------------------------------------------------------------ README for Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard (WPW) Version 1.0 July l996 ------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996 This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the documentation. ------------------------ HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ------------------------ To print readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor, then use the Print command on the File menu. CONTENTS ======== MICROSOFT WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD OVERVIEW WHERE TO FIND THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD ON THE MICROSOFT WEB SITE CHECK LIST BEFORE USING WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD HOW TO START THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD POSTING TO STANDARD INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' WEB SITES POSTING THROUGH A PROXY SERVER (CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT ONLY) INFORMATION FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISP) FEEDBACK KNOWN ISSUE MICROSOFT WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD OVERVIEW ======================================== Welcome to the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard version 1.0. Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard enables users to easily post web pages (files) to their World Wide Web or Intranet site. WPW supports multiple Webpost Service Providers such as CompuServe, Sprynet, AOL and GNN. The default Webpost Service Provider DLL can post to some of the popular type of Internet Servers, including the National Center for Supercomputing Applications' (NCSA's) HTTPD, APACHE Web server and Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS). The Web Publishing Wizard connects to the Internet Service Provider (ISP), determines the protocol needed to copy the files, and uploads the files to the appropriate directory on the ISP computer. Along with the Web Publishing Wizard, Microsoft released the Webpost SDK included in the ActiveX SDK available on the Microsoft web site http://www.microsoft.com/intdev . Several Authoring Tools vendors are already implementing a one-button Publish to their applications using the Webpost APIs. Microsoft is also working with a large number of ISPs to ensure that posting using the Web Publishing Wizard and the Webpost APIs is fully supported. WHERE TO FIND THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD ON THE MICROSOFT WEB SITE ================================================================= Get the Web Publishing Wizard updates and latest information from : Http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/webpost or search for Web Publish in the http://www.microsoft.com home page. HOW TO START THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD ====================================== There are 2 ways to invoke the Web Publishing Wizard: - Click Start, point to Programs, then Accessories, then Internet Tools and then click Web Publishing Wizard. - In the Windows Explorer window, select the file(s) or folder(s) you want to send, and then right-click on the desktop. Click Send To, and then click Web Publishing Wizard. CHECK LIST BEFORE USING WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD ============================================= Before to use the Web Publishing Wizard, you need to check the following: 1. Check whether you access the Internet through a proxy server or an Internet Service Provider and setup your Web browser accordingly. If your browser can connect to the ISP then WPW will work. If you need help configuring your browser, contact your Internet (corporate environment) or ISP's administrator. 2. If you are in a corporate environment Check with you Intranet administrator whether you have write access to the Corporate Web Server's directories. 3. Install Dial-Up Networking (if it isn't installed already) and then create a connection icon to access your ISP. 4. Check with your Internet Service Provider or On-line Service Provider if you need to use a Dial-Up Networking script to automate the connection to the Internet site. For more information, see the Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 documentation or see the Windows 95 or Windows NT online help. Note: If you don't have the Microsoft Windows 95 CD, you can download the Dial-Up Networking components from the following Web sites: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/admintools.htm POSTING TO STANDARD INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' WEB SITES ========================================================= The Web Publishing Wizard will post files or directories to any ISP's Web servers running NCSA's HTTPD, APACHE Web Server or any other standard Web servers installed with the default configuration and running the FTP protocol. If the ISP does not use the default standard configuration then Microsoft requests that ISPs include a posting information file (postinfo.html) on the Root URLs of their Web Servers. (See Information for Internet Service Providers below.) What if I don't know my Internet Service Provider's Web Server configuration? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can COPY AND PASTE the text below and e-mail it to your Internet Service Provider. ---BEGIN CUT--- For example Hi I'm I would like to use to the Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard to post my web pages to your Web Site. Do you support this service? If you currently do not support this service all you need to do is place a modified version of the following HTML file in your Root Directory of each server you maintain and call this file postinfo.html This file contains information regarding the posting protocol and policy. Use this sample to create your Web Site’s postinfo.html file, be sure to place copies of this file to the root directories of each of your servers. Note: In the comments, the page contains configuration information for authoring tools that use the Microsoft WebPost functions: Web Posting Information

Web Posting Information

---END CUT--- POSTING THROUGH A PROXY SERVER (CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT ONLY) ========================================================== To use the Web Publishing Wizard to post your files through a proxy server, note the following information: . If your Web browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), make sure the proxy information is set correctly. To do this, right-click the Internet icon on the desktop, click Properties, click the Connection tab and then click Change proxy settings. . If you are not a Microsoft Internet Explorer user, then you have to edit the registry (Run Regedit.exe) and update the following Registry key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet \Services\WebPost\Providers\{3151E2E0-6C4F-11cf-86B1-00AA0060F86C}] "internetaccesstype"=hex:03,00,00,00 "ProxyServer"="http://proxyservername; ftp=ftp://ftpgateway" "ProxyOverride"="" INFORMATION FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. =========================================== Because of variations among Internet servers, Microsoft requests that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) include a posting information file named postinfo.html on the root URLs of their Internet servers. This file contains details about the posting protocol and policy. The standard WebPost service provider uses the information in the file to help with the detection of the WebPost protocol. See the POSTING TO STANDARD INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' WEB SITE section for a sample of the postinfo.html file that the default provider uses. NOTE: A COMPLETE FULLY DOCUMENTED VERSION OF THE POSTINFO.HTML IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MICROSOFT WEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.MICROSOFT.COM. FEEDBACK ======== Users' feedback are always appreciated. Please use Webpost@lists.msn.com mailing list to tell us your suggestions on how to improve the Web Publishin Wizard. KNOWN ISSUE =========== - Posting directory trees is NOT supported on AOL and GNN Web sites. - Web Publishing Wizard version 1.0 for Windows NT 4.0 is not yet supported on non-Intel platforms such as PowerPC, MIPS, Alpha. - America On-Line and GNN do not support the Windows 95 or NT Dial-Up Networking feature. Access to AOL or GNN Web sites is done through America On-line or GNN software dialer. Before you use the Web publishing Wizard, please make sure you have installed AOL software version 2.5 or above and GNN software version 1.30 or above. The software is available on the AOL and GNN Web sites which are respectively : - HTTP://www.aol.com - HTTP://www.gnn.com For Corporate users: - Posting through a proxy server to CompuServe, Sprynet, AOL and GNN is NOT supported in version 1.0 GLOSSARY ======== - AOL-America On-Line - GNN-Global Network Navigator - DLL-Dynamic Link Library - NCSA-National Center for Supercomputing Applications - HTTPD- Hyper Text Transport Protocol Daemon. - IIS-Microsoft's Internet Information Server - ISP-Internet Service Provider. - SDK-Software Development Kit - API-Application Programming Interface - FTP-File Transfer Protocol - HTTP-HyperText Transfer Protocol - PPP- Point to Point - CIS-CompuServe Information Service - TCP/IP-Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - Script-List of information to automate the process of connecting to an Internet Service Provider or On-Line Service - HTML-HTM HyperText Markup Language - URL-Universal Resource Locator