Starter/maintainer: | Peter Åstrand Peter Åstrand, christmas 2000. |
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Latest version: | 0.22 |
Available from: | WebKOM runs on
https://webkom.lysator.liu.se.
The source code is in
LysCVS, module
webkom. Anonymous checkouts can be done via the following CVSROOT:
:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lysator.liu.se:/cvsroot/webkomPlease contact me if you want write access. |
Status: | Working, but with less functionality than the Elisp client. For example, it's not possible to administrate or create new conferences via WebKOM. |
Programming language: | Python |
Requires: | Python 2.2 or newer, CGI-capable web server, HTMLgen. |
Advantages: | + Easy to learn
+ No client installation necessary + Several languages supported, currently Swedish, English and Finnish. |
Drawbacks: | - Not as many features as the elisp client.
- Hard to support certain features, like asynchronous messages, with a WWW interface. |
doc
in the
WebKOM distribution.
cgi-fcgi
.
Apache with
mod_fastcgi
version 2.2.12 or newer is recommended.
If you are running Linux, you can install the RPM packages. Install the mod_fastcgi package after the Apache packages. If you already have Apache installed, you must uninstall it first.
If you are installing HTMLgen by hand, you should apply the patch for Python 2.1 and HTML 4.01 support.
Verify that Python and HTMLgen are correctly installed by running:
python2 -c "import HTMLgen"
rpm -vhi webkom-0.22-1.noarch.rpm --prefix=/usr/local
After the installation, your web server must be configured for
WebKOM. If you are using Apache, you can do this by running
apache-setup.py
. Read doc/README for more information
about manual configuration.