Improve GUI for web interface

[cslee]

Is there any plans for improved web-interface. It's nice to have it, but can I make my own gui? Maybe an option to up-load a user html page

[Michel Kohanim]

cslee,

 

Yes, we do have plans. The major problem is that what you upload will be quite static since we do not have a scripting engine inside ISY and, as such, we might have to move some of these functions outside of ISY.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Is there any plans for improved web-interface. It's nice to have it, but can I make my own gui? Maybe an option to up-load a user html page

[az1324]

Couldn't you open up just the web server portion of the device to host custom pages and then have the user create ajax based functionality to interface with the existing cgi?

[Michel Kohanim]

az1324,

 

Quite possible with one issue: our webservices/xml APIs are now tied to sessions which are maintained by ISY. But, there are a lot of things we can do. We are investigating the least cost/time solution.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Couldn't you open up just the web server portion of the device to host custom pages and then have the user create ajax based functionality to interface with the existing cgi?

[az1324]

As long as the user logs in at the main page and stays on it while everything else is handled by ajax wouldn't the session be persistent?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello again,

 

No. A session is an active open socket through which ISY publishes state change events. Due to the Asynchronous nature of AJAX, such a paradigm is not viable. In short, an AJAX client has to keep polling for state changes which is totally unlike what you see on our applet or other clients (touchscreens/Vista MCE/etc.).

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

As long as the user logs in at the main page and stays on it while everything else is handled by ajax wouldn't the session be persistent?

[RatRanch]

az1324,

 

Quite possible with one issue: our webservices/xml APIs are now tied to sessions which are maintained by ISY. But, there are a lot of things we can do. We are investigating the least cost/time solution.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Couldn't you open up just the web server portion of the device to host custom pages and then have the user create ajax based functionality to interface with the existing cgi?

 

Perhaps the ability for the user to upload a single CSS stylesheet to specify things like font size, page background, etc. would be a feasible first step? Or for that matter, the ability to make minor tweaks to the web UI via the ISY admin console would be equally useful.

 

-Jim

[Mark Sanctuary]

Michel,

I have the iPhone ccs style sheet which I have had done for a while I just did not get to finishing the xml parser and ISY login. I was wondering if the style sheet I have done might help.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Mark,

 

Sure! send it over and we'll check it out.

 

Thanks so very much,

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Michel,

I have the iPhone ccs style sheet which I have had done for a while I just did not get to finishing the xml parser and ISY login. I was wondering if the style sheet I have done might help.

[Mark Sanctuary]

I will get it to you real quick. I have some more tweaking to make it more universal to support all web browsers than just the safari web browser.

[Michel Kohanim]

Mark,

 

Excellent. Thanks so very much.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

I will get it to you real quick. I have some more tweaking to make it more universal to support all web browsers than just the safari web browser.