DESIGNING FOR AN INTRANET???

"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>>> Will i be able to use a sql database stored on the net?
>>
>> why would you go "on the net" for something that's in-house? use what's
>> inside the network.
>
> But, the answer is "yes" you will be able to do this.

True... but, depending on the company's rules/regs, not all of their
employees may have internet access while they would have intranet access.
Those employees would not be able to access the data being pulled from
internet (unless some sort of local caching was going on in-house). My point
was more to the effect that it sounds like the designer/developer and the
client are not having a full dialogue in terms of what the needs are for the
client and what resources are available for the designer to utilize. I would
think that such a dialogue would be crucial to the project's development.

>> Will i be able to use a sql database stored on the net?
>
> why would you go "on the net" for something that's in-house? use what's
> inside the network.

But, the answer is "yes" you will be able to do this.

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"Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
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>
> "godonholiday" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>> I have designed php and sql sites in the past but i was wondering if
>> there is
>> anything i need to do differently for an intranet?
>>
>> Will i be able to use a sql database stored on the net?
>
> why would you go "on the net" for something that's in-house? use what's
> inside the network.
>
>
>> i currently use easey php to run my laptop as a server - using apachie,
>> can i
>> do this on the schools network and on the intranet?
>
> shouldn't you be asking your client what they have available on their
> internal network for you to use?
>
>>
>> what security risks will this give me? obviously this is a school and i
>> need
>> to be carefull.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>
> yes. you need to first talk to your client, find out their needs, find out
> what resources they have for you to use. If they don't have items that you
> can use, what are they willing to purchase? etc, etc, etc.
>
>
>

"godonholiday" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I have designed php and sql sites in the past but i was wondering if there
> is
> anything i need to do differently for an intranet?
>
> Will i be able to use a sql database stored on the net?

why would you go "on the net" for something that's in-house? use what's
inside the network.


> i currently use easey php to run my laptop as a server - using apachie,
> can i
> do this on the schools network and on the intranet?

shouldn't you be asking your client what they have available on their
internal network for you to use?

>
> what security risks will this give me? obviously this is a school and i
> need
> to be carefull.
>
> Can anyone help?

yes. you need to first talk to your client, find out their needs, find out
what resources they have for you to use. If they don't have items that you
can use, what are they willing to purchase? etc, etc, etc.

You do exactly what you'd do for an internet site, for the most part.
The real difference on an intranet is that you can use integrated
authentication (or at least, not use anonymous access), which lets you give
users access to network resources via the intranet with more security and
control. You can sometimes depend on a certain hardware setup (though with
a school, I imagine there's a hodgepodge of different computers), which can
let you use features only supported by IE, etc.

Rather than have the school install things, why don't you find out what they
already have available?


"godonholiday" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> am working at a school and they have asked me to develop an intranet
> website.
>
> I have designed php and sql sites in the past but i was wondering if there
> is
> anything i need to do differently for an intranet?
>
> Will i be able to use a sql database stored on the net?
>
> i currently use easey php to run my laptop as a server - using apachie,
> can i
> do this on the schools network and on the intranet?
>
> what security risks will this give me? obviously this is a school and i
> need
> to be carefull.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks in advance
> G
>