MyIntranet

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Description

myIntranet gives your users mobile access to the latest news about your company.

myIntranet is very flexible: you could configure your personal intranet with different module like web access, address book, …

For some services, myIntranet could even run offline (e.g. address book)

myIntranet only uses open standard well-known like vcf, web, rss, … So, you could do the server part yourself very easily.

Setting up myIntranet for your company is a snap!

Installation

Main configuration file

When you start myIntranet, you have to enter a URL.
It’s the URL of the root of your website.

On this website, you have to create a file myintranet.xml.
This file describes all services that will be available for your users.

Scripting

If you want you use php or any other scritping software on your website, as myIntranet need to open the file myintranet.xml, you have to create a .htaccess on your webserver.

.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^myintranet\.xml$ myintranet.php

Authentication

myIntranet supports authentication if needed via HTTP Authentication.

php authentication
<?php

function loginIsValid($username, $password) {
    return 1;
}

function Auth() {
    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Test Authentication System"');
    header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
    exit;
}

// Handle php-cgi

if (isset($_SERVER["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"])) {
    list($_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"], $_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_PW"]) = explode(":" , base64_decode(substr($_SERVER["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"], 6)));
}

// Handle authentication

if (!isset($_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"]) || !isset($_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"])) {
    Auth();
}

// Do the username / password check

if (!loginIsValid($_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_USER"], $_SERVER["PHP_AUTH_PW"])) {
    Auth();
}

// Create myintranet.xml file for $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']

echo '<config><services>';
echo '<service title="Home site" type="web"><url>http://www.kyuran.be</url></service>';
echo '</services></config>';

?>

Caching

myIntranet support caching of file and recommand it to save bandwith.

In php, you could using something like this:

php caching
// Fill the $ts variable with the last-modification date

$gmt_mtime = gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s",$row["ts"]);

if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'])) && ($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'] == $gmt_mtime)) {
    header('HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified');
    exit();
}

header("Last-Modified: " . $gmt_mtime);

Sample file

XML
<config>
<services>
<service title="izApps my" type="web" image="icon-settings.png">
<url>http://kalih-2.local/izapps.mobi</url>
</service>
<service title="iPortal" type="web" image="/images/myintranet/yacc2.png">
<url>http://172.16.244.233</url>
</service>
<service title="Contact" type="contact" image="/images/myintranet/yacc2.png">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be/export/vcard_all.php</url>
</service>
</services>
</config>

All Services

Default

Each service is described with these parameters

type is mandatory and is the type of the service.
title is optional and is the title of the icon.
image is optional and is the image of the icon (size is 114×114). If you don’t put an image, myIntranet take the default one.

Sample

Sample
<service title="title" type="type" image="image">
</service>

Service contact

This service allow you to display all the contact in your intranet address book.

Parameters

url: the URL of the vcard file.

Sample

Sample
<service title="Kyuran Address Book" type="contact">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be/export/vcard_all.php</url>
</service>
.vcf sample file

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Oribi;John;;;
FN:John Oribi
ORG:Google;
EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=WORK;type=pref:john.oribi@google.com
TEL;type=CELL;type=WORK;type=pref:+36412753198
CATEGORIES:card
END:VCARD
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Agnassons;Tom;;;
FN:Tom Agnassons
ORG:St. John Hospital;
EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=WORK;type=pref:tom.agnassons@yahoo.com
TEL;type=CELL;type=VOICE;type=pref:+3341274718
PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/4hnESUNDX1BST0ZJTEUA
 468Gt8XvCms+E7rxGIb3SjcKqG5RmVWVtjfJKu9N8DbZU3rvVdy17X+zp+1F46/wCCe+jaL4c8
 c/CnW7ibw144vPFDzXEz2cd28mmT6U1sjeRKvyvL5vmq7btu3b826vLPF/xc1z4k/B34M+AL/w
 AM3ujf8K3udTZNTuJH2X5vrxbr7jxL5XleVt+827/Z+7X7BgquIw1eNOEI+xfp/mfxpjcPSnTq
 yrTqe3u+/lbzv21P/9k=
CATEGORIES:card
END:VCARD

 

Service mail

This service allow you to send a email.

Parameters

to: the default recipients of the email

body: the default message of the email

subject: the default subject of the email

Sample

Sample
<service title="Contact" type="mail">
<to>contact@kyuran.be<to>
</service>

Service map

This service allow you to display a map.

Parameters

address: the address to display

Sample

Sample
<service title="HQ" type="map">
<address>Belgique, Ath, Rue du berger David, 10<address>
</service>

Service kdb

This service allow you to display a web page like your intranet page or any other page.

Parameters

url: the URL of the kdb database file

Sample

Sample
<service title="Kyuran" type="web" image="/images/myintranet/kyuran.png">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be</url>
</service>

Service pdf

This service allow you to display a pdf.

Parameters

url: url of the file to display

Sample

Sample
<service title="Documentation" type="pdf">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be/doc.pdf<url>
</service>

Service rss

This service allow you to display a web page like your intranet page or any other page.

Parameters

url: the URL of the website

Sample

Sample
<service title="Kyuran" type="web" image="/images/myintranet/kyuran.png">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be</url>
</service>

Service setup

This service allow you to display the configuration page of myIntranet. This page is added automatically by myIntranet

Parameters

none

Service web

This service allow you to display a web page like your intranet page or any other page.

Parameters

url: the URL of the website

Sample

Sample
<service title="Kyuran" type="web" image="/images/myintranet/kyuran.png">
<url>http://www.kyuran.be</url>
</service>

 

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