Any way possible to show quick system info in the admin panel. Something like in the interworx panel.
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Quick System info
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interfasys
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Interworx is incredible. No more flat file tweaking and they use courrier-imap 
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A lot could be imported into DA to make our life easier.
.A lot could be imported into DA to make our life easier.
I have to agree here. While Interworx lacks a lot of basic features right now. They have got the nuts and bolts right. They are adding good solid features(load balancing) at a much faster pace then DA and the system is stable. It may be because they have a few more developers. I am watching Interworx closely. If they had Installatron as opposed to ScriptWorx, they would have a more attractive offering.
interfasys
Verified User
The other possible problem is that they include their own Apache, mySQL, etc. This is in order to be able to add all those cp visual goodies, like the graphs and the extra controls.
It means more maintenance for them and only one hosting software provider for us. This can be good for some sysadmins, but very bad if the updating is too slow or if you want to add some extras in your config files.
It means more maintenance for them and only one hosting software provider for us. This can be good for some sysadmins, but very bad if the updating is too slow or if you want to add some extras in your config files.
interfasys
Verified User
That's why DA needs to take what's good from them: Graphs, visual configs, full translations, courrier-imap, etc. and leave the rest.
Unfortunately, DA hasn't had a major addition in over a year(I guess this is in the eye of the beholder). I do not see why this is going to change anytime soon. They still do not have their reseller system in place, so I am sure they are still bogged down with many day to day issues.
All of this is just my opinion of course
It's all nice and great that DirectAdmin has written the entire controlpanel in C without many bugs and no security issues that I can think of. But in my mind they could increase efficiency if they just used php in the frontend. Sure, keep the backend in C, just serve the php pages (which could be edited) like a mini apache server. It would basically be like it is now except that instead of loading hardcoded pages from within the binary itself (+skin files) it would just be a regular php file with tokens.
Lets just say, I think that they could hit several issues/requests with one stone (complete language, access to all links in skin, and more precise plugin placement). Frontend maintenance costs would also probably be reduced. (DirectAdmin wouldn't have to be recompiled for skin changes).
Basically to sum it up. It could be something like DirectAdmin's API. DirectAdmin servers the pages, specific calls in the php file trigger actions like the api, for example creating domain names.
It's a little more complicated than that, but I think it would save them in the long haul and increase functionality and a more editable design. (Unfortunately not modular still)
Just my opinion of course.
It's all nice and great that DirectAdmin has written the entire controlpanel in C without many bugs and no security issues that I can think of. But in my mind they could increase efficiency if they just used php in the frontend. Sure, keep the backend in C, just serve the php pages (which could be edited) like a mini apache server. It would basically be like it is now except that instead of loading hardcoded pages from within the binary itself (+skin files) it would just be a regular php file with tokens.
Lets just say, I think that they could hit several issues/requests with one stone (complete language, access to all links in skin, and more precise plugin placement). Frontend maintenance costs would also probably be reduced. (DirectAdmin wouldn't have to be recompiled for skin changes).
Basically to sum it up. It could be something like DirectAdmin's API. DirectAdmin servers the pages, specific calls in the php file trigger actions like the api, for example creating domain names.
It's a little more complicated than that, but I think it would save them in the long haul and increase functionality and a more editable design. (Unfortunately not modular still)
Just my opinion of course.
interfasys
Verified User
I vote for the directadmin API.
Someone could then write the graph plugin, etc.
Someone could then write the graph plugin, etc.
It would also give web designers full access to the user viewable portions allowing a complete facelift, whereas at this time most of the links are still hardcoded.
For example a plugin right now could link with an mrtg installation and display information only on that plugin page, however with better access to the frontend, this information would be able to be embedded on the main admin page in a seamless format such as interworx has accomplished.
It is possible now with a custom skin. but even that is limited in what can be done.
For example a plugin right now could link with an mrtg installation and display information only on that plugin page, however with better access to the frontend, this information would be able to be embedded on the main admin page in a seamless format such as interworx has accomplished.
It is possible now with a custom skin. but even that is limited in what can be done.