[horde] MOTD application and a CVS question

[Brian M.Dube]

Thank you for the interest. The most recent messages (how recent would 
be a configurable option) would be displayed at login, where motd.php 
is currently displayed. The application's API would provide the ability 
to display this abbreviated list of messages. The separate application 
would allow users to view all the messages, even sorted by some field 
like system maintenance, downtimes, etc. For administrators, the 
application would provide the GUI for managing the messages and setting 
options. I don't see the need for many preferences at the user level 
right now. For example, how many messages to display on the login 
screen: a user preference wouldn't be useful here since authentication 
hasn't taken place.

For your last question, which MOTD, I think that depends on 
authentication. If you use IMP to authenticate, then 
imp/config/motd.php is displayed on the login page and 
horde/config/motd.php is unused. I'm not yet sure how this application 
will interact with the various motd.php files. Suggestions are welcome.

Brian

On Friday, Jun 20, 2003, at 16:46 US/Central, sting at mail.mcneese.edu 
wrote:

> Just so you know, I'd be interested in your MOTD application.  A 
> question for
> you though, will it be a separate application or will it just modify 
> the
> motd.php with a nice GUI.  Also, which MOTD are you going to use?  The 
> one on
> the login page, the horde page, or a completely seperate page?
>
> Steve