Re: Staging Port

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at mail dot lafayette dot edu>]

At 08:48 AM 11/15/2004 -0600, Jeff Dickens wrote:
> Hello! I'm starting off very cautiously playing with my staging port (Phase
> 3). Our goal here is ultimately to redesign the whole website. However, a
> couple of issues came up right away:
>
> 1)     On page #105626 of the manual, it tells me that I can expect to see
> this option under S > SYSTEM codes; T > Edit staging WWW HTML Screens -->
> S>Edit HTML Style Sheets. But it is not there. Instead it says S > DOWNLOAD
> SSL Certificate from another system using FTS.

I would avoid the character-based system altogether and use the FTP 
capability that was introduced in Phase 3.  You can edit using Dreamweaver 
or Notepad or whatever mechanism you find comfortable, then FTP the files 
to the server.  Or use an editing program with builit-in FTP to "live edit" 
files on the server.  We use Homesite this way to edit all files (HTML, 
style sheets, wwwoptions) for both the staging and live screens directories.


> 2)     Is it possible to use O > Set system OPTIONS in the staging screens?
> If not, then how do I alter the system generated pages in my staging
> directory?

I don't think the options which can be set in "Set system OPTIONS" can be 
configured differently for the staging port.  The staging port can only be 
used to test WebOPAC interface changes and those behavioral options which 
are controlled via the wwwoptions file (AFAIK).


Bob Duncan


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Robert E. Duncan
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