[Olpc-sysadmin] I need a little vserver for an http post handler [& some scripts]

[Samuel Klein]

Below is my proposed solution for a small recurring problem.

I need to publish a form that lets people enter project data,
urgency/deadlines, email, mailing address, and phone number.  This
should trigger a few things:

* a post of the project information to the wiki
** a talk-page update to a separate wikipage
* an email of the private mailing information to contributors at rt.laptop.org
* a confirmation email to the submitter

My first thought is that the form action can be a cgi script, and the
triggers all part of that script.    The form itself needs to be
validated for doubleclicks, special characters, fields filled out
properly, &c.

The form can reside on dev and the script on a separate vserver, if
this seems necessary..

I will need a similar setup for forms that an OLPC friend/fundraiser
will fill out to indicate their acceptance of the terms required of
all such groups.

Please suggest a way for me to do this.  Thanks!

SJ


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
> Can someone suggest a place for me to run an http-post handler (mstone
> sez: a vserver!) and some scripts?
> I have a number of forms (for joining badge groups, submitting ideas,
> &c) that I'd like to have send out mail, update wikis, &c.
>
> SJ
>