OpenACS Documentation

Table of Contents

Part I. OpenACS For Everyone

1. High level information: What is OpenACS?

Overview

OpenACS 4.2-beta Release Notes

Part II. For OpenACS Admins

2. Installing on Unix/Linux

Overview

Install an Operating System

Install Oracle 8.1.7

Install PostgreSQL 7.1.3

Install AOLserver 3.3+ad13

Install OpenACS 4

Next Steps

Credits

3. Installing on Windows

Overview

How to install ACS on Windows2000

Part III. For OpenACS Developers

4. OpenACS Developer's Guide

Overview

OpenACS 4 Data Models and the Object System

OpenACS 4 Packages

The Request Processor

The Database Access API

Using Templates in OpenACS 4

Groups, Context, Permissions

Writing OpenACS 4 Application Pages

5. Other Developer Resources

Overview

Parties in OpenACS 4

Object Identity

Programming with AOLserver

6. Engineering Standards

OpenACS Documentation Guide

Using PSGML mode in Emacs

Detailed Design Documentation Template

System/Application Requirements Template

Release Version Numbering

Constraint naming standard

ACS File Naming and Formatting Standards

PL/SQL Standards

7. Kernel Documentation

Overview

OpenACS 4 Object Model Requirements

OpenACS 4 Object Model Design

OpenACS 4 Permissions Requirements

OpenACS 4 Permissions Design

OpenACS 4 Groups Requirements

OpenACS 4 Groups Design

OpenACS 4 Subsites Requirements

OpenACS 4 Subsites Design Document

OpenACS 4 Package Manager Requirements

OpenACS 4 Package Manager Design

OpenACS 4 Security Requirements

OpenACS 4 Security Design

OpenACS 4 Security Notes

OpenACS 4 Request Processor Requirements

OpenACS 4 Request Processor Design

Database Access API

Documenting Tcl Files: Page Contracts and Libraries

Bootstrapping OpenACS