On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 08/20/2013 08:37 PM, schrieb Donald Whytock: > >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Marcus (OOo)<marcus.m...@wtnet.de> >> wrote: >> >> >>> In the past it was, sorry, a pain in the ass to keep this webpage >>> up-to-date as there were always changes in paths, version number and >>> languages (new were included, old were dropped out). Copy& paste errors >>> >>> were often occurring. Now it is much easier to update it as the table is >>> generated via JS logic and this logic is filled via a few variables. >>> >>> >>> If it were turned into a static page, I think it might be a better >>> >>>> alternative to the ASF mirror structure. >>>> >>>> >>> IMHO this wouldn't change anything, except for JS or no-JS. >>> >>> So, it seems we need an intermediate step between the green box and the >>> big table. >>> >>> >>> Can the table be generated server-side, perhaps, by a PHP script? >> > > Good question but I don't know. Mostly it depends on: > - can the script grab the content of the JS variables from the webpage? > Not sure I understand this question. A PHP script would be pushing HTML (and perhaps embedded JS) from the server...it runs before the JS, and therefore before any JS variables get set. Where does the JS now get the data to build the table? > - which server do you mean? > Whatever server is hosting the download page. A PHP script is server-side and can serve as a webpage -- rather than having an index.html, you'd have an index.php. > - who is willing/able to change it into PHP? > This is the biggest question, really. :) I believe I'm able to do the PHP, though you'd probably want matching CSS, which isn't really a strong point for me. Don
