> Hi,

> I'm relatively new to web programming and servers. I chose aspen
> because i needed something I could setup quickly and get cracking.

> I firstly would like to tell you that we really need more
> documentation. As a newbie, I'm left quite high and dry with a few
> vids and a 24 page pdf. A detailed how to would be nice.

> Secondly, I tried writing a simplate (by embedding python code in the
> web page). I used the 0x0c character to separate the html and python
> content, but nothing seemed to happen. All the python code appeared on
> the page like plain text

> Thirdly, I want to know if it is possible to write handlers for
> different/individual files instead of a whole type of files. Can I
> write a handler for index.html and page1.html instead of writing one
> common handler for *.html? If it cannot be done, do I have to identify
> the file within the handler and make sub cases for each file? When I
> write a handler, why must it always return something iterable?

> Here's a thing that I want to do to start off. I want to create a page
> which uses a form to take in username and password data. The OK button
> is then used to post this data to aspen web server. I want to be able
> to handle this POST request using a handler or something, and
> depending on the authenticity of the data send a "success" or
> "failure" page. Is it possible to return a href from the handler to a
> page in the local directory, instead of returning a string?

> How do i handle post requests? I saw an earlier discussion where Chad
> has embedded some py code in the page itself. But as I said, my
> browser is treating it as plain text. I have not made any mistakes and
> my aspen is installed correctly. I am using the ^L(0x0c) character to
> separate the py section from the page html.

> Can you please shed light on any of these issues.

> Thanks
> Asim