[HEA]
    _____________________   ___                                   _
    |___   ______________| |   |                                 | |
        |  | _             |   |                                 | |
        |  || |            |   |                                 | |
        |  || |            |   |                                 | |
        |  || |            |   |   ____ _   _ _   _   ______     | |
        |  || |            |   |  / __ \ | | / \_/ \  | ___ \    | |
        |  || |__   ____   |   | / /  \  | |  /\ /\ \ | |  \ \   | |
        |  ||  _ \ |  _ \  |   | \ \__/  | | | |_|| | | |__/ /   | |
        |  || | | || |_||  |   |  \___/|_| |_|    |_| | ____/    |_|
        |  || | | || |__   |   |____________________  | |         _
        |__||_| |_|\____/  |________________________| | |        |_|
                                                      | |
         Lighting Your Apple II Path                  | |
                                                      |_|

-----------------------------------


                       >>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


           THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online
          AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
           "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"


 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production       Vol. 7, No. 11
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
 Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
 Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                            November 15, 2004

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     The Observation
     The Walk
     KansasFest

A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
     New Uploads to the A2 Library------------------------------------[NUL]
     Juiced.GS V9 I4 Approaching Final Production---------------------[JFP]
     ImageMaker 2.2 Released------------------------------------------[IMT]
     DiskMaker 1.4 Available------------------------------------------[DMA]
     SideClick Contextual Menu Manager Continues to Evolve------------[SMM]
     TextEdit Control-------------------------------------------------[TEC]
     Managing Web Sites-----------------------------------------------[MWS]
     Subdomains and Parked Domains For WebSites-----------------------[SPD]

ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]
     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
          To be Continued

HCGS ANNOUNCEMENT-----------------------------------------------------[HCG]
     HyperCardIIgs Version of _The Lamp!_ Available

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
     November 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available------------------[NSA]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
     Letter to the Editor
     An Invitation

KFEST 2005------------------------------------------------------------[KF5]
     KansasFest 2005 to be Held July 19-24th--------------------------[TBH]
     KansasFest Website-----------------------------------------------[KFW]

EXTRA INNINGS
     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]


                                [*] [*] [*]

READING THE LAMP!   The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
"""""""""""""""""   your reading easier.  To use this system, load this
issue into any word processor or text editor.  In the index you will find
something like:

EXTRA INNINGS
     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]

To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
[INN].  There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].



[OPN]-------------------------------
         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
------------------------------------
From The Editor
"""""""""""""""
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>

                              The Observation
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     From the patio High Above The Rock River we see the results of the
recent windy days... most of the leaves have fallen from the trees.  With a
forecast for a high of 60 on this sunny day with a gentle breeze, it will
be a good day for a walk through a nearby neighborhood with lots of large
trees... it will be a Crunchy Leaves Day.

                                 The Walk
                                 ~~~~~~~~
     Some places leaves are on the sidewalk... the crunch of leaves under
foot is very special.  And look... a mother and father and their three
young children have taken time out from raking leaves... they have created
a huge pile of those dry, crispy leaves... and the children are taking
turns Jumping Into The Pile Of Leaves... oh, the crunching sound as they
land... the smile on their face as the peek out from that pile of leaves.

     Those who have never jumped into a pile of crunchy leaves will not
understand what is so special about it.  But we all have times, places, and
experiences that are special to us... such as working with the Apple II
computers.

     Further along in the walk we encounter a gentleman planting Spring
flowering bulbs.  It is always wonderful to see the blooming crocuses,
tulips and daffodils early in the Spring after the bleak landscape of
Winter.  This is one of those cases where planning ahead and taking action
pays off in the future.

                                KansasFest
                                ~~~~~~~~~~
     Planning ahead and taking action can pay off next Summer when it is
time for KFest.  Mark you calendar, ask for time off from work, and save up
some money.

     You might also want to begin planning a presentation for KFest 2005.
Most likely you have something you especially like to do with the Apple
computers... tell us about it at KFest.

     See the KFest section of this issue for more details.

