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4/19/2011 4:21:37 AM
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Site on DVD

Hi Joe,

a friend of mine wants to have a mojo website, but he also needs the state of the site at a time on a DVD.
Is it possible to help him?

Best
Matthias

4/19/2011 7:09:25 AM
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Re: Site on DVD

Hi Matthias,

I don't want to say it is not possible but it is so difficult as to be just about impossible. One can easily backup a site with its files and the database backup onto DVDs, but to be able to then view the site as it was is where it becomes very challenging. You could restore it to disk and then re-create the site as it was but to be able to just view it from the disk would require that the dvd is bootable and runs with an operating system, a web server, and a database server. I do not know how to do that with windows, IIS and SQL Server, there would be licensing issues even if it is somehow possible.

On Linux it is more feasible from a license point of view and there are tools for making bootable linux disks. In theory it would be possible to backup a mojoPortal site that uses SQLite, or MySql, or pgsql onto a bootable disk with openSuse and Mono and then be able to run it by booting the disk up. But in reality there are always bugs in Mono and it is a lot of work to properly setup and configure a working bootable disk with a copy of a site on it. It isn't something I would want to struggle with myself and certainly not something for less technical people to tackle.

Best,

Joe

4/21/2011 5:40:37 AM
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Re: Site on DVD

Hi Joe,

thank you for your detailed reply smiley
Unfortunately, I got no e-mail notification (something wrong with it? I got no newsletter too), so I realized your reply only just.
I shall send the link to your reply to my friend.

Cheers
Matthias

4/21/2011 8:54:44 AM
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Re: Site on DVD

Hi Matthias,

Thanks for the beer!

I think i have seen bounce back messages from your email address, I think it said bad address as the reason for failure. If I see it again I will let you know.

Best,

Joe

4/21/2011 8:58:47 AM
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Re: Site on DVD

I just found one of the bounced messages in my deleted mail and forwarded it to you it says

invalid address [RCPT_TO]

so your mail server is refusing the message and is saying your email address is bad, I don't know why. Possibly spam filters are doing it but I would expect a different message for that.

Best,

Joe

4/24/2011 10:15:39 AM
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Re: Site on DVD

blushblushsmiley

Mistake in address.

Thanks
Matthias

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