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Re: How-To Create WO application Portal - Thank you
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Re: How-To Create WO application Portal - Thank you


  • Subject: Re: How-To Create WO application Portal - Thank you
  • From: Jevon Hills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:43:25 -0700

Thank-you to all who responded regarding this.

I now have a couple more avenues to explore which is what I was after. If I don't have to reinvent the wheel I would be very happy.

thanx again

Jevon

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 12:30 AM, Cyril Godefroy wrote:

This is what I'd do:
- create an authentication framework that provides the same login page for each application that integrates it.
- add in this framework a messaging mechanism or a session info repository (a db that holds all relevant info of sessions regarding users).
- create a new application that uses this framework to it's best, adding a list of applications as, say, an xml file.


This last app would be your portal app.

Whenever someone connects to this app or another, they have to authenticate. The authentication stays on while they are in the same app. When they need to leave, you save relevant info in the session db (or a text file if you want), and redirect to the other app, passing through the new 'magicsid' you have created. The app that is the destination receives it, reads the db info or the xml file, gets all info regarding the authenticated user et voil`!

Unfortunately I cannot give you the source to this application and framework as I don't have it anymore. But we used this succesfully in a portal app for a cable internet provider.

Cyril
On 19 janv. 04, at 23:02, Jevon Hills wrote:

I would like to create for my company more of a portal environment for my WebObjects applications.

Currently I have a single html page with links on it which take the user to a desired application login page. So I have several login pages (one for each application) and every time I deploy a new application I have to manually update my application list page. Not Ideal

I looked brierfly @ WireHose, but I'm not working with WO5.2 only 5.1 (no change in site), and even so my company probably wouldn't spring for wirehose.

I would like to replace my application list page with a 'main' page that has info on it along with the ability to login. this will then give the user a list of applications they could run, based on their permissions. I would like the ability to add new applications to my server, and have them "auto-magicaly" show up in the portal. (I would probably have an admin to to 'install' new applications so that they would show up).

Has anyone done this already?
Are there tutorials, source code, pages I could consult?
Is there a commercial product that runs with OS X server 10.1 and WO 5.1?


tia for any information you can pass along to me.


ttfn
Jevon K. Hills
Developer - Zymeta Media Promotions
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A+
Cyril



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