Refacturing & Extending Syndicate2Web

26th October , 2007 by Sandro
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syndicate2web splash sort of

I’ve been refacturing the code of Syndicate2Web for future usage in Eclipse and still am, also it’s about time that the missing features i want get added. Possibly i will upload it to my svn and open it up to the public. Problem with it is, it uses Zinc to wrap the flash into an exe to access filesystem functionality, maybe it’s time to consider AIR for the job?

Anyway, what is Syndicate2Web i hear you say? Hey easy to explain really. It’s practically a complete webserver in a box. It includes Apache, PHP (with memcached), MySQL (and a phpmyadmin instance), FileZilla as an FTP Server and Mercury as a SMTP/POP Daemon.

How is this different from other packages like these, like for example XAMPP from Apachefriends? Well, firstly it will include a simple updating mechanism where you decide what you want to ugprade and what not. Secondly and most importantly. It runs on any media! So throw it unto a USB Stick and have your portable Webserver Solution wherever you go. Neat eh? I definitely thought so, that’s why i made it :)

Anyway, i’m still missing some of the features, mostly a simple configuration interface. Yes, i know i could solve it simply through a php script, but that would be half the fun right ? Here’s a list of things that need to be done:

Apache

AppDir changes to the new apache2.2 config scheme have to be redone since it’s 1.3 standard right now
User-Definable Virtualhosts (incl. header/readme’s , Aliases, AuthType ,
htpasswd generation , add. options (rewriteengine etc)
User-Definable ServerName:ServerPort
User-Definable ServerAdmin

PHP5

User-Definable error_reporting
User-Definable display_errors
User-Definable register_globals
User-Definable Safe Mode
User-Definable upload_max_filesize
User-Definable sendmail_from

MySQL

User-Definable Data Directory

Mercury

User-Definable myname //Internet Name of the Server
User-Definable timezone
User-Definable HELO //announce to external-servers, i.e. “netsyndicate.net”

FileZilla

possibly replace by a php script that handles everything / including upload and usermanagment may be simpler and definitely smaller!or
User-Definable Maximum user count
User-Definable FTP-Port
User-Definable PASV
User-Definable Hide Welcome Message
User-Definable Initial Welcome Message
User-Definable Upload/Download Speedlimit Type
User-Definable Users/Groupspdate Engine

Update Engine