advice needed - presenting data

AHarvey · 4 Dec 2009 at 15:34

Hi all,

I need to create a information system similar to a wiki/html help file that will sit on a central file server and allow people to read info on lots of different topics.

I need it to be on a file server so I only have to update the one file.

And using a wiki program is out because it is just a file server with no SQL/webserver systems etc.

HTML help would be ideal, but as far as I am aware you can't host it in a server...

Any suggestions?

Sp00n · 4 Dec 2009 at 15:48

You can host a chm file wherever you like.

You'd be better off with a webhost, why cant you install apache on the "file server".

AHarvey · 4 Dec 2009 at 16:24

Strict IT rules, no one here even has admin rights to a PC and it's pathetic.

I am sure I read that a CHM file couldn't be used by several people at the same time on a windows server

I'll go off and do a bit more research on it.

thanks

Sp00n · 5 Dec 2009 at 14:37

Do you not have a spare pc you could set up as a host? It would be internal so there is no security risk.

SiriusB · 5 Dec 2009 at 14:55

Sp00n said:
Do you not have a spare pc you could set up as a host? It would be internal so there is no security risk.

Minimal Linux or Windows install with Apache would work just fine on some old dusty box you have laying around. As Sp00n says, security is not much of an issue if it is all internal.

Sp00n · 5 Dec 2009 at 17:26

Or if you could spare the reources, maybe run a vmware LAMP from a server/machine somewhere.

It's just the best way to do it and allows you to use a better system in the long run.