Re: Help!!!!
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At 10:58 AM -1000 7/4/97, Kenneth Grome altered the fabric ofcyberspace, writing:> >I posted to the list a day or two ago and have got no answers.> >> >Problem:> >> >I want the run WebCat2.acgi from the /cgi-bin/. OK no problem. Iset up> >the action to reflect :cgi-bin:Webcatalog.acgi and all seemedfine.> >> >WRONG!! Emailer now breaks!! I get an error that no e-mail wassent.> >Hence no notification for orders!!> >> >I have tried running Emailer from the WebCatalog folder, Rootfolder,> >cgi-bin folder all with failure.> >> >Can SOMEONE please tell me how to configuar this to work --DESPRATE> > > Glenn,> > Please relax, everything will be okay ... :)> > When you moved the WebCatalog.acgi file, you probably forgot to movethe> WebCatalog Prefs file to the same folder. Since they have to be inthe> same folder at all times, you're going to have to move the WebCatalogPrefs> file to the cgi-bin folder, too. Just go to the WebCatalog folder andfind> the WebCatalog Prefs file and drag it into the cgi-bin folder.> > Oh, and if there's already a 'WebCatalog Prefs' file in the cgi-binfolder,> that's probably a blank file created by WebCat2 when it couldn't findthe> one that was 'supposed' to be there, so go ahead and replace that newfile> with the one you're moving ... :)> Did it! Didn't work.> Next ...> > The WebCatalog Prefs file has a preference in it called'EMailFolder'. The> *value* of this preference is the relative path from theWebCatalog.acgi to> the EmailFolder. When you moved the WebCatalog.acgi, you effectively> changed the relative path from WebCatalog.acgi to the EmailFolder,but you> didn't make that change in the WebCatalog Prefs file, so now you haveto> fix this situation, too.>I added the Emailer (and related files/folders) to the cgi-bin. Thiswould make Emailer directly relitive to WaeCat.cgi. So I did not haveto change the Emailer .pref file at all.I did hack until I got it working by using the following setup inWebCat.pref:preference valueShoppingCartFolder ShoppingCarts/OrdersFolder Orders/MaxFound 500SearchLog WebCatalog.logSerialNumber --OMITTED--CacheTemplates FInterpretAll FEMailFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailFolder:POPMailServer mail.net-hwy.comEMailLogFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailLog:CompletedEMailFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailCompleted:AutoReload TLineItemChangePassword --Omitted--RequireComment FWebServerFolder :DateFormat %m/%d/%YTimeFormat %H:%M:%S---------------------------------------Snip---------------I guess what confused me is that the leading : to things. Now that Ilook at things in a differant light, it seems to indicate the beginingpath of WebStar's root. > You can change this preference value manually by dragging theWebCatalog> Prefs file onto SimpleText which will open it. Then find the'EMailFolder'> preference and change its value so the NEW value indicates therelative> path from the WebCatalog.acgi to your 'EMaliFolder'.> Now here is where I get confused again. When I think of a relitivepath I think down NOT up. Since WebCat is in the cgi-bin folder thepath is outside the cgi-bin. A full path from WebStar's root shouldhave worked. Perhaps I did not change both Emailer and WebCat .perffile at the same time.Seems to me that if I put Emailer in a folder called Mailer at the rootand set the WebCat.pref to point to that folder by full path it shouldwork. Since the related Emailer files are still directly relitive toEmailer I should not have to change that perf file.> Or if you don't want to make this change manually, simply launchWebCatalog> and use your web browser to make this change using the WebCatalogAdmin> interface.>I had to make some changes to the admin .tmpl files to get stuff towork again. Since preferances are realy .db files. A new path had tobe taken. > Emailer should work just fine after you make these changes ... :)> Thanks Ken. Sometimes you just need to have another cup of coffee. Iknow I should not be working today but...<<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting ServicesPOB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @)----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.comMailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster
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At 10:58 AM -1000 7/4/97, Kenneth Grome altered the fabric ofcyberspace, writing:> >I posted to the list a day or two ago and have got no answers.> >> >Problem:> >> >I want the run WebCat2.acgi from the /cgi-bin/. OK no problem. Iset up> >the action to reflect :cgi-bin:Webcatalog.acgi and all seemedfine.> >> >WRONG!! Emailer now breaks!! I get an error that no e-mail wassent.> >Hence no notification for orders!!> >> >I have tried running Emailer from the WebCatalog folder, Rootfolder,> >cgi-bin folder all with failure.> >> >Can SOMEONE please tell me how to configuar this to work --DESPRATE> > > Glenn,> > Please relax, everything will be okay ... :)> > When you moved the WebCatalog.acgi file, you probably forgot to movethe> WebCatalog Prefs file to the same folder. Since they have to be inthe> same folder at all times, you're going to have to move the WebCatalogPrefs> file to the cgi-bin folder, too. Just go to the WebCatalog folder andfind> the WebCatalog Prefs file and drag it into the cgi-bin folder.> > Oh, and if there's already a 'WebCatalog Prefs' file in the cgi-binfolder,> that's probably a blank file created by WebCat2 when it couldn't findthe> one that was 'supposed' to be there, so go ahead and replace that newfile> with the one you're moving ... :)> Did it! Didn't work.> Next ...> > The WebCatalog Prefs file has a preference in it called'EMailFolder'. The> *value* of this preference is the relative path from theWebCatalog.acgi to> the EmailFolder. When you moved the WebCatalog.acgi, you effectively> changed the relative path from WebCatalog.acgi to the EmailFolder,but you> didn't make that change in the WebCatalog Prefs file, so now you haveto> fix this situation, too.>I added the Emailer (and related files/folders) to the cgi-bin. Thiswould make Emailer directly relitive to WaeCat.cgi. So I did not haveto change the Emailer .pref file at all.I did hack until I got it working by using the following setup inWebCat.pref:preference valueShoppingCartFolder ShoppingCarts/OrdersFolder Orders/MaxFound 500SearchLog WebCatalog.logSerialNumber --OMITTED--CacheTemplates FInterpretAll FEMailFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailFolder:POPMailServer mail.net-hwy.comEMailLogFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailLog:CompletedEMailFolder :/cgi-bin/EMailCompleted:AutoReload TLineItemChangePassword --Omitted--RequireComment FWebServerFolder :DateFormat %m/%d/%YTimeFormat %H:%M:%S---------------------------------------Snip---------------I guess what confused me is that the leading : to things. Now that Ilook at things in a differant light, it seems to indicate the beginingpath of WebStar's root. > You can change this preference value manually by dragging theWebCatalog> Prefs file onto SimpleText which will open it. Then find the'EMailFolder'> preference and change its value so the NEW value indicates therelative> path from the WebCatalog.acgi to your 'EMaliFolder'.> Now here is where I get confused again. When I think of a relitivepath I think down NOT up. Since WebCat is in the cgi-bin folder thepath is outside the cgi-bin. A full path from WebStar's root shouldhave worked. Perhaps I did not change both Emailer and WebCat .perffile at the same time.Seems to me that if I put Emailer in a folder called Mailer at the rootand set the WebCat.pref to point to that folder by full path it shouldwork. Since the related Emailer files are still directly relitive toEmailer I should not have to change that perf file.> Or if you don't want to make this change manually, simply launchWebCatalog> and use your web browser to make this change using the WebCatalogAdmin> interface.>I had to make some changes to the admin .tmpl files to get stuff towork again. Since preferances are realy .db files. A new path had tobe taken. > Emailer should work just fine after you make these changes ... :)> Thanks Ken. Sometimes you just need to have another cup of coffee. Iknow I should not be working today but...<<--Glenn-->~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Glenn & Renee Davis Exclusively Web / Net Highway (916) 887-0678 Web Page Design / Hosting ServicesPOB 157, Cool,CA 95614-0157http://www.ExclusivelyWeb.com http://www.Net-Hwy.com &&& ||| (@ @) (@ @)----------------------------ooO---U---Ooo---------------ooO--(_)--Ooo------->> Mailto:renee@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:glenn@Net-Hwy.com Mailto:renee@ExclusivelyWeb.comMailto:glenn@ExclusivelyWeb.com Graphics Design Webmaster
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