Apache & Dynamic Pages

[msmecca]

I am a web developer and I wanted to know is there anyway possible the following can be done?:

My client wants to have his files that sit on his Apache server to show up on a webpage and the links on the page will go directly to the files on the server for downloading and/or file viewing. The web page will have to refresh every 12 - 24 hours showing the changes on the server. The web page is on a secure server and is Intranet based. The pages will be viewed if the user signs on with their username/password using .htaccess. I am not sure if this can be done. If so or if not, I need some sort of direction so I can give a solution as soon as possible.

*lost developer*:(

[DrWolffenstein]

Apache has severe problems with Visual Basic. I created a DHTML application in VB6 Proffessional and it didn't work on apache, nomatter how hard I tried. I guess you need MS IIS for DHTML

[KevinReichard]

Yes, there are many ways to approach this.

You will probably need some sort of content management system to handle this. On the low end, you could look at Zope or Cold Fusion; both of them (I believe) will work with Apache. These tools can be set up to manage dynamic data -- they can be set up to run scripts, update data, and then publish the data. These tools are not used for user access (that is done separately with .htaccess). You can look at Zope for free.

You can also look at setting up a Java system with Tomcat and Apache. This would be a rather *****ious solution for you, however.

--Kevin