Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites.html,v diff -u -r1.22.2.6 -r1.22.2.7 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites.html 18 Dec 2003 10:04:27 -0000 1.22.2.6 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/subsites.html 11 Jan 2004 12:45:48 -0000 1.22.2.7 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -Writing OpenACS Application Pages

Writing OpenACS Application Pages

By Rafael H. Schloming and Pete Su

+Writing OpenACS Application Pages

Writing OpenACS Application Pages

By Rafael H. Schloming and Pete Su


OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff. -

Overview

+

Overview

In this document, we'll examine the user interface pages of the Notes application in more detail, covering two separate aspects of page development in OpenACS. First, we'll talk about the code needed to make @@ -253,15 +253,15 @@ visible to that user. The end result is a site where users can come and write notes to themselves.

-This is a good example of the leverage available in the OpenACS 5.0.0b4 +This is a good example of the leverage available in the OpenACS 5.0.0rc1 system. The code that we have written for Notes is not at all more complex than a similar application without access control or site map awareness. By adding a small amount of code, we have taken a small, simple, and special purpose application to something that has the potential to be a very useful, general-purpose tool, complete with multi-user features, access control, and centralized administration.

Summary

-In OpenACS 5.0.0b4, application pages and scripts can be aware of the package +In OpenACS 5.0.0rc1, application pages and scripts can be aware of the package instance, or subsite in which they are executing. This is a powerful general purpose mechanism that can be used to structure web services in very flexible ways.