Jade Rubick
OpenACS Home Page - If you're interested in finding out more about the technology behind this site, OpenACS.org is a good place to start. It's an excellent platform for building web sites if you have a technical background.
[Getting Started With OpenACS]
A Quick Intro to OpenACS Templating - describes how to make web pages with OpenACS.
Virtual Hosting in 10 Minutes or Less - Describes an easy way to set up virtual hosting. You can share several web servers on the same IP, each with a different host name.
Postgres notes - misc. notes on Postgres
Oracle notes - my notes on Oracle
Restoring from Backup - If you screw up your OpenACS installation, how to restore from backup.
Upgrading ACS to OpenACS - How to upgrade an ACS 3.4.10 installation to OpenACS
Using the Content Repository - describes how to use the content repository in OpenACS, and why you might want to do this. (added to OpenACS docs)
Adding Workflow to a Project - shows an example of how I add workflow to an OpenACS application. Very incomplete.
SQL Constraints Naming Conventions
Using acs-rels - describes what acs-rels are and why to use them.
[Project Management on OpenACS] - project management software for OpenACS
Limiting your installation to use SSL - how to make your site redirect to log in securely.
Using CVS with OpenACS - reference on how to use CVS with OpenACS
Using Tcl Namespaces
Things to Remember While Developing for OpenACS
Creating upgrade scripts - how to make an upgrade script for your packages.
Emacs notes - a few tips and tricks for using emacs, often for my own reference.
Notes on ad_form - ad_form is a utility for creating forms in OpenACS. Here are my notes.
Terminology guide
Edit this page: user documentation
Notes on OpenACS permissions
Using ACS service contracts - my notes on acs-service-contracts, and how to use them.
Moving an OpenACS instance to another server - describes how to move an OpenACS instance from one server to another.
Setting up a developmental server - tips for setting up a productive developmental server.
Using tree_sortkey for hierarchical queries in Postgres - Postgres currently lacks a mechanism like CONNECT BY, which is used in Oracle for hierarchical queries. In OpenACS, we use <code>tree_sortkey</code>, which allows us to make hierarchical queries. (Added to OpenACS documentation)
Using List Builder - list builder is a great tool for showing tables of data.
Howto: Expand and Use acs-subsite Based Member Roles - Describes how to set up several roles that are assigned levels of security.
Automated Testing - How to set up automated testing in OpenACS
Setting up auto-installs - OpenACS has facilities for automatically installing a set of packages with the initial install. This documents how to do that.
SOAP/web services on OpenACS
Graphing and drawing with OpenACS
Using OpenSSL to encrypt information - This article describes how to encrypt information from Tcl, using OpenSSL. You can then put this information in the database, or use it as you like.
Aolserver Notes
[The OpenACS Book (in progress)]
Jerry Asher's Virtual Hosting Article
Categories
Using Arch for source control management with OpenACS - Arch is so much better than CVS I can't stand it.
Dynamically generating PDF files with ReportLab
Using groups and parties in OpenACS
Writing Documentation for OpenACS
Script to import greenspun's forums to OpenACS forums - A script which (roughly) imports the dump file from Greenspun's older forums into OpenACS's forums package.
Creating a Dev Server - Shows text from my history command, showing how I set up a dev server instance.
OCT Statement Fall 2004