Changes for version 1.59 - 2003-08-14

  • Overall:
    • You can now require all users to login before seeing any part of your site.
    • Actual HTTP redirects are available if you'd like to use them.
    • Several smaller fixes and enhancements.
  • Individual:
    • Makefile.PL:
      • Add 'Cache::Cache' to dependency list, thanks to Teemu <teemu@ionstream.fi>.
    • conf/sample-server.(ini|perl)
      • Add configuration keys to 'login' and 'display_info'. See 'UPGRADE' for listing and sample server configuration file for details.
    • doc/configuration.html:
      • Fix incorrect has_a/links_to configuration references thanks to pointers from Teemu.
    • OpenInteract.pm:
      • Don't always warn about finding db handles, thanks to Andrew Hurst <hurst9@llnl.gov> for pointer and patch.
      • Call ->child_terminate where appropriate (thanks to Chris McDaniel for report that sparked the fix)
      • Be able to set a server configuration variable to force all users of a site to login. (See configuration entries under 'login'.) If set users who aren't logged in will always get sent (internally) to a URL of your choosing. Thanks much to Andrew Hurst for the idea and implementation thoughts.
      • If '$R->{page}{http_redirect}' set to a URL then issue an HTTP redirect. (Thanks to Teemu)
    • OpenInteract/UI/Main.pm:
      • Don't do any processing if '$R->{page}{http_redirect}' set.
    • OpenInteract/Template/Plugin.pm:
      • Add 'theme_fetch()', thanks to Andrew Hurst for the idea and discussion on scope and parameter naming.
    • OpenInteract/UI/Main.pm:
      • Also pass along 'path' to the main template.
  • Packages updated:
    • OpenInteract 1.58 -> 1.59
    • base: 1.72 -> 1.73 base_box: 1.05 -> 1.05 base_error: 1.45 -> 1.45 base_group: 1.38 -> 1.38 base_page: 1.24 -> 1.28 base_security: 1.60 -> 1.61 base_template: 2.23 -> 2.23 base_theme: 1.36 -> 1.36 base_user: 1.64 -> 1.64 lookup: 1.01 -> 1.01 object_activity: 1.04 -> 1.04 results_manage: 1.02 -> 1.02 system_doc: 1.33 -> 1.33 classified: 1.38 -> 1.38 full_text: 1.34 -> 1.35 news: 1.54 -> 1.54

Documentation

A robust web application framework built to run under Apache and mod_perl
Manage OpenInteract websites and packages

Modules

mod_perl handler to process all OpenInteract requests
Central module to call for initializing an OpenInteract website
Authenticate the user object and create its groups
Caches objects to avoid database hits and content to avoid template processing
Implement caching in the filesystem
Base class that with a few configuration items takes care of many common operations
Central calling/caching module for components
centralized configuration information
Process global override settings for a set of configuration directives
Read/write INI-style (++) configuration files
Read/write information from/to a perl file
handler to parse/output cookies from/to the client using Apache::Cookie
handler to parse/output cookies from/to the client using CGI::Cookie
Centralized connection location to DBI databases
Provide central holding location for Interact errors
Catches all errors and dispatches to proper handler
Catalog of system error handlers
Define task-dispatching, security-checking and other routines for Handlers to use
Centralized connection location to LDAP directories
Perform actions on individual packages
Operations to represent, install, remove and otherwise manipulate package repositories.
container for request info and output
Define common behaviors for all SPOPS objects in the OpenInteract Framework
Common SPOPS::DBI-specific methods for objects
Common SPOPS::LDAP-specific methods for objects
Dispatcher for installing various SQL data from packages to database
Implement session handling in the framework
Create sessions within a DBI data source
Create sessions within a filesystem
Create sessions within a SQLite data source
Bootstrapper that reads in modules and initializes the environment
Provide a custom context for templates in OpenInteract
Custom OpenInteract functionality in templates
Process OpenInteract templates
Retrieve templates for the Template Toolkit
The primary user interface assembly 'conductor'
Package of routines that do not really fit anywhere else
Handler for this package
SQL installer for this package
Default stash class and an example of what one looks like

Provides

in OpenInteract/Config/IniFile.pm
in OpenInteract/Session/SQLite.pm