JP2001273252A - Web server, contents managing method for the same and recording medium recorded with web server contents managing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a web server, a contents managing method for the same and a recording medium recorded with web server contents managing program which can be suitably used for a system for synchronizing the contents of an open web server and a web server for development. SOLUTION: A request from a client computer 103 is accepted through a network 101. When the display of web contents is requested, a server 108 for development connected to the relevant web server is referred to concerning the requested web contents, and the contents are compared with present web contents. When the present web contents are older, the web contents in the server for development are acquired and the acquired web contents are transmitted to the client computer 103 requesting the display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for managing contents stored in a web server, and more particularly, to a web server for providing information to an unspecified number of users using the Internet. The present invention relates to a web server, a web server content management method, and a recording medium on which a web server content management program is recorded, which can be suitably used for a system for synchronizing content with a web server for development.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various web pages stored in a WWW (World Wide Web) server computer (hereinafter referred to as a web server) can be displayed on the screen of each user terminal via a network such as the Internet. WWW hyperlink systems have become widespread. Here, the WWW content constituting the web page is registered in the web server.

When updating a web page, a development personal computer (PC) performs operations such as updating the HTML constituting the web page and adding a new image. Then, the updated file is stored in the development web server, and it is checked whether the updated file operates properly. After that, it is common to upload the update data to a public web server.

As a method of uploading contents to a web server, a method of directly copying to a server machine using a storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a method of using a protocol such as FTP (file transfer protocol) is used. For example, there is a method that is performed via a network. However, in any case, when updating the web server, it was necessary to perform some kind of update work as described above.

[0005] On the other hand, with respect to the update processing of the web server, a technique described in, for example, JP-A-11-154110 is known. In this technology, in order to synchronize the master server with the mirror server, when a file on the master server is updated, the mirror server notifies the mirror server of the update, and the mirror server sends the notified file from the master server. It is to acquire.

[0006]

In the above prior art, the master server and the mirror server are synchronized.
The master server and the mirror server referred to here are both accessed from a client computer via a network, and when updating content, it is necessary to perform the processing on at least one of these servers. There is a problem that when the number of servers is large, a heavy load is imposed.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art and to reduce the trouble of updating the content of the web server, and to manage the content stored in the web server. Is to provide. More specifically, in a web server that provides information to an unspecified number of users using the Internet, a web server that can be suitably used for a system that synchronizes content between a web server for publication and a web server for development Another object of the present invention is to provide a content management method for a web server and a recording medium storing a web server content management program.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a web server according to the present invention is a web server for receiving a request from a client computer via a network, and a web content display request from the client computer. Means for receiving the requested web content, referring to a development server connected to the web server, and comparing the web content with its own web content. It is characterized in that it has means for acquiring web content in the development server, and means for transmitting the acquired web content to the client computer which has requested display.

[0009] In addition to the above configuration, the web server according to the present invention further includes means for storing, for each web content, last date and time information for which a display request has been made from the client computer; Means for deleting the web content.

On the other hand, a content management method for a web server according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a request from a client computer via a network; Referring to the development server connected to the server and comparing it with its own web content; and acquiring the web content in the development server when the own web content is older; Transmitting the generated web content to the client computer that has requested display.

Further, in the content management method for a web server according to the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned steps, a step of storing last date and time information for which a display request is made from a client for each web content; And deleting a web content that has passed for a predetermined period of time.

In the content management method for a web server according to the present invention, the predetermined period is determined based on a ranking of the web content.

Further, a recording medium storing a program for realizing the content management method of a web server according to the present invention can be distributed as a product, and the scope of the rights of the present invention is as follows. It extends to recording media.

According to the present invention, it is possible to return a correct content in response to a request from a client computer without previously performing a content synchronization process as performed in the prior art.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a web server content management system according to one embodiment of the present invention. The system shown in FIG.
There is a web server 102 for public release, in which web contents 10 are stored.
4, access management DB 105, content deletion management DB
106, a content update processing unit 107 is provided.

A general user accesses the web contents 104 from the client terminal 103 through the Internet. For the public web server 102,
The development web server 108 is connected using a dedicated line, and the developer uses the development terminal 109 to develop and use the content.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of content update of the web server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of content deletion of the web server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a database showing a web server content access status according to the present embodiment, and is a table in the access management DB 105. 1001 indicates the file name of the content, and 1002 indicates the last access date. FIG. 5 is a database in the deletion management DB 106 according to the present embodiment, which specifies a date (deletion time limit) until the web server content is deleted. 2001 indicates a deletion deadline date.

