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- README for Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard (WPW) Version 1.0
- July l996
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- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1996
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- This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
- supplement the documentation.
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- HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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- To print readme.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
- then use the Print command on the File menu.
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- CONTENTS
- ========
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- MICROSOFT WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD OVERVIEW
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- WHERE TO FIND THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD ON THE MICROSOFT WEB SITE
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- CHECK LIST BEFORE USING WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD
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- HOW TO START THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD
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- POSTING TO STANDARD INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS' WEB SITES
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- POSTING THROUGH A PROXY SERVER (CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT ONLY)
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- INFORMATION FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISP)
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- FEEDBACK
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- KNOWN ISSUE
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- 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.
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- 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.
-
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- 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.
-
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- HOW TO START THE WEB PUBLISHING WIZARD
- ======================================
-
- There are 2 ways to invoke the Web Publishing Wizard:
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- - 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.
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- 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
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- 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 <enter your name here> 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 SiteÆs 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:
-
- <html>
- <!-- postinfo.html version 1.0 -->
-
- <head>
- <title>
- Web Posting Information
- </title>
- <head>
-
- <body>
- <!--
- WebPost
- version="1.0"
- BaseURL="http://<servername>/~$USERNAME"
- BasePath="public_html"
- FtpServerName="<servername>"
- XferType="FTP"
- DefaultPage="default.htm"
- VerifyFiles="1"
- CreateRoot="1"
- -->
-
- <h1>
- Web Posting Information
- </h1>
-
-
- ---END CUT---
-
-
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- 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"="<local>"
-
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- 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.
-
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- 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.
-
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- 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
-