[EOA]



ASCII ART BEGINS
_________  _                     _                                      _
|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |
   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |
   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |
   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |
   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |
   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|
   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _
   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|
                                                            | |
                                                            | |
                                                            |_|

ASCII ART ENDS
[EOA]



[DAS]----------------------------------------------
DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com  |
                                  (A2Central.com) |
---------------------------------------------------

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[NUL]
NEW UPLOADS TO THE A2 LIBRARY
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
There is a new upload in the
system_software/misc_16-bit/desk_accessories/nda directory:

File: MailChec1b1.BXY
Size: 14720
Date: Oct 7

MailChecker.NDA is another New Desk Accessory from Ryan Suenaga.  This NDA
will check a POP3 email account and report back to the user how many pieces
of mail are in the mailbox.  Requires System 6.0.1 and a working TCP/IP
connection using Marinetti 2.0.1 or later.  Freeware in public beta.

Uploaded by Ryan Suenaga.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 41)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the programming/debugging_tools/misc directory:

File: ORCADisasm.bxy
Size: 163840
Date: Oct 10

ORCA/Disassembler v1.2, which has been freeware for a couple of years but
somehow never got uploaded here.

Uploaded by Eric Shepherd.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 42)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the a2central.com_archives/Chat_Transcripts
directory:

File: A2Pgrmr1011.bxy
Size: 49178
Date: Oct 11

This text file contains the transcript of the October 11, 2004 Programmers
RTC.  If you missed this informative and entertaining discussion, this is
the next best thing to being there.

Uploaded by Kirk Mitchell.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 43)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the utilities/16-bit/applications directory:

File: imaker22.bxy
Size: 28928
Date: Oct 31

ImageMaker 2.2 is the latest version of Syndicomm's utility for creating
disk images.  The new version improves handling of 5.25" disks, allowing
them to be created in a single pass, with greater reliability.  ImageMaker
2.2 also supports the .po (ProDOS order) disk image format.

Uploaded by the author, Eric Shepherd.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 44)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the utilities/16-bit/applications directory:

File: dmaker14.bxy
Size: 26752
Date: Nov 9

DiskMaker 1.4 is an update to the popular disk image-to-disk conversion
utility for the Apple IIgs.  This new version fixes a few bugs (including
problems not being able to identify images based on their extensions) and
adds support for the .po file format.

Uploaded by the author, Eric Shepherd.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 45)
[EOA]


[JFP]
Juiced.GS V9 I4 Approaching Final Production
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Juiced.GS Volume 9 Issue 4 is approaching final production status right on
schedule and is hoped to ship around the 15th of the month, just in time to
read at your family's Thanksgiving party.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 632)
[EOA]


[IMT]
ImageMaker 2.2 RELEASED
"""""""""""""""""""""""
I've released ImageMaker 2.2, which has better support for 5.25" disk
images.  It'll be up soon here, but if you can't wait, you can visit
<http://www.sheppyware.net/products/a2/imagemaker>.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 9, Msg 3)
[EOA]


[DMA]
DiskMaker 1.4 Available
"""""""""""""""""""""""
I uploaded DiskMaker 1.4 last night; it's available on the SheppyWare site,
or you can wait and get it here, although either works. :)

The new version supports .po images, fixes a few bugs, and I think handles
newly-inserted disks faster although I don't really remember for sure; I
wrote that code months ago. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                      Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 8, Msg 2)
[EOA]


[SMM]
SideClick Contextual Menu Manager Continues to Evolve
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Yes, a given client can add multiple items to the menu if it wishes to do
so.

As for the length of the string, pretty much anything you might normally
use in a menu.  You don't want to go nuts, but any length that can be
handled by the Menu Manager is allowed.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
Any other feedback at all about the SideClick API?  I have a minor new
version, but it's just some added explanatory text, not any substantive
changes.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
My only concern is the control-click to bring up the menu.  Since the Apple
IIgs only has one mouse button, I used the control-double-click sequence to
bring up selections in SIS that would show up with a right-click.  I chose
the control key as identified by the Mac OS 8 User Interface Guidelines.

Since the control-double-click shows options that can not be accessed by
any other method, I want to verify that sideclick does not conflict with
the operation of SIS.

Perhaps SideClick can use Option-click to avoid any potential confusion?

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 7)

>>>>>
"""""
I seem to recall there being several applications that use option-click to
accomplish tasks though.

I chose control-click because that's what the Macintosh uses to simulate a
right-click when you're using a one-button mouse, which makes it, in my
mind, a standard I should follow.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
Yeah.  A program like Platinum Paint uses all the modifier keys with
clicking to extend functionality.  There is no one good modifier key with
clicking to guarantee compatibility across the board.  Stuff will break.

