Hi Kee, I probably don't understand your reply. You overestimated my intelligence ;-)
Maybe it's LiveCode Server I want to know about. I don't know how to set up and maintain my own server. Probably a bad idea to try to learn. Will others do this for me for a fee? Tim On Aug 26, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Kee Nethery wrote: > There is a stack from Andre that is a web server. You can hit it with a get > or a post and it will process whatever you have scripted and then return a > result. I run in on a port other than 80 because I don't want to disable > Apache (remember it is it's own web server). The big disadvantage is that it > is one user at a time. Command comes in and gets replied to before the next > command can come in and get processed. The big advantage is that I can run it > in the IDE and step through the code. > > I'm attempting to learn LiveCode Server specifically because it is more like > a "normal" CGI. The commands come into Apache and Apache handles the juggling > of all the connections. More mainstream, more industrial, but way less > documentation and examples. > > Kee Nethery > > > On Aug 26, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I have a vague notion that it's possible to write LC stacks in such a way >> that they function as websites. If I'm not mistaken, one or more Internet >> Service Providers support this functionality. I think there's a name for it, >> but I can't remember. >> >> Is this true? >> >> I've got a shabby looking professional website I put together using a >> primitive HTML editor in some ancient version of HTML. It needs upgrading. >> >> I do know how to use LiveCode moderately well. Without much effort, I could >> make a LiveCode stack that would look and act in the way I want my website >> to look and act. I suppose it might be possible to make it all shiny like a >> WordPress template, though I don't know how at the moment. >> >> Is it really so easy as that? Is it reasonable to suppose that this is the >> simplest and most cost-effective way for me to upgrade my website? >> >> I've looked at alternatives -- professional website designers, WordPress >> templates, drag and drop software. All present problems. >> >> What does hosting cost? Any important limitations or gotchas? What are the >> chances the LiveCode method will still be supported five years from now? >> >> Where do I learn more? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
