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You can access the preferences page in Welcome by either entering ../pi_admin.welcome?prefs
or by clicking on "Preferences". There are different sections
and each section is divided by a horrizontal line:
Debug Mode
You can turn Debug Mode on if you are searching for a problem with Welcome.
Normally, you will not use this mode unless you are told to do so, or if
encounter problems with Welcome. You can choose between "just in/out
Logging" and "full Information". The first is usefull if
your server hangs or crashes. It will write an "IN" each time
Welcome is starting to operate into the log window of your server and an
"OUT" if Welcome is done with processing. Therefore, if your server
crashes and the last word in your log window is "OUT" - it is
not Welcome's fault.
Full debugging mode will slow down your server alot, so use it with care.
In this mode, Welcome will put verbose descripions on what's going on internally
into the log window.
Switching parts of Welcome on and off
In this section, you can turn Virtual Hosting and Rules on and off.
This is usefull if you need only one part of Welcome (e.g. if your server
already has built-in virtual hosting). Use Rules on/off to quickly enable/disable
all Rules for testing purpose.
Temporary host folder
With this setting, you can customize the name of a temporary host folder.
Welcome uses this string for every request to a host without subfolder (only
for older browsers). Without this string, Welcome cannot decide if a client
has already been processed by the click-through page - resulting in an endless
loop of click-through pages. To prevent this, the name of this temporary
host folder is appended after clicking in the click-through page and the
name will be cut away internally, so you don't have to create that
folder. It's just used as a marker for old browsers requesting a virtual
host without subfolder.
Set this field to any text you like. Short strings like "/web"or "/main" are usefull.
Disable Click Through Page
If you don't like the click-through page, you can just skip it by selecting
this option. However, beware that old browsers requesting a long and deep
path will loose their destination page by using the host list. They will
go straight to the home page and will have to find their way to the wanted
page again! The click-through page can determine the host from the referer
and will point the old browser directly to the destination - with only one
click!
Statistics
In this section, you can define all settings for the color stats. If you
have a plugin-window enabled server (like WebSTAR 2.1 or Telefinder) you
already have seen that stats window on your server. If you can't, there
is another way to watch your stats remotely: request a JPEG picture of the
internal graphics buffer.
Options:
Statistics enabled
You can turn the stats on and off (saving 500KB of memory). Beware that
Welcome cannot save the old stats if you turn them off and on again.
Statistic Units
With this group of buttons, you can control the units of the two fields
below
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Select one of the 5 possible unit combinations and fill in the two fields
with your prefered values. Here are some usefull combinations:
- "1 secs / 1 min" - a basic setup that will scroll fast and
shows you the last 7 minutes of activity
- "30 secs / 60 min" - a somehow longer interval of about 4
hours grouped by 1 hour sections
- "2 hour / 2 day" - shows you the recent 32 days and each
light/dark section represents 2 days
The first field is the scrolling unit. Each horrizontal pixel at the
color stats will represent one unit. Also the stats are updated in the same
time interval. The second field will control the time for a light/dark gray
section and is only cosmetic. It has no directly affect on how stats are
processed, but simply controls the width of the horrizontal labels.
Attention:
Take care, that any changes to stats settings will reset your current color
stats. However, Welcome saves the color stats between server restarts,
but not if your server crashes.
Access for JPEG Statistics
This option controls the access url for the jpeg stats. You can either choose
the first url (pi_admin_stats.welcome?n) and restrict access to the server
administrator or make the stats public by choosing the second url (stats.welcome?n).
The default is set to private.
Reset Statistics
This link will reset the text statistics (not the color stats). This includes
all values that are shown at the home page of Welcome (e.g. the percentage
of old browsers). You might want to reset those stats because Welcome saves
these values between server restarts. |