Maybe it is time to go in the business to sell two-button mice for the GS
to extend functionality :)

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 10)

>>>>>
"""""
Well, SideClick will support two-button mice, assuming the GS actually
really does report the button number like it claims it does in the Event
Manager documentation. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 11)

>>>>>
"""""
I have a new version of the SideClick specification uploaded:

http://homepage.mac.com/sheppy/projects/sideclick/SideClickAPISpecs.pdf

This version corrects some errors in the definitions of structures, and
adds the values for most of the IPC calls; only a couple of them had
numbers assigned previously.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 9)

>>>>>
"""""
A little status report on SideClick; I've sent a version to my regular test
crew to try out.  I believe it's essentially finished at this point.

When I do release it, it will include sample code and the SideClick.h
header file so programmers can interface with it from C; I'll see if I can
get interfaces done for other languages.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 12)

>>>>>
"""""
FWIW, I would be willing to try to do the Pascal headers for ORCA/Pascal.

I also have to work on ones for Geoff's TimeZone Tool.

Of course, I think I'm the only person in the world who uses ORCA/Pascal,
so it's really a selfish project :-)

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 13)

>>>>>
"""""
That would be helpful.  Shouldn't be hard; it's pretty simple. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Of course, I think I'm the only person in the world who uses ORCA/Pascal
<<

No, it's actually my GS language of choice, too.

(TCOMPTER, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 15)

>>>>>
"""""
SideClick 1.0b1 has been posted as a public beta release.  The package
includes the SideClick init, three sample inits that use SideClick, and API
documentation and headers for C and MPW IIgs assembly.

The source code for the three sample inits is included.

For details, visit: http://www.syndicomm.com/products/sideclick/

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
No bug report, but just a comment and a question.

SideClick is great!

(That's the comment)

Question: Do you think a FExt could be written so that if a file or folder
is selected and SideClick is activated, one of the options could be "Move
to Trash"?

I have not done a FExt, so hence my question :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 17)

>>>>>
"""""
Yes, I think it could be done.  I'm actually planning to do an update to
SideClick (probably not until after 1.0 though) that will provide
additional information if you're in Finder and the right-click is on an
icon, but even without that change, the FExt could figure that out on its
own.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 18)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Question: Do you think a FExt could be written so that if a file or
folder is selected and SideClick is activated, one of the options could be
"Move to Trash"? <<

A few years ago, I wrote a finder extra which added a menu item/command-key
equivalent to delete a selected file.  The file gets deleted, but the
window doesn't get updated to reflect that.

Finder 6.0 (and 6.0.1) included a request to notify Finder that the
contents of a window have changed.  IIRC, Sheppy told me that the request
is ignored by 6.0.1, and the folder modification date/time is used to
automagically know when a folder is updated.  However, ProDOS has a 1
minute granularity for when a file/folder was last modified.... so if you
try to delete 2 files within the same minute, the window won't be updated
for the 2nd file's deletion.

I don't recall if I tested it with HFS or not.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 19)

>>>>>
"""""
Making SideClick able to detect if there are icons selected and add items
to the menu if there are is trivial -- but it should be possible with more
work to add them if you right click on an icon or a group of selected
icons.

The latter is a capability I hope to add directly into SideClick at some
point.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 20)

>>>>>
"""""
Any ideas for possible uses for SideClick?  I'd be interested in
suggestions.  :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 21)

>>>>>
"""""
Aside from the one I gave re: moving an item to the trash. . .

Connect/disconnect TCP/IP;

Show clipboard;

Open a list of predetermined applications to launch.

Would it be possible to use Hierarchic with SideClick?

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 22)

>>>>>
"""""
I haven't tried using Hierarchic with SideClick yet, but I'm fairly
confident it will work.  If not, I will make it work, because I see a huge
advantage to being able to add submenus to it.  I'll check on it.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 23)
[EOA]


[TEC]
TextEdit Control
""""""""""""""""
I understand that if my TextEdit Control is readonly, TEInsert will not do
a thing to put new text into the control.  My question is how do I lock and
unlock the readonly flag?

Thanks.

