Hi all, I found MorphOS Files, Krashan's software index in an unrelated thread about something else and thought it wouild be a good idea to open this new one.

In my opinion, it looks very good, but I have a single question about it: What do we do with Luky's fantastic MorphOS software index?

I have to make some corrections here.

1. My site is not an index. It is an archive (or call it 'depot'). It is not just a collection of links, all the files are stored on a local HDD + regular backups. No more links to non-existing or moved webpages.

2. My site scope is a bit narrower than Luky's one. I want to keep it strictly a software archive. No things like pictures, music, documents (except of documents strictly related to MorphOS or MorphOS capable hardware, but for example Freescale application notes about Linux on Pegasos do not qualify).

3. It is just a hobby project for now. I do not spread news yet intentionally. I guess I should have break 100 files threshold and add some missing functionality (browsing the tree of categories goes first).

@Krashan
Nice to have a mos-only depot!
Thanx for yout effort.

Hola

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Understood. That makes it different, technically. But for regular people (if that is applicable to a MorphOS user), it still is a place to search for software.
Right now, for example, the best way to populate it is, precisely, using Luky's software index, downloading the desired files, and adding them. Have you considered contacting Luky?

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Understood.

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But, being something of general interest, you'll soon see that people don't consider it a hobby, but of a kind of stablished service...

but of a kind of stablished service...

Why shouldn't it be stable?

krashan@teleinfo:~$ uptime
15:03:15 up 390 days, 19:03, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Efika is really stable hardware.

BTW I've added "top20 downloads" subpage. Just for fun .

@Krashan
Perhaps I'm just not seeing it, but a browse by catagory link would be a nice addition.

My post on this subject from the other thread:

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Just checked availability and (no surprise) morphosfiles.com/org/net etc is all available. Shall I go ahead and register one and then forward you the details? Or would you rather I gift you the money for it via paypal?

Just to add - I understand that this is a spare time project for you and I hope I'm not appearing pushy talking about getting a domain name when you've only recently started this thing.

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Of course it's stable! I've visited your Efika's uptime web page several times. What I meant is this: While this is hobby for you, other people might believe is "official"...

I think the word "stablished" looked like a misspell. "Established" may have been a better choice.

Just to add - I understand that this is a spare time project for you and I hope I'm not appearing pushy talking about getting a domain name when you've only recently started this thing.

Well, you are not pushy at all. I think it will be best if you get a domain yourself. If I may suggest something, I would rather go for "morphos-files" than "morphosfiles", as it is easier to read and follows existing "morphos-user", "morphos-team", "morphos-developer".

The site is not domain-dependent, if the domain is lost for any reason, the site will be still available at the old address. The only thing I have to do is to setup a vhost in my Apache config after you direct the domain to the right IP. It is a few minutes of work.

Perhaps I'm just not seeing it, but a browse by catagory link would be a nice addition.

Done. Checked with OWB only for now, other browsers may have some layout quirks. Will test tomorrow with Opera, Firefox and MSIE.

@Krashan
Very nice. It seems to work correctly in the piece of garbage called IE6.

Another suggestion. It might be nice to have a logo that looks like a "confidential" or "under investigation" stamp on a police case file folder. The stamp should be blue and have a butterfly some where in it. Here is an example of such a folder.Tomorrow I will try to work something up unless someone else does it.

1. I'm not a graphican, so I can't draw such image.

2. I do not want to bloat the site with graphics. It is designed to load fast. The only image currently is the dark blue gradient used as a background of the header, the whole 419 bytes . Total size of the directory containing this image, all PHP scripts and style sheet is 40 kB

@Krashan

That does leave more space for software.

Speaking about graphicians - something's wrong with TVPaint archive - it seems to be only 138 bytes long.

something's wrong with TVPaint archive - it seems to be only 138 bytes long

Yes, it was a bug in data entered in the database (wrong filename). It is fixed now, please try again.

Thankyou for providing greater access to these files and I like the addition of searching by category. I've just downloaded a couple of files - although I'm getting a "Bad request" error for ZoneXplorer.

btw I'm using Opera on WinXP and everything looks fine.

although I'm getting a "Bad request" error for ZoneXplorer.

Heh, another typo in a filename entered to the database. Fixed. Thanks for reporting.

Excellent job Krashan!

Showing files 1 to 1 of 1 in 'utilities/text'.

NoWinED 0.87 ?? :))))

0.78 :)

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Yes that's a good idea. Ok I'm all set to go with www.morphos-files.net

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Ok so I register the domain name and then how do I direct it to the right IP? Sorry for my ignorance in these matters
Luckily I usually pick things up quickly though.

Just 4 curiosity...
are you running MorphOS on your Efika or some Linux flavour? (Excuse my ignorance, I don't know if you can run a full Apache server under MorphOS so maybe this is a stupid question, so I beg your perdon in advance).

BTW the site is looking more and more intersting...
Thanx again Krashan.

Hola.

Ok so I register the domain name and then how do I direct it to the right IP? Sorry for my ignorance in these matters.

Well, after you register the domain, you should be able to point it to some IP address. It is usually a remote administration panel as a webpage. Depends on the institution, where you register/buy the domain. Then you just set the IP to 212.33.95.179, which is the IP adress of teleinfo.pb.edu.pl. After the domain "propagates" through the tree of DNS servers (takes a few days usually), entering it in a browser will get you the main teleinfo.pb.edu.pl page. This is your part of the job.

Then I have to configure a virtual host in my WWW server. It means, that server treats www.morphos-files.org differently than teleinfo.pb.edu.pl, and uses a different directory as the root page. This configuration job is straightforward and takes a few minutes.

In case you will lost the domain for any reason, the site will be still available at the old address. If I will have to move the site, you will have to change the IP to the new site (it means another propagation -> a few days mess...). I hope none of the two problems will never happen, but in any case the archive itself will continue to exist.

[ Edited by Krashan on 2009/4/24 11:47 ]

are you running MorphOS on your Efika or some Linux flavour?

Debian Linux. I guess it is proper OS for the job. While I'm a MorphOS enthusiast, I'm not a MorphOS fanboy . MorphOS is not really designed as a system for Internet servers.

[ Edited by Krashan on 2009/4/24 11:46 ]

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That's completely understandable. But, even as a challenge, could it be done? I guess you need Apache web service, plus PHP runtime, plus database service. Do we have these on MorphOS?
Well, I realize that we could have them, but they would be ports of Linux software anyway. Kind of running Linux software on an alien opearting system, just for the sake of it. Not much point in doing so.

By the way, I miss something very important in your database: The home page of each file (just like Luky's site has). Just a way to get more information, before downloading.

[ Edited by jcmarcos on 2009/4/24 13:15 ]