From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 18 12:35:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11CE9106566B for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:35:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93E18FC12 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:35:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6ADCEEBC0A; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:35:07 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Martin McCormick Message-Id: <20090618083507.9e257bf6.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200906181155.n5IBtfU1046242@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200906181155.n5IBtfU1046242@dc.cis.okstate.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automated Production of Web Pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:35:10 -0000 In response to Martin McCormick : > I have been asked to come up with an automated way of producing > web pages. Specifically, this is for mrtg but it really doesn't > matter. The idea is that there are many pages which are > identical except for different names and a couple of other items > such as whether the page represents a system that is actively > being polled or was being polled at one time but is now here for > archival purposes, that sort of thing. > > This needs to be some sort of script application so we > can feed it automatically and not have to manually build each > page. > > Is there any open-source platform which makes this > especially quick and easy? Of course, as one who likes to script > repetitive tasks, I can attest to the fact that that first > script is murder at times but the time you spent building it is > payed back the next time when it runs automatically at 3 A.M. > and only took 15 seconds to run. That's why I love Unix. > > So, are there php-based or other packages that help > automate this process? routers2 may fit your need: http://www.steveshipway.org/software/ -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/