Re: nocat + admin site

phpNoCat ?

I woul be interested in using that, thanks.

As for those modifications that you talk about here..

where can I get your version to give it a try?

Thanks,
Carlos

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Scott C. Lemon wrote:
> I'm curious ... How did your development venture work?  It's past the 4/July
> ...  :-)
>
> Also ... I have modified the code of NoCat to handle account expirations,
> and then wrote some code for accepting purchases of time via PayPal to
> update account expiration times in an LDAP directory.  I've thought about
> integrating all of this into the NoCat codebase, however I have wondered
> about the overall interest in NoCat and if there was a community that would
> use the updates ...
>
> Too many projects ... Not enough time ...  :-)
>
> P.S. Who would want phpNoCat?  An entire rewrite of NoCat in PHP?  :-)
>
>
> Scott C. Lemon
>  
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of twistedpickles
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [NoCat] nocat + admin site
>
>   
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/07, Scott E. Barasch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>     
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I'd be interested in the code, as well.
>>>
>>> I had been running nocat for a while, until it crashed, at which 
>>> time I switched to WifiDog.
>>>
>>> I like the ability of WifiDog to act as a collaboration portal / 
>>> hotspot for logged in users.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to put in a request for NoCat to have the 
>>> following modules to addon to the standard install:
>>>
>>> * A module to Joomla CMS, so that users could be redirected to a 
>>> Joomla site, where they'd sign into Joomla and NoCat via the same 
>>> SSO, and then get to use all of the features of a Joomla portal...
>>>
>>> * Another module, which would work in tandem with the one above to 
>>> serve up the NoCat network as a paid hotspot for public access (with 
>>> the option of free access to private and admin users), where users 
>>> could be charged via paypal or credit card or some other already in 
>>> place online payment service for web access at a by minute / hour / day
>>>       
> time frame.
>   
>>> * Could we somehow tie in your web administration module into the 
>>> Joomla Framework for NoCat, for administering a Joomla / NoCat community
>>>       
> portal?
>   
>>> * Could we tie NoCat into LDAP, Active Directory, and possilbty 
>>> RADIUS? (In that order?)
>>>
>>> I am just learning PHP, and I don't know PERL, so I'm afraid I won't 
>>> be able to be a big help; however I have a friend who's big into 
>>> programming, who may be able to help.
>>>
>>> I'm on summer break from college for right now, and will have a 
>>> couple of hours during each weekend top possibly do some simple PHP, 
>>> or C++, or I could ask my friend to help with pother PHP or PERL
>>>       
> stuff...
>   
>>> I'd just like some help in putting together a group effort to step 
>>> up the functionality of NoCat, and make it something people would 
>>> turn to as their first choice for an open source Captive Portal /
>>>       
> Hotspot solution.
>   
>>> Please let me know if this is a possible project that could be started.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Scott.
>>>
>>>       
>
>
> I don't have any intentions to tie the admin site into a payment gateway at
> the moment. Nocat can currently connect to LDAP. I'll be experimenting with
> LDAP this summer too.
>
> I don't know what joomla is and I have never used wifidog :(
>
> The project will be open source so the features you are interested in others
> may also have interests in and can be implemented.
>
> I will probably put the code up near 4/July.
>
> --
> ::twistedPickles:: :
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