NewsGateway

News Gateway

FTP Server Side

The FTP side is not accesible by the user directly. The ReporterMate connects to the internet by dialing into your favorite ISP over PSTN, ISDN or even GSM. It then connects to the FTP server and starts uploading the audio selected by the reporter.

WWW Server Side

This is what the WWW server shows your browser, when clicking on the  you will see more info on the file. When clicking on the filename, you will be hearing the uploaded audiofile. When using this application over a LAN, data tranmission rates will be much higher as over internet, and load times will be reduced to some seconds. Whenever a reporter has uploaded a fragment it will be shown at the top of the list.

Size Filename Description Received
35k Nederlands.wav Korte beschrijving Feb, 27th 2001 17:48
35k English.wav Short description Feb, 27th 2001 15:49
35k Deutsch.wav Kurze Anleitung Feb, 27th 2001 14:05

Advantages

Server platform is Linux, which has proven itself to be extremely stable.
Give it your own look and feel through css (cascaded style sheets)
No special client configuration is needed
User access control