User manual APPLE APPLESHARE IP 5.0.2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION MANUAL

[. . . ] Important Information About AppleShare 5. 0. 2 AppleShare 5. 0. 2 has two improvements not mentioned elsewhere in the documentation: m m It is fully compatible with Mac OS 8. It supports WebStar-compatible plug-ins. Note: Several sections in this document instruct you to restart the Web server so that settings changes can take effect. [. . . ] The total in the box should be at least as large as the sum of required memory for all plug-ins in the Plug-Ins folder, plus any special plug-ins that reside elsewhere. (See "Special Plug-in Settings, " later in this document. ) 5 Click Save. Before you save changes, you may want to read the next section and make changes to other settings. 2 6 To make your changes take effect, restart the server. If the server is running, choose Stop Web & File Server from the Server menu. Then choose Start Web & File Server from the Server menu. Changing other plug-in settings To change other plug-in settings, follow these instructions: 1 2 Open the Web & File Admin program. Choose Web & File Server Settings from the Server menu. The Web & File Server Settings window appears. 3 Choose Web Plug-Ins from the pop-up menu. <<Picture "Web Plug-ins Settings PICT">> 4 5 To enable plug-ins, click to put an X in the box labeled Enable Plug-ins. To allow plug-ins to maintain a log of their actions, click to put an X in the box labeled Enable Plug-in Logging. To select special plug-ins to handle preprocessing, postprocessing, or error-handling tasks, click the appropriate button and locate the plug-in you want to use. 6 See the next section for details. 7 8 Click Save. To make your changes take effect, restart the server. If the server is running, choose Stop Web & File Server from the Server menu. Special plug-in settings AppleShare IP lets you activate specific plug-ins to handle preprocessing, postprocessing, and error-handling tasks. Preprocessor plug-ins examine requests for information before your Web server acts on them. For example, the plug-in might display a password dialog box to make sure that a user who is trying to connect to your site is authorized to do so. 3 Postprocessor plug-ins manipulate information after your Web server has been used, for example to file information about what internal links the most recent visitor activated. [. . . ] Then choose Start Web & File Server from the Server menu. Seeing the plug-in log file Plug-ins can maintain information about what happens when they execute. This information varies from plug-in to plug-in, but it's all stored in the same text file. n To see the log information, double-click the file named "Plug-In Messages" in the HTTP Logs folder. The HTTP Logs folder is in the AppleShare IP Preferences folder within the System Folder's Preferences folder. 4 [. . . ]