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Web Form

Posted: Thursday 22nd September 2016 2:55pm
by cogier
In the last 'Forum' we found out how to run the Web Form on a home computer but can anyone explain in detail the way to put it on the web.

Thanks

Re: Web Form

Posted: Thursday 22nd September 2016 4:43pm
by jornmo
(Untested information)

You will need a server with Gambas installed on it. Since there are no hosting companies that provide that, you'll either have to
1. Set up a server in your own house
2. Rent a server from e.g. http://www.digitalocean.com (staring at $5/moth)

Once you've got the server up and running with Gambas, you should set up a cron job to verify that the web app is running (it could crash, and it will not restart by itself).

The way to execute your web app is:

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GB_HTTPD_PORT=XXX gbr3 --httpd website.gambas
Then access your server's ip from your browser, and hopefully it will work :)

(For a home server, a RaspberryPi might do)

Of cource, this information is very basic. It might be better to run it through Apache or Nginx (not sure how this is done exactly), you'll probably do better with firewall and other server hardening measures.

Re: Web Form

Posted: Thursday 22nd September 2016 4:48pm
by jornmo
A bit info HERE to.

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 15th October 2016 12:41am
by JFB
ignorant post removed... please accept my sincere apologies... i will do better in the future... jfb

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 10th December 2016 2:59pm
by gbWilly
When hosting Gambas websites on Apache2 you need to understand how cgi scripting works.
See: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/cgi.html

Now, if you understand this, treat gambas webpages as cgi scripts and Apache2 will know what to do with them.
So, you will need to add a 'Handler' that contains the extensions of your Gambas webpages.

I have been researching this because in future I will be needing it.
I haven't actually done or tested any of above myself, but that is what my general understanding of the matter is.

Hope this helps hosting Gambas sites using Apache2

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 10th December 2016 3:03pm
by jornmo
@JFB, I did not see your edit before now. I am glad you recanted!

Thank you willy! This will also be helpful for me in the future I can manage to complete my CMS written in Gambas :)

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 10th December 2016 4:37pm
by gbWilly
CMS in Gambas.... Looking forward to seeing that ;)

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 10th December 2016 7:05pm
by jornmo
Haha! Well, don't get your hopes up just yet :)

Re: Web Form

Posted: Wednesday 11th January 2017 11:41am
by gambix
You have an example of gambas CMS here :


http://gambasforge.org


The code is here :
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gambas ... =directory

Re: Web Form

Posted: Saturday 14th January 2017 2:29pm
by jornmo
Wow! That's very impressive! I've seen the site before, but had no clue it was made with Gambas... I sure need to look at the code and see what you guys have been up to. Good job :!: