some serious new feature implementation:

- cookie-based persistent logins
- expanded activity reporting
- "top" and "fixed" left menus are now dynamically generated from XML config,
  not hard coded
- error reporting enhanced and protection increased
- "About Venice" page first draft
- new means of "framing" static content within the Venice "frame"
- base page now includes the "footer" itself, "content" pages don't anymore
- general cleanup of some heavyweight old containers, replaced with faster
  Collections framework containers
- probably more, there's a LOT of stuff in here

web/format/report_conf.jsp

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+<%--
+  The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/>.
+
+  Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT
+  WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+  language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+  
+  The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
+  
+  The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
+  for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
+  Copyright (C) 2001 Eric J. Bowersox/Silverwrist Design Studios.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+  Contributor(s): 
+--%>
+<%@ page import = "java.util.*" %>
+<%@ page import = "com.silverwrist.util.StringUtil" %>
+<%@ page import = "com.silverwrist.venice.core.*" %>
+<%@ page import = "com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.Variables" %>
+<%@ page import = "com.silverwrist.venice.servlets.format.*" %>
+<%
+  ReportConferenceMenu data = ReportConferenceMenu.retrieve(request);
+  Variables.failIfNull(data);
+  RenderData rdat = RenderConfig.createRenderData(application,request,response);
+  String stdfont = rdat.getStdFontTag(null,2);
+  String partial;
+%>
+<% if (rdat.useHTMLComments()) { %><!-- Reports for conference #<%= data.getConfID() %> --><% } %>
+<% rdat.writeContentHeader(out,"Conference Reports:",data.getConfName()); %>
+
+<%= stdfont %>
+  <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath("confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd=Q") %>">Return to Manage
+  Conference Menu</A>
+</FONT><P>
+
+<TABLE ALIGN=CENTER BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=6>
+  <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>
+    <TH ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %><B><U>#</U></B></FONT></TH>
+    <TH ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %><B><U>Topic Name</U></B></FONT></TH>
+    <TH ALIGN=LEFT COLSPAN=2><%= stdfont %><B><U>Reports</U></B></FONT></TH>
+  </TR>
+  <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>
+    <TD ALIGN=LEFT>&nbsp;</TD>
+    <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %>(Entire conference)</FONT></TD>
+    <% partial = "confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&cmd="; %>
+    <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %>
+      <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath(partial + "RP") %>">Posters</A>
+    </FONT></TD>
+    <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %>
+      <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath(partial + "RR") %>">Readers/Lurkers</A>
+    </FONT></TD>
+  </TR>
+
+  <% Iterator it = data.getTopics(); %>
+  <% while (it.hasNext()) { %>
+    <%
+      TopicContext topic = (TopicContext)(it.next());
+      partial = "confops?" + data.getLocator() + "&top=" + topic.getTopicNumber() + "&cmd=";
+    %>
+    <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE>
+      <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %><%= topic.getTopicNumber() %></FONT></TD>
+      <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %><%= topic.getName() %></FONT></TD>
+      <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath(partial + "RP") %>">Posters</A>
+      </FONT></TD>
+      <TD ALIGN=LEFT><%= stdfont %>
+        <A HREF="<%= rdat.getEncodedServletPath(partial + "RR") %>">Readers/Lurkers</A>
+      </FONT></TD>
+    </TR>
+  <% } // end while %>
+</TABLE><P>