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Intranets For Newbies and Bargain Hunters Peter Scott, Darryl Friesen University of Saskatchewan Libraries Part 1: Overview What are Intranets? Private and secure internal information systems which use Internet technology to collect and disseminate information of interest to all staff. Why do you need one? To organize and make available the huge amount of information which is generated by an organization. To save paper, be timely, and to communicate. U of S Library 180 staff 3 bargaining groups Intranet Established 2 years ago 4 person Intranet Task Force established Part 2: Techie Stuff Hardware & Software DEC 3000 (Alpha), Digital Unix 4.0 Web Browser Browser Plug-ins Modified Apache 1.3 Web Server (QuickTime, Real Audio, Shockwave, etc.) mSQL Server Perl 5, plus useful modules Microsoft Office (or Server Ultimate BBS (Forum) SWISH-E Clients equivalent viewers) Adobe Acrobat Reader Security Strict permissions on physical files and directories on the Unix server Intranet ‘accounts’ - follows the Unix User and Group security scheme Web Server BASIC Authentication (standard .htaccess stuff) Future: Secure Server for added safety Management Good Organization HTML Templates & SSI <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>U of S Libraries Intranet</TITLE> </HEAD> <!--#include virtual="/include/body.html"--> <!--#include virtual="/include/start.html"--> <!--#include virtual="/include/navigation.html"--> <CENTER> <FONT FACE="Verdana,Arial"><B>University of Saskatchewan Libraries</B></FONT><BR> <IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/random.gif" ALT="Intranet"> </CENTER> <!--#include virtual="/motd.html"--> <HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE> <!--#include virtual="/include/end.html"--> </BODY> </HTML> Management Good Organization HTML Templates & SSI Adobe Acrobat User and Group Administration Election Wizard Features Password Changer Message of the Day (MOTD) Forum Online Elections Scavenger Hunt Search Future Server Apache mod_perl Module Secure Server (Apache-SSL) Features Web based Scheduling and Calendaring (for room bookings, upcoming events etc) Web based Finger/ICQ style service What can you do? Resources for those without resources – Remote calendars, forums and chat – Hosted CGI and forms – Guestbooks – Free email and webspace www.freecenter.com Questions The End. Peter Scott Small Systems Manager University of Saskatchewan Libraries University of Saskatchewan scottp@library.usask.ca Darryl Friesen Programmer/Analyst Department of Computing Services University of Saskatchewan Darryl.Friesen@usask.ca
