OxCLIC MDID_server
FAQ on Server Set-up Draft Notes
Does MDID run on ASP.NET 2.0?
No. MDID is an ASP.NET 1.1 application, trying to compile or run it on ASP.NET 2.0 will probably fail spectacularly.
How do I customise the branding of the interface
from https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0504&L=mdidusers-l&P=2097
>I'm ready to customize the user interface for our campus. Is it OK to do >that?
There shouldn't be any issues whatsoever, we do it ourselves.
>Can we call it something other that MDID...like maybe KatyDID? Can we have >our logo in the banner? What files do I need to edit to make that happen?
Images, including the logo are located in the wwwroot\images folder, to simply replace an image replace it there. If you want to change the look of various areas, the Header, Footer, and stylesheet (CSS) are in the wwwroot\PageTemplate directory, in files called PageHeader.ascx, PageFooter.ascx, and stylesheet.aspx. To change the look of pages specific to an individual page (like the logon screen which is default.aspx), they are in the wwwroot directory.
Changes to the .aspx and .ascx pages will take effect immediately (unlike changing the underlying code of MDID2), and should let you do all of the user interface changes you want.
More here http://ltg.oucs.ox.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/OxCLIC_customising_MDID
Will it run under LINUX as well as .asp under IIS?
Alas it doesn't seem to be stable. Some notes are here ... https://listserv.jmu.edu:443/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0511&L=mdidusers-l&T=0&F=&S=&P=4198
From our experience ... Prev Windows System
- OS: Windows 2000 (also works under Windows XP, 2000 server, 2003 server)
- Web Server: IIS (free with windows)
- CGI Language: ASP
- Database: MySQL (free) (also works under SQL in Windows)
- Extras Required: ASP.NET 1.1 (free)
Time taken: 2 Hours
New LAMP system
- OS: Suse Linux 9.2 Professional
- CGI Language: ASP
- Database: MySQL
- Extras required: Mono, Mod_mono (and several other modules for compiling
everything)
Time taken: 2 days (with the problem of Apache crashing when trying to view
slideshows not yet solved)
The consensus on the MDID list (8/06) is that it isn't stable enough on Mono/LINUX to be run as a production server.
See also notes on fun and games with MDID under Mono/Linux on Mac OSX ["OxCLIC_MDID"]