Add A Mobile Web Server & CMS to SailfishOS [not relevant]

asked 2013-12-30 07:32:20 +0200

arjwright
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http://antoinerjwright.co...

One of the features that I've enjoyed on a mobile device for a number of years has been the use of a mobile web server to access content that's on my mobile device, from other devices I own, when they are on the same wireless network (but not in the same room). This kind of activity has continued (on my end) with httpd/Personal Web Server on my N9 - and I've hacked together a mix of Dropbox and TiddlyWiki as a CMS of sorts (not as good as the Python-driven CMS that the Nokia MWS Project had). I think such a use case would open SailfishOS to other kinds of usages towards community-driven mobility, while also allowing for some users to address their own concerns about data federation, security, and communication.

What I imagine this looks like:

• Jolla/SailfishOS user downloads Mobile Web Server package
• is given option during install of just having directory access, or connecting to an existing web service, or using pre-built CMS
• when activated, shows as an Active Tile

CMS would be like OwnCloud or Samsung's Kies Air, enabling access to address book, messages, calendar, photos/media, and listing of repositories/apps and management of those. API to this CMS would allow someone to connect to popular and not-so-popular services for additional sharing, federation, etc. Paid feature would allow for the mapping of MWS/CMS to a dynamic domain provider and offer public IP access to a limited section within that MWS/CMS.