Re: [cobalt-developers] [Fwd: Re: RAQ 3 Templates]

[EC <echung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I would also like to customize the RaQ 3 GUI (server-Admin, site-Admin and
user-Admin).
The RaQ 3 template info provided by ChaosIndustries is quite useful .
But does anyone know where all the UI messages are located?
I understand that the perl scripts that drive the GUI utilize a utility function
called
MSG_get_ui to get all the text for variables such as:
help_vsiteList
help_fqdn
help_action
........ and so forth.
This is also how the little "On-line Active-Assist real-time help" window
at the bottom displays the help messages when the mouse is moved over the "?" icon.

However, I still can't find out where and how these text messages are stored.
Are they in a database or just simply in text files? If they are in a database, how
can
I customize them? Has anyone tried to change them or have the knowledge to do so?
Please HELP!

Thanks a billion.

ChaosIndustries wrote:

> Maybe there is someone out there who is interested in....
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Betreff: Re: RAQ 3 Templates
> Datum: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:52:54 +0200
> Von: ChaosIndustries <chaosindustries@xxxxxx>
> An: mcannon@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Okay, that is a desc i can use ;)
>
> First you have to know some Basics:
>
> The "home" from all that stuff running on port 81 is
> /usr/admserv/ (will say ~ from now)
> ~/cgi-bin/ is the cgi-bin dir from that httpd
> ~/html/ the "normal" web root dir
>
> domain.dom:81/ will go to ~/html/
> domain.dom:81/cgi-bin/ will go to ~/cgi-bin/ (not to ~/html/cgi-bin/ as
> asumed)
>
> ~/templates/ is the path where the most templates are stored.
>
> in ~/html/ and in ~/cgi-bin/ is a dir named .cobalt (use 'ls -Af' to
> see)
> All Files used by the GUI are behind that two .cobalt dirs
>
> Note that all files are owned by root.
>
> > I would like our logo in place of the Cobalt logo for starters
>
> To change the Logo in the upper left Corner just replace
>
> ~/html/.cobalt/images/a_top_logo.gif
>
> >From now there is YOUR Logo
> All Images used by the GUI are in ~/html/.cobalt/images/
>
> Changing that images will not take any critacal effect of the function
> from the GUI
>
> > but beyond that I
> > would like to customize the actuall pages it creates by default.  It would be
> > great if the virtual sites looked like our site with respect to colors and
> > formatting.
> >
>
> Will be some work. The Templates the GUI is using are that one in
> ~/templates/
> Take a look in it, but still be sure what you are doing cause changing
> that
> templates
> in a wrong way or forget some details may take effekt on the function of
> the GUI
>
> >
> > The RAQ 3I creates virtual sites and personal pages and it uses something as a
> > template but I cannot determine what or where.  I too am trying to learn as much
> > about these machines as possible and appreciate any help you provide.
> >
> > By changing the files within /etc/skel/  will that modify all new virtual sites
> > created?  Also where are the graphics files located?
> >
>
> /etc/skel/group/en_US/web/index.html is the default placeholder page
> when a vsite is
>
> created. You can edit that without any risk. The page you will see when
> visiting
> www.new_site.dom - that is that page.
>
> The gfx used in that page is located in the same dir where the logo is.
>
> >
> > What did you mean by "Use [DOMAIN] as placeholder for that template"?
> >
>
> That index.html is a template - that means it has dynamic content. The
> Content here
> is
> the name of the vsite you have created. [DOMAIN] (DONT replace DOMAIN,
> write
> exactly [DOMAIN]) will be replaced with the vsite name you have created.
>
> If you created a vsite www.abc.dom in each place where you used [DOMAIN]
> in that
> template you will find www.abc.dom
>
> Greets Sven
>
> mcannon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >I would like our logo in place of the Cobalt logo for starters but beyond that I
> >would like to customize the actuall pages it creates by default.  It would be
> >great if the virtual sites looked like our site with respect to colors and
> >formatting.
> >Hi Sven,
> >
> >The RAQ 3I creates virtual sites and personal pages and it uses something as a
> >template but I cannot determine what or where.  I too am trying to learn as much
> >about these machines as possible and appreciate any help you provide.
> >
> >By changing the files within /etc/skel/  will that modify all new virtual sites
> >created?  Also where are the graphics files located?
> >
> >What did you mean by "Use [DOMAIN] as placeholder for that template"?
> >
> >Sorry for all the questions...
> >
> >Mike
>
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