files or whole = directories.=20 Any ideas?
 
One thought is to zip up files and = directories, and=20 give web-based users links to the zip files. Is there a way of getting = Forrest=20 to automate the zip process?
 
Similarly the directory view of = files in your=20 own source code -e.g. at: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/forrest/trunk/?root=3DApache-SVN=  looks=20 a good example of navigating with a web browser (even though CVS is = not for=20 me, and this doesn't look like it allows downloading of whole=20 directories).
 
Any suggestions?
 
Charles
 
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