[Sugar-devel] [RELEASE] Browse-106

[Eben Eliason]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com> wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2009, at 10:50, Martin Langhoff wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Sorry to rush on this, but barring objections, I get the feeling
>>> this is
>>> getting close to happening in the next 24hrs...
>>>
>>>  http://dev.sugarlabs.org/attachment/ticket/645/simple_static_page_v3.png
>>
>> Objection! :-) Please re-add the link to 'Local Schoolserver'.
>
> OK :-)
>
> Silly question, so I've added a link to http://schoolserver/ which
> will be a broken link unless you are in a school environment with a
> school server set to that name. Could distros (like SoaS, or XO
> targeted builds), change the resolution order through /etc/host.conf
> (maybe also /etc/nsswitch.conf) so that the check for schoolserver go
> first to a dns server? If that fails to resolve, a local host file
> entry could then try to go to the schools moodle server at http://schools.sugarlabs.org/

We should really start referring to this as the "collaboration
server", especially if we're going to include it as a link available
in all distributions/environments. Ideally, we'd fall back to some
page which describes the benefits of having a collaboration server and
point to links for setting one up, if there isn't one available. I
have no idea how to do that.

- Eben

> Hmmm, I guess that's going to mess with browser cookies, but just
> thought I'd raise the question.
>
> I might look at some other old html tricks (but not for this release)
> that could avoid the broken link. Some dhtml tricks might work hiding
> the potential error page in a hidden frame and auto switching to the
> public server URL if the local URL fails.
>
>> BTW, did you mean to CC the list? We've dropped to a private thread...
>
> Ooops, back on list.
>
> --G
>
>> cheers,
>>
>>
>> m
>> --
>> martin.langhoff at gmail.com
>> martin at laptop.org -- School Server Architect
>> - ask interesting questions
>> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff  - working code first
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>
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