v0.55

README.md

@@ -84,6 +84,28 @@ There will always be more work to do here. ;-)
 
 #### Updates
 
+##### v0.55 4/26/15 by DW
+
+With this release you can serve domains whose content is stored elsewhere on the web. 
+
+There's a new optional element of config.json, urlSiteContents. Its value is the URL of a directory on the web that stores the content of the domain. 
+
+As an experiment, I mapped the domain my.this.how to point to a folder in my public Dropbox folder. Here's how I did it.
+
+1. First I created a new sub-folder of my public Dropbox folder called pageParkDemo. I put one file in that folder, index.html.
+
+2. I used the web interface of my domain registrar to point my.this.how at the IP address of my PagePark server.
+
+3. On my PagePark server, I created a sub-folder of the domains folder called my.this.how.
+
+4. I created a <a href="https://gist.github.com/scripting/f06e32acdee685510211">config.json file</a> in that folder, pointing to the pageParkDemo folder in my Dropbox folder.
+
+To test the setup, I just went to <a href="http://my.this.how/">http://my.this.how/</a>, where I saw "this is just a demo".
+
+Just for fun I put a <a href="http://my.this.how/saul.png">picture</a> in that folder, to see if it works.
+
+Obviously it can get a lot more elaborate, and you can host the content anywhere, not just in a public Dropbox folder. The key is that the content be accessible over the web. 
+
 ##### v0.54 2/18/15 by DW
 
 A new feature for pages implemented as scripts. If the script returns the value <i>undefined</i> PagePark will not return a value to the HTTP client, it assumes that the script will do this. 

lib/utils.js

@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ function hitCounter (counterGroup, counterServer) { //8/12/14 by DW
 		timeout: 30000
 		})
 	.success (function (data, status, xhr) {
-		console.log ("hitCounter: counter ping accepted by server.");
+		console.log ("hitCounter: counter ping accepted by server, group == " + counterGroup + ", page url == " + thispageurl);
 		})
 	.error (function (status, textStatus, errorThrown) {
 		console.log ("hitCounter: counter ping error: " + textStatus);

pagepark.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var myVersion = "0.54", myProductName = "PagePark"; 
+var myVersion = "0.55", myProductName = "PagePark"; 
 
 	//The MIT License (MIT)
 	
@@ -317,13 +317,21 @@ function handleHttpRequest (httpRequest, httpResponse) {
 					fsSureFilePath (domainsPath, function () { //make sure domains folder exists
 						getConfigFile (host, function (config) { //get config.json, if it exists -- 1/18/15 by DW
 							if (config != undefined) {
-								console.log ("handleHttpRequest: config == " + utils.jsonStringify (config));
 								if (config.urlSiteRedirect != undefined) {
 									var urlRedirect = config.urlSiteRedirect + parsedUrl.pathname;
 									httpResponse.writeHead (302, {"Location": urlRedirect, "Content-Type": "text/plain"});
 									httpResponse.end ("Temporary redirect to " + urlRedirect + ".");    
 									return; 
 									}
+								if (config.urlSiteContents != undefined) { //4/26/15 by DW -- v0.55
+									var path = parsedUrl.pathname;
+									if (path == "/") {
+										path += pageparkPrefs.indexFilename + ".html";
+										}
+									var url = config.urlSiteContents + path;
+									httpRequest.pipe (request (url)).pipe (httpResponse);
+									return; 
+									}
 								}
 							fs.stat (f, function (err, stats) {
 								if (err) {