Web site update via e-mail
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Basics
Step-by-step installation
Configure program
Configure flexwindows

All flexwindow settings are explained below.


The flexwindow settings

General
Active: If marked, the flexwindow is active. This means that the software will process content updates for this window.
Window name: The window name you like to give the flexwindow. This example uses "flexwin1". Use letters, figures and underscores only.
Windows password: Choose a password to access this window with. This example uses "password1". Use letters, figures and underscores only.
The windname and window password will be used to refer to the window when sending a content update via an e-mail. They are put in the subject line of the e-mail (Subject: flexwin1, password1).

Data Transfer
There are two ways in which FlexWindow Enterprise Server can publish content to your web site: by a normal file copy to a directory, and via FTP. When using FTP, you need FTP to be set up at your web server. Whatever your choice might be, you need to decide on a location where Flexwindow Enterprise Server can store content. This location should also be reachable via the internet. In the example used here we will use "//server/sites/site1/flexwindowcontent/". This directory is reachable via the internet through "http://www.site1.com/flexwindowcontent/".
Use FTP to transfer data to web site: choose this when using FTP as content transfer method.
FTP Server: The host name or ip address to the FTP server of your web site.
FTP User Name: Fill in the user name to log into your FTP account.
FTP password: the password that goes with the login name.
Use passive mode: By default, this is turned on. If your FTP server doesn't use passive mode, turn it off. If you do not know what this means, leave it on.
FTP Path: This is the relative path to the location where you want to store the flexwindow content. If you login to your web site, you probably are already in some location other than root, like "//server/sites/". Suppose your content is stored in "//server/sites/site1/flexwindowcontent/". The FTP path in that case would be not the complete path, but the path relative to where you are when you log in. In this example, that is "/site1/flexwindowcontent/". An FTP path should always be led and trailed by a forward slash ("/site1/flexwindowcontent/" rather than "site1/flexwindowcontent").
HTTP path: This path is the HTTP equivalent to the FTP path. It is needed to reach the content from a web page. In our example, this could be "http://www.site1.com/flexwindowcontent/". Always carry a trailing slash here.
Use file copy to transfer data to a hard disk location: choose this when the web site directory can be reached directly from the machine where FlexWindow Enterprise Server is installed. Thiks is typically the case when you run FlexWindow Enterprise Server from the same server you run your web sites.
Path: This is the full path to the location where you want to store the flexwindow content. For example "//server/sites/site1/flexwindowcontent/".
HTTP path: This path is the HTTP equivalent to the FTP path. It is needed to reach the content from a web page. In our example, this could be "http://www.site1.com/flexwindowcontent/". Always carry a trailing slash here.

Web page
This section displays the script line you need to incorporate in your web page, at the location you want the content to appear. This is learned in the next section. At this moment, copy the script line so we can use it later on.