Committee Intranet Experiment

I’m setting up Drupal as my next college project. It is going to primarily be an intranet experiment. If it works, then committees will be able to work on items more effectively without having to be present physically.

Photo Server-update

The photo server is running smoothly now.  After reinstalling and reconfiguring Gallery2 for the second time, the database started acting nice.

The first install went great for 2 hours, then the database just lost everything.  Also, linux locked up 3 times.  On the second try, I used a second computer to remote access the gallery2 and database.  This worked a lot better.

So if you have to use an old computer as a server, dont use it while setting up databases, and configuring web base interfaces. =)

Photo Server

I’m running out of blank CDs and on top of that, half of them do not burn correctly, so I have figured out a better way.

I’m going to set up a Gallery2 photo gallery on the Faculty side of the network, make an account for each person who will need access, then upload my photos. That way everyone has one place to go to and I save a great deal of blank CDs (=money=).

There are 4 departments who want my photos, so I’m guessing I will need about 20-30 accounts. Not very hard, just time consuming, but that is the life of a computer person.

After that, I’m thinking about setting up a joomla or drupal site for some faculty committee projects. It would be easier to go there, leave their article, get response, and fix them. At the moment, they are just emailing each other/going to their office. This would be a little less time consuming and more interactive.