https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server fr Yacs - Actupro christian@actupro.fr Sat, 30 May 2026 11:37:10 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://yacs.fr/article-448-monitor-the-review-queue https://yacs.fr/article-448-monitor-the-review-queue I manage to visit sites I am in charge of about once per day. After the usual authentication step YACS recognizes me as an associate and therefore adds some commands to my user menu. One of these commands offers to check the review queue. What appears in the review queue? Well, simply enough, YACS lists there articles that should probably be individually checked, such as: - most recent queries - pages submitted but not published yet (job for a managing editor) - oldest pages (that could be dead or inaccurate) - less read pages (maybe you should make it ... suite Bernard Stay tuned to your server Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:59:06 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/448 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/448 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A448 https://yacs.fr/article-449-check-the-database-overview https://yacs.fr/article-449-check-the-database-overview Quite often I visit the Control Panel and check the database overview towards the bottom of the page. The right column indicates what has changed recently, wether it be a file, a comment, or a user profile. Or even an article. Also the Control Panel features the list of modules. Click on any link to access related index pages. Usually newest items appear at the top of index pages Bernard Stay tuned to your server Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:14:05 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/449 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/449 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A449 https://yacs.fr/article-450-list-recent-events https://yacs.fr/article-450-list-recent-events YACS traces a lot of events in a text file for further analysis. When configuration parameters are changed, when a new article is submitted, or when an error occured, a record is created to remember it. From time to time I had a look at it, seeking for any error such as page not found (the infamous 404 code), or for other misconfiguration messages. Since some weeks this periodical check has been replaced with a more systematic approach. Now my newsreader is advertised almost on event creation Bernard Stay tuned to your server Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:31:59 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/450 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/450 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A450 https://yacs.fr/article-451-feed-your-newsreader-with-events https://yacs.fr/article-451-feed-your-newsreader-with-events YACS is able to format logged events as a secured RSS feed. To use it I have added the feed URL to RSS Bandit, and have provided a valid username and password. This setting is explained at How to monitor a YACS server using RSS?. As a result, when my laptop is running and connected to the Internet, it receives new events asynchronously. The maximum delay can be adjusted by changing the polling configuration. Also, this feed is secured with basic authentication. If your server runs PHP as CGI, you may need to visit YACS adds security to RSS ... suite Bernard Stay tuned to your server Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:31:29 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/451 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/451 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A451 https://yacs.fr/article-452-be-informed-by-e-mail https://yacs.fr/article-452-be-informed-by-e-mail Another way of staying tuned to your server is to receive messages from it. Add your e-mail address to the main configuration panel and YACS will use it to signal new article submissions and new user queries. As depicted in the image above, we have added one valid e-mail address to catch most important events at this server. When properly configured YACS sends messages at the logging address on following occasions: - when a new article has been submitted by a member - when a new query has been posted - when a new subscriber or member registers - ... suite Bernard Stay tuned to your server Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:15:39 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/452 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/452 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A452 https://yacs.fr/article-453-plug-your-messenger-into-your-server https://yacs.fr/article-453-plug-your-messenger-into-your-server Ultimately I have created an e-mail account at Yahoo! and installed Yahoo! Messenger. Suppose you submit a nasty question in the forum. Within minutes the messenger will pop up to signal a new message. Usually it takes me only two or three mouse clicks to review a new page and one click more to publish or to comment it. First of all, Yahoo! Messenger gives me a nice icon on the taskbar to say that something has arrived. When I double-click on the icon, the browser is launched and I am asked for a password. Then I can access ... suite Bernard Stay tuned to your server Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:18:37 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/453 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/453 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A453 https://yacs.fr/article-477-how-to-backup-and-restore-the-database https://yacs.fr/article-477-how-to-backup-and-restore-the-database With a simple click you can create a backup version of the database contents. Without another click you can restore data when necessary. To do that visit the Control Panel and hit the Backup/restore link in the menu below the title. Of course, you have to be an authenticated associate to do that. Returned backup data are files containing standard SQL-queries, that reconstruct the state of the database as it was when the backup was created. It's strongly encouraged to take a backup regularly (weekly or so). The restoring utility can actually process any set of SQL statements, as ... suite Bernard Stay tuned to your server Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT https://yacs.fr/section-67-stay-tuned-to-your-server#comments 0 https://yacs.fr/comments/post.php/article/477 https://yacs.fr/comments/feed.php/article/477 https://yacs.fr/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A477