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I am not sure that Mason will be mnuch help? Aren't the pages likely to be generated by individuals or groups on campus?

Essentially you are going to maintain a directory or index. A database would store the various aspects of teh category information and so on, be searchable in a variety of ways, but ultimately gives LINKS to the documents themselves.

You could add to the directory system a hosting management portion which allows the completed pages to be uploaded, placed in the hosting directories and have the links added to the database.

Think of the problem as a document management problem. The Google directory system only maintains a set of classifications, descriptions and links - all displayed dynamically - it does not maintain or manage any of the actual documents.

Good luck! Sounds like a fun project - but I don't think it is quite as daunting as you think.

...john

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Re: Re: Creating a Directory Site
by ctilmes (Vicar) on Aug 12, 2003 at 15:14 UTC
    I am not sure that Mason will be mnuch help? Aren't the pages likely to be generated by individuals or groups on campus?

    It depends on exactly what the OP is really trying to do.

    Imagine a database schema storing links, classifications, descriptions, etc. The actual pages might be elsewhere.

    Then two sets of web pages, one that allows the "individuals or groups on campus" to add/edit the information in the database, and another set that search the database and construct the pages for the end user.

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