[Asterisk-Users] Web interface for Asterisk

[Gary]

Actually.....

I am more thinking towards a USER rather than an ADMINISTRATOR

We are looking at putting asterisk on similar to an embedded platform,
and providing a USER interface so they can alter PART of the dialplan.

Very simplified, (which of course makes the actual code complicated).

More along the lines of instead of dialing 9 for this change it to 7
and let them choose the extension numbers to dial their sip phones
etc., etc.,....

What I think must be remembered, is that not all people using asterisk
have the brains, knowledge or even desire to deal with asterisk, they
just want to plug a box in and have it work...

Also consider the large increase in the number of newbies to the list,
I dare say its probably close to the time that a support forum is setup
so they can actually find what they need by looking thru a more
structured listing than an email list can provide.

If enough people respond OFFLIST to me, I will again set one up.... 
:-)

Gary

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:55:25 -0400, Jeremy McNamara wrote:

>So why not just open vi and bang out a conf file?    How is a newbie 
>ever not gonna be a newbie with a GUI config?
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>Good luck, your gonna need it,
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>Jeremy McNamara
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>Gary wrote:
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>>I tend to agree with Steven on this...
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>>If the web form makes it easier for the "newbies" why not, its just
>>another option....
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>>It could even be expanded to be a dialplan for dunnies (woops, i meant
>>dummies:-) interface....
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>>Considering all it is, is an interface to write out a .conf file....
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>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:04:28 -0700, Steven P. Donegan wrote:
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>>>I disagree - for many tasks a GUI would be just fine, for others direct coding would do the trick. They do not have to be mutually
>>>exclusive.
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
>>>[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Jeremy
>>>McNamara
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:42 PM
>>>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Web interface for Asterisk
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>>>That GUI is going to dramaticly limit the flexibility of your config.
>>>The only way you can make a GUI config work with Asterisk is if you have
>>>a very very specific task you want to accomplish, but even then you
>>>still will have issues as your requirements change with time.
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>>>Stick with what the AstGod has bestowed upon us.... It will save you
>>>many headaches.
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>>>
>>>Jeremy McNamara
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>>>Dylan VanHerpen wrote:
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>>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>>I've been tinkering with a web based interface for Asterisk. I tried
>>>>to stick as closely to the current configuration format as possible.
>>>>The web interface should help to do things a little easier (sort by
>>>>extension, context, do bulk changes).
>>>>
>>>>www.packetbell.com/asterisk
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>>>>Feedback appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>Dylan.
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