Re: Multiple Use for Minivend

[Jerry Bransom <jbransom@pcpc.data1.com>]

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> ******    message to minivend-users from Frank Miedreich <miedreich@acm.org>     ******
> 
> >******    message to minivend-users from "Rob Zimmerman"
> ><rob@readysite.net>     ******
> >
> >We are nearing the begining of developing a very large website that will
> >include a shopping center. Having worked with Minivend I am wondering if
> >anyone has used minivend to drive an entire site including all non-shopping
> >pages and making other uses of the search and  on-the-fly page building
> >capabilities?


We are doing this now. I just set my web server on my secure machine to listen
to port 80 as well as 443 and am using the default location for web pages.
I am also arping other virtual hosts on there too. Minivend it soo slow to
build entire web pages for a site in my opinion. It is just great for creating
the catalogs



> >
> >We will also be including the abilitie for our target audiance to create
> >their
> >own web presence by issuing a machine name for their site. They will have
> >the option to sell their products through our store. They will have access to
> >all the other features we offer for users. This is a target specific site.
> >They
> >will build their presence through the webbrowser. This is where I was
> >considering using the minivend system. The search engine will help visitors
> >locate a website owner and or products.

I had not thought of using the Minivend search engine but we installed
WWWAIS on ours to do searches. Itr is configurable by type and directory,
allowing me to create custom search criteria. Plus it is much faster at returning the 
results of the search. You can use it to include or exclude directories in the
search. It seems to work fine in conjunction with the Minivend Search Engine.



> >
> >Does this seem like a resonable use for minivend....
> >
> >Thanks
> >Rob
> 
> Reasonable... I don't know. It is possible.


Yes.. too much work for me.. I don't have a life as it is ;->



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Jerry Bransom                             CalMarket.COM
Sr. Programmer Analyst                    The California Online Marketplace
Kern Internet Services                    Bakersfield California
support@data1.com                         www.kern.com

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