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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Richard Russell <richard@yellowgoanna.com>
  Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 14:31:35 +1030

Re: Editing html inplace with Apache...

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:41:11PM +1030, Richard Russell wrote:

> I really don't know where to start looking with this one... I want a
> site, hosted with Apache on my Debian server, to be editable by one
> specific person with a windows PC, so they can just go to the relevant
> page, edit it in MS Word (or whatever) and then save it back to the
> original URL... What is the best way to do that? I could set up an FTP
> account, but that would entail teaching some FTP that I'd rather
> not...

[ ... ]

> I really don't know where to start looking for this... Can anyone give
> me a few tips, or at least assure me that it is possible without
> jumping through more than three hoops? :)

AFAIK, Office 97 and up support WebDAV[1]. Apache has mod_dav, which
may do just what you want.

   - andrew

[1] See the WebDAV project website is at http://www.webdav.org/ for
    more information, particularly the FAQ and mod_dav pages which may
    be of some use.

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