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Web Technologies-II

Notes
The ASP.NET Website
This was a social network website of the client which we integrated to WPMU.
Proxy/Gateway
As we knew WPMU was a PHP project using the database MySql while the client’s original
website was an Asp.net project using the database SQLServer2005. So we decided to develop
the layer to communicate between PHP and ASP. We reserved the user’s information in the
ASP.Net and used PHP to deal with identity authentication information. At the same time
Asp.Net also could call the custom network API written in PHP to access the data in WPMU.

WPMU Layer
WordPress is a PHP open source project that has multiple versions and supporting Plugin
and Theme. To realize accounts synchronization, we implemented account authentication
by intercepting API function through plug-in.
Challenges of the Development Process
• In the development of the sub-project “File Manager Control”, we were required to
use Fancy Uploader to realize the file upload function. However there was a stubborn
problem: the Fancy Uploader control also used a JavaScript framework named MooTools
which would conflict with prototype.js.
As the time was very tight, we advised that temporarily rename the related method in
MooTools for the purpose of resolving the conflict.
• WPMU supports two types of deployment, one is deploying through visiting the directory
and the other is deploying through supporting subdomain. We adopted the client’s
suggestion to deploy using subdomain. But the subdomain was often parsed to wrong
websites.
We found that IIS filter plug-in did not support the subdomain well. So we gave up
deploying on IIS and switched to use Apache deployment on the Linux platform
Benefits to the Client
• The completed code has greatly enhanced the expansibility, stability and maintainability.

• The original website has added more members after the system integrated the Word
Press Mu blog to the Asp.net.
• The new system is easier to update for the client and brings the latest user experience.
• We have helped our client reduce their development cost.

Questions
1. What are the challenges for the development process of the Website?
2. What benefits the client found?

Self Assessment Questions
6. URLs have a maximum length that varies from browser to browser like

(a) Around 3k (b) Around 2k
(c) Around 4k (d) Around 1k
7. URL stands for .....
(a) Universal Resource Locator (b) United Resource Locator

(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these.

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