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
There's a bit in the TextEdit control's flags that controls this.  Simply
twiddle the bit.  I'm not at my desk at the moment or I'd look in the TBR
to get specifics.  It's not in the moreFlags, it's in the longword TE
flags.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Yeah, the bit is in the textFlags field of the TextEdit control record.

Just toggle the value of the bit fReadOnly.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
Using SetCtlMoreFlags?

There doesn't appear to be any other call, but I've never done this before
:)

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
No, there's not a tool call for it.  You need to directly access the field
in the record.

flags : longint;

flags = myTEHandle^^.textFlags;

(* modify the flag here, I don't remember the Pascal syntax to change the
value of one bit in an integer *)

myTEHandle^^.textFlags = flags;

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
Thanks, Shep.  I'll work on it this week, I think.

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 6)
[EOA]


[MWS]
MANAGING WEB SITES
""""""""""""""""""
Can anyone recommend a hosting company where I can store my web site?  I
currently use softcomca.com (aka myhosting.com), which offers 100 MB of
storage, 5 GB of bandwidth, and 20 email addresses for $10/month, which is
a great deal - but their tech support is laughable.  Their "help" is
usually undetailed and/or incorrect, and I'm tired of dealing with people
(I wonder if this job has been outsourced?) who don't know their CAT5 from
their elbow.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 92)

>>>>>
"""""
I've been using LunarPages.com for a web site for our dog training club.
For $7.95 per month, you get:

PHP, JSP*, ASP*, & PERL
1000 Megabytes Storage
40 Gigabytes Data Transfer
Priority Toll-free Telephone Support
FTP Access
Fantastico Script Library
Microsoft Front Page (not sure what use this is, but they have it)

When I first signed up two years ago, it was 500 GB they provided for this
price, and the size has just gone up since then, with additional features
added now and then, including the increased capacity. They have telephone
tech support that usually helps quite a bit.

The $7.95 per month, if paid as 1 year at a time, has no set up charge. If
you get 3 or 6 month durations, there is a $30 setup fee.

You can also get a MySQL database for no additional charge, and additional
databases are $1/month.

I don't know how it compares to others, but it's been quite good. You don't
get command-line access to your account, but the online Control Panel does
everything you might need.

Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
Apple II History
http://apple2history.org

(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 93)

>>>>>
"""""
But wait there's more! (I just read the other page about the account):

You also get:

unlimited e-mail accounts
unlimited e-mail forwarding
unlimited e-mail auto responders
web mail
CGI-BIN
PHP, Python & PERL
ASP, JSP 7 Servlets available
add-on domain available
3 parked domains
15 sub domains
ftp account
SSI - server side includes
online user statistics
DreamWeaver compatible
POP3, SMTP, IMAP

(ABC, 1-2-3, Do-Re-Mi available for an additional fee...)

Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
Apple II History
http://apple2history.org

(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 94)

>>>>>
"""""
Steve,

Wow!  That's quite a setup.  Compared with my current package, detailed at
<http://myhosting.com/HostingPlans/basic.asp>, I see very few reasons to
switch; the availability of PHP, Python, Perl, ASP, and cgi-bin is very
attractive, and all for a lower price than I'm paying now.  The only item I
didn't see listed at LunarPages.com was mailing lists (I currently have
one), but I would be willing to give that up and find an alternative for
mass emails.

Thanks.  I'm going to forward this information to two web programmers who
have worked on my sites, and get their opinions.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 95)

>>>>>
"""""
My first question would be, when you say they offer:

> CGI-BIN
> PHP, Python & PERL
> ASP, JSP 7 Servlets available

Does that mean that you can write your own servlets/scripts and install
them, or does it simply mean that they offer a set of pre-fab servlets that
they have concocted?
_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 96)

>>>>>
"""""
Thomas,

I'll look into that.  The further information provided on their web page
says only:

"Asp is available for an additional $1.00 a month per domain or sub domain.
You can also add JSP and Servlet support to your domain name or sub domain
for only $2 per month. We use Resin. for serving fast servlets and JSP.
Resin is a cutting-edge XML Application Server. It serves the fastest
servlets and JSP. Resin's fast Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 engine beats
mod_perl, mod_php, and other servlet engines in performance. J2SETM 1.4.1
is installed."

They also provide 37 prefab Fantastico scripts, as detailed at
<http://lunarpages.com/desc/fantastico.htm>.