The operation of the web server content management system according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, a process when a content request is made to the public web server 102 will be described.

When a request is input from the user 103 to the public web server 102 via the Internet 101 (step 201), the public web server 102
Check the contents of the web content 104 (step 20)
2) If there is no content corresponding to the request, the content is downloaded from the development web server 108 (step 203).

If there is a content corresponding to the request in the web content 104, it is compared with the content in the development web server 108 (step 20).
2) If the update date of the own web content is older than the content of the development web server 108, the content file is downloaded from the development web server (step 203).

Next, in the access management DB 105,
As shown in FIG. 4, the current date and time are stored on the last access date of the requested content (step 20).
4). Finally, the publishing web server 102 transmits the content to the user 103 via the Internet 101 (step 205).

Next, a process of deleting the web content 104 in the public web server 102 will be described. The publishing web server performs the following processing according to a predetermined schedule.

For all records existing in the access management DB 105 (see FIG. 4), the last access date 100
2 is calculated, and if the value exceeds the value of the deletion expiration date 2001 shown in FIG. 5, the content having the content name 1001 existing in the record is deleted from the web content 104. (Steps 301-
305).

In the above-described process of deleting the web content 104 in the web server 102 for publication, FIGS.
It is also effective to classify the storage expiration dates for each content name and make the period until deletion different as shown in FIG. In this case, the tables shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 may be configured to be appropriately combined with the tables shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively.

The operation of the web server content management system according to the present invention is as described above. However, in FIG. 1, the present invention can be suitably applied to a case where there are a plurality of public web servers.

For example, when many users access a specific web server at once, the function of the server is reduced or the line is congested. In order to prevent this, the present invention is also applicable to a system that provides a service by preparing a plurality of copies called mirror servers having contents having exactly the same contents as a web server.

That is, in addition to the original web server,
The plurality of mirror servers described above are used for the development web server 108.
Except for the connection, the same processing can be used. In such a system, there is an effect that the trouble of updating the contents of the web server or the mirror server can be substantially eliminated.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the content is not copied to the web server,
The latest content can be transmitted to the user. In addition, by utilizing the deletion function, old content, that is, "garbage" is not retained in the web server, and the effect of increasing the efficiency and speed of the process is obtained. Further, as described above, the content management method for a web server according to the present invention allows a program for realizing the method to be recorded on a recording medium such as an FD, a CD-ROM, and a DVD and distributed as a product to the market. It is possible, and the present invention includes such an application form.

The above embodiment is merely an example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, there is a remarkable effect that the latest contents can be transmitted to the user without updating the contents to the web server. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a web server content management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of content update of a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of content deletion of a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a database indicating a web server content access status according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a database that specifies an expiration date until web server content deletion according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of a database indicating a web server content access status according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of a database that specifies an expiration date until web server content deletion according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Internet 102 Publishing Web Server 103 Client Terminal 104 Web Content 105 Access Management DB 106 Content Deletion Management DB 107 Content Update Processing Unit 108 Development Web Server 109 Development Terminal 1001 Content Name 1002 Last Access Date 2001 Deletion Date 3001 Rank

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A web server for receiving a request from a client computer via a network, comprising: means for receiving a display request of web content from the client computer; and a web server connected to the web server for the requested web content. Means for referring to the development server that is present and comparing with the own web content; means for acquiring the web content in the development server when the own web content is older; displaying the acquired web content Means for transmitting to the client computer that made the request. 2. A means for storing, in addition to each of the means, last date and time information for which a display request has been made from the client computer for each web content, and a means for deleting web content that has passed a predetermined period from the last date and time information 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
Web server according to. 3. A step of receiving a request from a client computer via a network, and when there is a display request for web content, referring to a development server connected to the web server for the requested web content. Comparing the web content with its own web content, if the web content is older, obtaining the web content in the development server, and the client computer requesting display of the obtained web content. Transmitting the content to a web server. 4. A step of storing, in addition to each of the above steps, final date and time information for which a display request has been made from a client for each web content, and a step of deleting web content that has passed a predetermined period from the stored final date and time information. The content management method for a web server according to claim 3, further comprising: 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined period is determined based on a ranking of the web contents. 6. A recording medium on which a program for realizing the content management method for a web server according to claim 3 is recorded.