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I am interested in having our intranet site incorporate a one-way messaging feature for supervisors to relay information back to employees. Preferably in CF, the supervisor would login to the admin section from which he can send off a broadcast message that would show up on each computer (intranet is on active desktop).
I'm just not sure where to start with this, any ideas and or links would be helpful.
thanks
I'm just not sure where to start with this, any ideas and or links would be helpful.
thanks
ASKER
Well I wasn't wanting to use msn messenger or aim or anything like that. just have it all embedded on the actual page. without using a seperate program like msn, yahoo, aim.
So it sounds like what you are wanting to do is allow supervisors to insert some text into a database, and then have the desktop clients poll the database for available messages.
Unless you have active the desktop refreshing itself or an element (ie a hidden div or iframe) using javascript, there's not really a way for the polling to happen automatically.
Then, unless you're having the users login to the intranet site, or your network is set up with static IP addresses, you won't be able to tell who has received the message and who has not.
That's not to say it isn't doable - the main question I'm prompting you to ask yourself is, is this the most practical approach to solve the problem? Without knowing too much about your needs for this project, it seems like what you are describing is a good application for plain old e-mail.
Regards,
Seth
Unless you have active the desktop refreshing itself or an element (ie a hidden div or iframe) using javascript, there's not really a way for the polling to happen automatically.
Then, unless you're having the users login to the intranet site, or your network is set up with static IP addresses, you won't be able to tell who has received the message and who has not.
That's not to say it isn't doable - the main question I'm prompting you to ask yourself is, is this the most practical approach to solve the problem? Without knowing too much about your needs for this project, it seems like what you are describing is a good application for plain old e-mail.
Regards,
Seth
ASKER
True, it might not be the most practical method, but we also don't have the capacity to provide so many emails and probably the main reason for not providing emails to all employees is because it will become another distraction from their actual work.
I just thought this might be an efficient way to provide information (ie. updating the status of a current project) to employees on a regular basis, in a way that is least distracting and is easy for all employees to view.
I just thought this might be an efficient way to provide information (ie. updating the status of a current project) to employees on a regular basis, in a way that is least distracting and is easy for all employees to view.
ASKER
Seth, if each computer was assigned static addresses, how would you be able to verify which computer has received a msg? and if that is possible, would it not be possible to send a msg to specific computers via assigned ip addresses?
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Good explaination Seth here and also in my Q. Thanks! :-)
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I think, I should also have points here for good suggestion along with other two experts.
Regards,
---Pinal
Regards,
---Pinal
Well it's for others to decide if your suggestion was good or not, not you. Personally I don't think it was any good. But you got points for your moaning anyway, so be happy.
Personally I agree with russmichales.
Just because you comment does not mean your comments deserve points.
You often complain that you should get points just because you made a comment, but really the points should go to the comments that are the BEST and MOST COMPLETE answers for the question - not to everyone who participates.
I carefully read each comment when making a recommendation and sometimes select your comment as the answer and sometimes select other comments. But you almost always post a complaint if your comment is not selected - even if it really wasn't the best answer or even if it didn't answer the question at all. In this post you even start out as saying "as seth said..." which further indicates that Seth's answer is probably a better one to select.
Before complaining that you should get points it would be nice if you also carefully read all of the responses and considered them objectively.
Just because you comment does not mean your comments deserve points.
You often complain that you should get points just because you made a comment, but really the points should go to the comments that are the BEST and MOST COMPLETE answers for the question - not to everyone who participates.
I carefully read each comment when making a recommendation and sometimes select your comment as the answer and sometimes select other comments. But you almost always post a complaint if your comment is not selected - even if it really wasn't the best answer or even if it didn't answer the question at all. In this post you even start out as saying "as seth said..." which further indicates that Seth's answer is probably a better one to select.
Before complaining that you should get points it would be nice if you also carefully read all of the responses and considered them objectively.
Thank you all,
I will say, We are using the system which I have suggested and I strongly believe in what I said.
I will rather avoid arguments here about what is correct or not. I strongly believe that everybody has right to say what they want to say.
Your opinion is valuable. When I say some body is good does not mean that I am bad. Praising someone else is good thing, if they are better.
Again, I only post comment when I think, I am correct. I will never worry/argu if other are not incorrect. I do not believe in that.
Regards,
---Pinal
I will say, We are using the system which I have suggested and I strongly believe in what I said.
I will rather avoid arguments here about what is correct or not. I strongly believe that everybody has right to say what they want to say.
Your opinion is valuable. When I say some body is good does not mean that I am bad. Praising someone else is good thing, if they are better.
Again, I only post comment when I think, I am correct. I will never worry/argu if other are not incorrect. I do not believe in that.
Regards,
---Pinal
It's doable but you will need information about the messaging protocol you intend to use.
Regards,
Seth