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- > From: Daniel J. Oberst <oberst@hitam.princeton.edu>
- > Cc: Howard@pucc.princeton.edu, fuchs@tsar.princeton.edu
- >
-
- > Tim,
- >
-
- > Our group has been working with WWW and looking at implementing our
- locally-developed PNN (Princeton News Network) Campus Wide
- Information Service. Howard Strauss, who designed PNN, has written
- an EXEC that takes the PNN "menu" files and converts them into WWW
- html documents. We're working on setting up the files and finding a
- place for them so that they can be accessed from WWW. One nice
- by-product is that we will now have a line-mode access to the
- information in PNN, something that had been requested before (PNN
- only works in 3270 mode on our 3090, VT100 or curses mode on our unix
- implementation, and with Hypercard on a Mac).
- - - - - -
- > Parenthetically, I thought I had seen something about a 3270
- implementation of WWW, but can't seem to locate it (*even* with
- WWW!). Is there a 3270 implementation different from the line-mode
- version?
-
- No, it's just the line mode version, with a few clear screen
- calls. As the v1.0 line mdoe browser can scroll backward, we
- should be able to link the PF keys to the browser's commands
- while in WWW. There's no "move-cursor-hit-enter" functionality.
- - - - - - -
- > I asssume that the best way to make these available is via HHTP?
- The PNN files here are NFS exported to all machines on campus, so our
- first implementation just used local file hypertext pointers. I
- assume to make these available, we'd need to use the hhtp tags on the
- file references. Is this what you have done at CERN with your WWW?
- We'll try and get a hhtp server up and running on a test machine and
- try it out
-
- Great. If you have a set of html files, an HTTP server (The
- distributed daemon) gives faster access than using anonymous FTP.
- The documentation about setting up the daemon should be complete
- on the web -- if there are holes in it just let me know.
- We use the daemon (httpd) to publish our own documentation on W3,
- but the documenattion comming from VM is actually transcibed
- into html on the fly by a custom server. [The regular daemon
- runs in a service machine, calls an EXEC which leaves the
- html on the stack for the daemon to read off. I could send you
- C code if you like]. This has the advantage that it takes the
- data right from the source -- it's only stored in one place --
- but the disadvantage for me that a server has to be maintained on
- the strange IBM machine ;-).
-
- > We'll keep you posted on our progress.
-
- Thanks.
-
- > One side benefit could be that other sites running the PNN code
- could use the same tools to make their info WWW-able!!
-
- How many other sites are running PNN? It would be great to see
- some more CWISs coming onto the web.
-
-
- > FYI - I've included below a sample file and conversion that was
- created.
-
- Looks good. [You could chop the leading spaces on the heading, as
- w3 will center it anyway. Also, the line "
- "Move the cursor to any topic below and press Enter"
- is a little misleading for www users - you might want to
- "hand-craft" just the top level menu page to remove that,
- and possibly put links to other CWISs, etc.]
-
-
- > Daniel J. Oberst
- > Director, Advanced Technology and Applications
- > Computing and Information Technology
- > Princeton University
- > 116 Prospect Avenue
- > Princeton, NJ 08544-2089
-
- Tim Berners-Lee timbl@info.cern.ch
- World Wide Web project (NeXTMail is ok)
- CERN Tel: +41(22)767 3755
- 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Fax: +41(22)767 7155
-
-
-
-
-
- __________________________________________________________________
- - - - - -
- FILE: pnn.mainmenu
-
- @T@ PNN - The Princeton News Network
- @M@ Click ONCE on any topic below
- @M@
- @T@ Move the cursor to any topic below and press Enter
- @T@
- help dialog*@D@HELP
- @A@
- index node@N@Index to Information in PNN
- new node@N@What's New on PNN
- @A@
- about inter@I@About PNN
- events inter@I@Calendars and Events
- org inter@I@Campus Organizations
- gphone dialog*@E@Campus Phone Book@GETPHONE
- service inter@I@Campus Services & Facilities
- computr inter@I@Computing Resources
- course inter@I@Curriculum & Course Information
- @*@ Column 2 starts here
- @C@
- @E@Dial-a-Fortune@FORTUNE
- facstaff inter@I@Faculty & Staff Activities
- library inter@I@Library Information
- misc inter@I@Potpourri
- police inter@I@Safety Information
- student inter@I@Student & Grad Student Activities
- transpor inter@I@Travel & Visitor Information
- uemploy inter@I@University Employment Information
- policy inter@I@University Policies & Procedures
- whoswho inter@I@University Who's Who
- weather node@N@Weather Forecast
- ----------------------------
- SCREEN: PNN main menu:
-
- PNN - The Princeton News Network
- Move the cursor to any topic below and press Enter
-
- HELP Dial-a-Fortune
- Faculty & Staff Activities
- Index to Information in PNN Library Information
- What's New on PNN Potpourri
- Safety Information
- About PNN Student&GradStudent Activities
- Calendars and Events Travel & Visitor Information
- Campus Organizations University Employment Info
- Campus Phone Book University Policies&Procedures
- Campus Services & Facilities University Who's Who
- Computing Resources Weather Forecast
- Curriculum & Course Information Exit PNN
-
- ----------------------------
- FILE: pnn.html
-
- <H1> PNN - The Princeton News Network</H1>
- <H2> Move the cursor to any topic below and press Enter</H2>
- <H3></H3>
- <UL>
- <LI><A HREF=help.dialogww>HELP</A>
- <LI><A HREF=index.node>Index to Information in PNN</A>
- <LI><A HREF=new.node>What's New on PNN</A>
- <LI><A HREF=about.html>About PNN</A>
- <LI><A HREF=events.html>Calendars and Events</A>
- <LI><A HREF=org.html>Campus Organizations</A>
- <LI><A HREF=service.html>Campus Services & Facilities</A>
- <LI><A HREF=computr.html>Computing Resources</A>
- <LI><A HREF=course.html>Curriculum & Course Information</A>
- <LI><A HREF=facstaff.html>Faculty & Staff Activities</A>
- <LI><A HREF=library.html>Library Information</A>
- <LI><A HREF=misc.html>Potpourri</A>
- <LI><A HREF=police.html>Safety Information</A>
- <LI><A HREF=student.html>Student & Grad Student Activities</A>
- <LI><A HREF=transpor.html>Travel & Visitor Information</A>
- <LI><A HREF=uemploy.html>University Employment Information</A>
- <LI><A HREF=policy.html>University Policies & Procedures</A>
- <LI><A HREF=whoswho.html>University Who's Who</A>
- <LI><A HREF=weather.node>Weather Forecast</A>
- </UL>
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