GlueX

Portal at

Regina

GlueX

Portal at

Regina

Rheanne Filby, Carolyn Ingram, Zisis Papandreou, Ryan Taylor

GlueX Collaboration MeetingBloomington, Indiana

May 20-22, 2004

Rheanne Filby, Carolyn Ingram, Zisis Papandreou, Ryan Taylor

GlueX Collaboration MeetingBloomington, Indiana

May 20-22, 2004

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It’s a boy!It’s a boy!

Ioannis Ioulius

born April 26

14:42 pm

3.05 kg (6lbs 11oz)

52 cm

Ioannis Ioulius

born April 26

14:42 pm

3.05 kg (6lbs 11oz)

52 cm

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What is it and why?

What is it and why?

Portal = gateway to a suite of communications and physics tools

View and post news, notes, reports, papers, photos, and much more

Web Forum with threaded messaging

Event Calendar and Work Board

Access Computing Clusters & Queues

Portal = gateway to a suite of communications and physics tools

View and post news, notes, reports, papers, photos, and much more

Web Forum with threaded messaging

Event Calendar and Work Board

Access Computing Clusters & Queues

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GlueX Portal Phases

GlueX Portal Phases

Phase 1: Installation and population of communications suite

Phase 2: Installation of physics simulation and analysis suite

Phase 3: Replacement of tools with grid services

Phase 1: Installation and population of communications suite

Phase 2: Installation of physics simulation and analysis suite

Phase 3: Replacement of tools with grid services

March-June 2004

July-Decem. 2004

2005 and on

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The needs and musts

The needs and musts

Browser-based access to tools

Authentication and authorization

Robust back-end database

Modular and scalable

Open source code

Browser-based access to tools

Authentication and authorization

Robust back-end database

Modular and scalable

Open source code

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The nuts and boltsThe nuts and bolts PHP-Nuke 7.0 - a portal system geared towards online interactivity

Administrator, Moderator, User roles

Written in PHP 4

MySQL 4.0.15 Database

phpMyAdmin management

PHP-Nuke 7.0 - a portal system geared towards online interactivity

Administrator, Moderator, User roles

Written in PHP 4

MySQL 4.0.15 Database

phpMyAdmin management

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Blocks and Modules

Blocks and Modules

PHP-Nuke uses a modular and abstraction-layered approach

Modules: the tools

Blocks: groups of modules

Application framework: registration/login

Abstraction: MySQL, mysql4, PostgreSQL, MSAccess, Oracle, mssql, mssql-odbc, db2

PHP-Nuke uses a modular and abstraction-layered approach

Modules: the tools

Blocks: groups of modules

Application framework: registration/login

Abstraction: MySQL, mysql4, PostgreSQL, MSAccess, Oracle, mssql, mssql-odbc, db2

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Command and Control

Command and Controlindex.php, modules.php, admin.php:

these handle all other files; no direct hits to modules; http://www.gluex.org/modules.php?name=Topics

index.php, modules.php, admin.php: these handle all other files; no direct hits to modules; http://www.gluex.org/modules.php?name=Topics

Security: Session ID, Users’ IP, cookies, db storageSecurity: Session ID, Users’ IP, cookies, db storageCover our “backend”: daily db dump (Nuke/MySQL)Cover our “backend”: daily db dump (Nuke/MySQL)

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The look and feelThe look and feel

Login block

Search block

Modules block

Categories

Surveys

Big stories

Login block

Search block

Modules block

Categories

Surveys

Big storiesMain AreaMain Area

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