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Specs of Salons Subscription System

Posted by chrisd on from the slashcode's-story-serving-cousins dept.

legLess writes "Scott Rosenburg, Salon's VP of operations, wrote an interesting article for Web Techniques about Salon's subscription system. It goes into a fair amount of technical detail (JavaBeans and JSP on Linux for login and authentication; Perl, HTML::Mason and MySQL (CD: and oracle) for content). He also talks about their subscription numbers, what drove them to do it, and their plans for the future (technical and operational). A little fluffy, but still a good read."

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  1. Stroy, eh by dngrmouse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    slashcode's-stroy-serving-cousins dept.

    I don't mean to sound cheeky, but does "stroy" actually mean anything, or is it just a typo?

  2. This breaks the trend by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of company X buys dead wireless broadband company Y stories on slashdot. How disappointing.

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    autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
  3. As a subscriber... by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 3, Offtopic
    I think Salon has done the right thing. They were doomed otherwise - their stock was getting throttled (why they ever went public is beyond me) and advertising was flopping. Salon has good content - in the past critics could rightly claim that it was simply a shill for the Democratic party, but it has taken on a much more even tone. The sex content and the other bonus material is worthless, so don't subscribe if you think you are going to see nude hotties.

    In terms of their technology, I think managing two page management technologies (JSP and Perl/Mason) would get a little tired, and is likely unnecessary. While JSP might not be fast enough to handle the Mason-generated pages, you can certainly use Perl to transact credit cards if you want.

    From previous postings on this site, it seems that Slashdot will be going to subscription route as well. I think its a good idea. The quality of posts will probably improve (the best posters appear to be the /. addicts who would likely subscribe), and there would be capital in place to provide extensive services on top of what is already here.