Linora

Linora is a link organiser and archiver, conceived by Kit Lester then simplified and enhanced by Rich Boakes - we use it for demonstrating things that are good and also things that are bad - i.e. it's developed the hard/wrong way to illustrate the evolution of web app development since '98.

Installing Linora

1. Upload all files in this folder and its' subfolders.
   • either to the site root directory as a whole site,
   • or to a new directory (preferably named "linora") to act as a subsite.
2. Configure the inc/config.php file to point to a MySQL or similar DB.
3. ...
4. Profit

Linora is started by browsing to the appropriate one of:

• http://_domain_/
• http://_domain_/_path_
• http://_domain_/_path_/linora

Known Issues

See https://github.com/portsoc/linbeta/issues

Folder Configuration

On operating systems that provide the capability, files to be protected against direct off-site access, directories to be protected as below.

• The root folder should allow only index.html to be loaded.
• The lib folder shoudl allow all files to be read using GET only.
• All other files should be denies access except the api folder which should allow all HTTP traffic.