[thelist] Web Based Employee Directory

[Christopher Mahan]

Does it have to be secured?

I suggest that unless you have thousands of employees, you make the
file a straight html page.

People can search the page using their browser's search function.

Updaters can edit the page with any old editor.


--- Steve Lewis <nepolon at worlddomination.net> wrote:

> Ken Chase wrote:
> > I'm lacking inspiration today and need to create an employee
> directory
> > for my company. I can't seem to find anything very elegant in my
> > searches.
> > Here's the criteria:
> > - I don't have access to a database. Everything must be static
> HTML
> > (valid)
> 
> Scott Harman replied:
> > I'm lacking inspiration today and need to create an employee
> directory
> > for my company. I can't seem to find anything very elegant in my
> > searches.
> > Here's the criteria:
> > - I don't have access to a database. Everything must be static
> HTML
> > (valid)
> [Ken didn't take to this reply]
> 
> and Hassan Schroeder replied:
> > In any case, if you can't do this dynamically, I'd suggest your
> only
> > maintainable option is to put the employee information in a
> single
> > file (XML, CSV, whatever) and then generate your static pages
> using
> > make, Ant, XSLT, Perl -- whatever you're most comfortable with.
> This is the model I was going to recommend.  Think "Movable Type" 
> style.  Heck, you could probably just install Movable Type,
> customize 
> a template, and "recommend" the responses to the various fields if
> you 
> were familiar enough with it and willing to be really
> quick-and-dirty.
> 
> That said, you have said 'no database' but have not explained why. 
> You also did not comment on the availability of scripting
> languages.
> 
> If you will excuse the hyperbole, you asked us how to build a house
> 
> without a hammer.  You didn't bother to tell us why you are biased 
> against hammers or what tools you *do* have available, so plenty of
> 
> patience is in order while we shake down the details you did not 
> volunteer.
> 
> regards,
> Steve Lewis
> 
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