The Writer's Workshop Setup program contains everything you need to initialize the Writer's Workshop. The Setup program installs files in several locations:
MACINTOSH:
- System Folder:Preferences:EoWWW Preferences (contains setup information needed by Writer's Workshop)
- Writer's Workshop 1 or Writer's Workshop 2 (contains the main program files)
- WWnet1 or WWnet2 (contains the network files)
WINDOWS:
- WW1 or WW2 (contains the main program files)
- WWnet1 or WWnet2 (contains the network files)
During installation, you will be prompted to identify both the network fileserver and a folder on that server for the Writer's Workshop network files.
1. FOR MACINTOSH: Click the pull-down at the lower left corner of the Setup dialogue box and drag to select "Select Folder".
FOR WINDOWS: You will be prompted to type in the path to the network folder. It may be necessary to click NETWORK to locate the server.
2. Select the parent directory (i.e. the directory that contains the WWnet1 or
WWnet2 directory); then click SELECT or OK. (Note: Do not select the WWnet1 or WWnet2 directory itself; this will create another WWnet1 or WWnet2 directory inside it.)
The Installer will copy the necessary files to this location and write this information into the EOWWW Preferences folder. This is a new installation, and you are specifying the "parent" folder for the WWNET folder.
Technical Note for Macintosh: If this pointer to the WWNET folder is damaged or lost, you can re-install, or you can create this pointer yourself. This pointer can be found in the EOWWW Prefs folder (in your Preferences folder)--it is an alias named "workshop 1 alias" or "workshop 2 alias." If you need to, you can open your fileserver, make an alias to the folder that contains the WWnet1 or WWnet2 folder, and put it into your EOWWW Prefs folder, renaming it to "workshop 1 alias" or "workshop 2 alias"-- this is exactly what the Installer does.
Technical Note for Windows: The EOWWW.INI file is created during installation, and checked whenever the program runs. If this .INI file is damaged or lost, you can re-install, or you can recreate it yourself. This file is in the same directory as the Writer's Workshop program; you can double-click on it from the File Manager to use the Windows Notepad program to edit the file. The .INI file contains one section, which has two paths. The "NET" line tells the program where to find the WWNET directory. The "CD" line locates QuickTime movies and other graphics files more efficiently. The program will eventually find the right drive letter if this line is missing (and if the CD is actually inserted in an available drive), but it begins its search for a valid CD at this location. Here is an example of an EOWWW.INI file:
[PATH]
NET=F:\ENGLISH\WWNET1
CD=D:
If you install Writer's Workshop on student workstations while attached to the fileserver as an Administrator, the student's Alias file will connect subsequent users as Administrators, too. To avoid this problem, install network items first, while you're attached to your fileserver as an Administrator; then reattach to the fileserver as a normal, day-to-day user, and continue installing Workstation elements. This way, the alias to the server will contain the proper AppleShare information.
One additional way to improve network security is to mount the server at program launch and unmount it upon quitting the program. Since students need network permissions to these files only while running the program, you can use DOS Batch files or Macintosh Applescripts to mount the server with full permissions at program launch, and to unmount the server or reduce permissions when the program is quit.
For Windows, the uninstaller can be a handy utility as you experiment with your installation options; however, you may want to delete the "UnInstall" program item from each student workstation so that students cannot delete their programs.
