Comments on: Me and Rapache

By: Use Rapache to Manage Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu - Click On Tyler

Use Rapache to Manage Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu - Click On Tyler — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:34:24 +0000

[...] but want to setup virtual hosts on Ubuntu rather than Mac OS X, Stefano Forenza has created the Rapache project. Like VHX, Rpache is a GUI to manage Apache virtual hosts. With just a few clicks you can [...]

By: Stefano Forenza

Stefano Forenza — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:35:36 +0000

@Vadim P.: we could partner with gufw developer to form the “Grand Alliance to Save Lazy Sysadmins From Extinction”

By: Roel

Roel — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:43:08 +0000

@Vadim: GNOME support for Glade is provided in the glade-gnome(-3) package.

By: Vitor Pamplona

Vitor Pamplona — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:06:52 +0000

Wow! Great! Like we say here: You hit the Duck!

Congratz.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:41:17 +0000

@Roel: How did you get Glade to do Bonobo? I’ve been looking to make use it of (for the dock actually, because gtkhandlebox is a bit limiting). But I couldn’t find an option in glade on how to do it.

And, this is looking very promising. I’d help but I’m already involved in helping gufw (gui for the ufw in ubuntu). 2 GUI nice GUI projects, +1 for… gui users!

By: Tiago

Tiago — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:12:10 +0000

Seems like a great software. Keep it up!

By: Laudeci Oliveira "Pretto"

Laudeci Oliveira "Pretto" — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:41:34 +0000

I really like that project, I planned to do something like that before but APTonCD got all of my time.

Nice work, keep going

I will be very glad if I could help with something.

Cheers.

By: Roel

Roel — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:45:45 +0000

Thanks for the reaction; I added the .glade files (should have done that right away).

The grouping of the restart button with the notice is indeed better, I didn’t realise the button is not shown all the time.

From a user perspective, I think notices should be placed at the bottom of the window. I mainly focus on the bottom of windows because that’s usually where the buttons are. I’m not sure what the guidelines say about this however.

You can do whatever you like with the ideas and the files. Good luck with the project!

By: Stefano Forenza

Stefano Forenza — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:35:36 +0000

Thank you Roel. Your work is quite nice, but I have some problem with it.

As for the main window, putting the notice on the bottom make it less visibile. Also should be noted what the restart notice is not visible all the time.
De-aligning the restart notice from the restart button renders the restart action less intuitive for the user.

Same should be said for the editing windows.

I really should put the save / cancel buttons in place, instead (which you did). I should check the Human Interface Guidelines how to properly place those.

Also, next time, feel free to upload your .glade files as long as the screenshots.

Thank you very much for your ideas, and keep hacking !

By: Roel

Roel — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:10:26 +0000

I played a little bit with the GUI, screenshots of the result here: http://zeus.ugent.be/~rulus/rapache/

It’s far from perfect, but I think it’s better. If you’re interested in the Glade files, drop me a mail