Another exciting feature is 15 free subdomains.  That means, for example,
instead of telling people to go to gamebits.net and click on the
PlayStation link, or giving them gamebits.net/psx as a URL, I can send them
to psx.gamebits.net.  Neat!

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 97)

>>>>>
"""""
>> You can also add JSP and Servlet support to your domain name or sub
domain for only $2 per month. We use Resino?= for serving fast servlets and
JSP. Resin is a cutting-edge XML Application Server. <<

Yeah, that sounds like you can write your own apps for use in their
container.  That's pretty cool.

Of course, since I've discovered that I can serve my own apps on my own OS
X box, I don't really need that at the moment.  :)
_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 98)

>>>>>
"""""
In signing up for Lunarpages, I learned that PHP, Python, and Perl come
standard, but ASP is an extra $1/month, and Java/JSP is an extra $2/month.
That's disappointing.

I still made the switch, but had to pay more than the $7.95 I was hoping
for, since I use ASP scripts on my site.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 99)
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[SPD]
Subdomains and Parked Domains For WebSites
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Could someone explain to me what subdomains and parked domains are?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 100)

>>>>>
"""""
From the Control Panel manual at LunarPages:

"An addon domain is a domain name that points to a subdirectory within your
account. For example, you may want innovation.org.nz to point to
business.org.nz/innovation/. Addon domains must be registered domain names
that you own and configured to point to your web site's servers."

So, if you registered "www.gagne.com", you could configure it to point to
"www.gamebits.com/gagne".

Regarding parked domains:

"You can set up a domain name that you own to point to another domain name.
This is known as "parking" a domain.

"Example: You own the business.co.nz and innovation.co.nz domain names. You
already have a web site for business.co.nz, but you do not want to create a
new web site for innovation.co.nz at the moment. By parking
innovation.co.nz on top of business.co.nz, all URLs for innovation.co.nz
will automatically go to business.co.nz instead."

On the other hand, a Subdomain is just another way of accessing part of
your web site. You could have "gagne.gamebits.com", which would be its own
folder within the public_html folder for your site. This is just an
alternate way of subdividing the contents of your site, if you wish. You
could just as easily do "www.gamebits.com/gagne" if you wanted. Note that
this does not require registering another domain name with any DNS service
(thus costs nothing extra).

By the way, mailing lists ARE possible with LunarPages, with no extra cost.
This is also accessible from the Control Panel.
 
Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
Apple II History
http://apple2history.org

(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 1010
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      ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |
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An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To be Continued
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Note from October 2004 issue:

      I'll say goodbye for now, but I'm not fading away as I did in 1995.
I'll return some time next year to do another couple of Illuminating The
Lamp columns for 2003 and 2004.

Steven Weyhrich
a2history@syndicomm.com
http://apple2history.org
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          HCGS ANNOUNCEMENT |
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HyperCard GS Version of _The Lamp!_ Available
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This issue of _The Lamp!_ is available in a version for HCGS.
(HyperCard IIgs)

Look for it in the HyperCard_IIgs directory.

If you would like future issues of _The Lamp!_ available in the HCGS
version please email me at:

Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[TSU]
TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
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Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or to
sign up!

(Logon message)
[EOA]


[NSA]
November 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available
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The November 2004 (Volume 3, Number 11) issue of Syndicommotion has been
emailed to subscribers.  The HTML edition can be found online at the
following URL:

http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/v3n11.html

or by selecting menu option #1 from Page 155 on Syndicomm Online (type
"m155;1" without the quotes at any menu prompt).

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 25)
[EOA]



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             LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Letter to Editor
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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:23:23 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
From: Bruce Baker (email)
To: lyle@foxvalley.net
Subject: good job

As Steve says, you really are doing a great job on the lamp.  Thanks for
all you do.  We still have a nice community.

Bruce Baker

>>>>>
"""""
Thank you.

Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_

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AN INVITATION
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Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
Apple II computers.

Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>

The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.

The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
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[KF5]------------------------------
                       KFest 2005 |
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[TBH]
KansasFest 2005 to be Held JULY 19-24th
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Mark your calendar and start saving some money.


[KFW]
KansasFest Website
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Is located here:   http://www.kfest.org
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                    EXTRA INNINGS |
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"""""""""""""""   the WEB at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/

This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes.  Apple II Forever!

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