Web Crossing


Introduction

Installation & Upgrade

Web Crossing Features

Customizing & Scripting

User & Access Issues

Data Organization & Management

Performance Issues

Appendix

Sysop Documentation

Site Map


Introduction


Installation & Upgrade

Installing Web Crossing
  • Direct Web Service Mode
  • SSL
  • CGI Service Mode
  • Installation Overview
  • Unix
  • Macintosh
  • Windows
  • Connecting for the First Time
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    Upgrading to Newer Web Crossing Versions
  • Upgrading
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    Basic Tour
  • A Basic Tour of Web Crossing
  • Quick Setup Checklist
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    Licensing Issues for Non-Hosting Customers
  • Licensing
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    What's New in 4.0?
  • New Features in 4.0
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    Web Crossing Features
    Conferencing
  • Threaded vs. Conversational
  • Folders and Discussions
  • Formatting & Links within Messages
  • Spell Check
  • Attachments
  • Creating & Using Links
  • Searches
  • Bookmarks & Message Center
  • Subscriptions
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    Live Events
  • Setting Up to Serve Chat
  • Customizing Chat Rooms
  • HTML Chat
  • Specialized Chat Setups
  • Scaling for Large Chat Sites
  • Recording & Playback of Chat
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    Email Services & Mailing List Mirroring
  • Intro & General Settings
  • Webmail
  • Mailing List Mirroring (in)
  • Mailing List Mirroring (out)
  • Two-Way Mirroring
  • Email Services Troubleshooting and Resources
     
    News Services
  • News Reader Access
  • News Server Features: Mirroring & Gateways
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    Calendar
  • Calendar
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    WAP Interface
  • WAP
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    XML-RPC
  • XML-RPC
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    Customizing & Scripting
     
    UniqueIDs, Full Paths & URL Codes
  • Anatomy of a URL
  • Unique IDs/Full Paths
  • Command Codes
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    Basic Customization
  • Discussion Customization Chart (Requires Flash)
  • Folder Customization Chart (Requires Flash)
  • Appearance of All Folders & Discussions
  • Fonts
  • Backgrounds & Link Colors
  • Buttons & Icons
  • Appearance of an Individual Folder or Discussion
  • Tables for Formatting
  • Page Head & Banner
  • Page Footer
  • Misc Global Changes
  • Tips for Using Frames
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    Server-Side Scripting
  • Introduction to Server-side Scripting
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    Web Crossing Template Language (WCTL)
  • Introduction to WCTL
  • More WCTL
  • WCTL Conditionals
  • WCTL Loops
  • WCTL Macros
  • WCTL and Form Processing
  • WCTL and Web Crossing Templates
  • Creating Custom WCTL Variables
  • WCTL and Process Filters
  • WCTL and Nested Folder Templates
  • WCTL Concept Reference Page
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    WCTL Code Examples
  • Building a Logout Button
  • A Macro to Subscribe a User to a Mirrored Mailing List
  • Building an Ignore User Filter
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    Server-Side Scripting: Web Crossing JavaScript (WCJS)
  • Introduction to WCJS
  • Creating and Using a Javascript Function
  • WCJS Form Processing
  • JavaScript and Web Crossing Objects
  • Creating Users and Setting User Properties
  • WCJS Concept Reference Page
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    User & Access Issues
    User Authentication & Tracking
  • User Authentication & Tracking
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    User Issues
  • Guest Users
  • Registered Users & Email Validation
  • Access Lists & User Groups
  • Access Lists for Static Files
  • Moderation Issues
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    Data Organization & Management
    Backup & Recovery
  • Backing Up
  • Recovering Deleted, Lost or Corrupted Data
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    Deleting, Archiving, & Automatic Expiration
  • Automatic Archiving & Expiration
  • Deleting Folders, Discussions, Messages, Users
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    Exporting, Importing, and Moving
  • Export, Delete, and Purge
  • Moving
  • Importing
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    Moving a Database to Another Server
  • Moving a Database to Another Server
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    Performance Issues
    Scaling for Large Sites
  • Scaling, Mirroring, and Distributed Serving
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    Optimizing & Testing
  • Memory Settings & Server Speed
  • Stress-Testing
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    Appendix
     
    Appendix
  • Internet Basic Concepts
  • Logging
  • Serving HTML Files from Web Crossing
  • SGML
  • Sysop Documentation
  • TCP/IP Port Numbers
  • Telnet, UNIX Commands, and UNIX FTP
  • webx.set

  • A Non-Programmer's Guide to Web Crossing
    by Sue Boettcher and Doug Lerner

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