Web Wiz Guide - Web Wiz Site realease v3.06 **************************************************************************************** ** Copyright Notice ** ** Web Wiz Guide - Web Wiz Site News ** ** Copyright 2001-2002 Bruce Corkhill All Rights Reserved. ** ** This program is free software; you can modify (at your own risk) any part of it ** under the terms of the License that accompanies this software and use it both ** privately and commercially. ** ** All copyright notices must remain in tacked in the scripts and the ** outputted HTML. ** ** You may use parts of this program in your own private work, but you may NOT ** redistribute, repackage, or sell the whole or any part of this program even ** if it is modified or reverse engineered in whole or in part without express ** permission from the author. ** ** You may not pass the whole or any part of this application off as your own work. ** ** All links to Web Wiz Guide and powered by logo's must remain unchanged and in place ** and must remain visible when the pages are viewed unless permission is first granted ** by the copyright holder. ** ** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ** MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER ** WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. ** ** You should have received a copy of the License along with this program; ** if not, write to:- Web Wiz Guide, PO Box 4982, Bournemouth, BH8 8XP, United Kingdom. ** ** ** No official support is available for this program but you may post support questions at: - ** http://www.webwizguide.info/forum ** ** Support questions are NOT answered by e-mail ever! ** ** For correspondence or non support questions contact: - ** info@webwizguide.com ** ** or at: - ** ** Web Wiz Guide, PO Box 4982, Bournemouth, BH8 8XP, United Kingdom ** **************************************************************************************** Introduction =========================================================================================== Thank you fordownloading this application and hoepfully you will find it of benefit to you. If you have not downloaded this appliaction from Web Wiz Guide then check for the latest version at: - http://www.webwizguide.info This applcation uses ASP and must be run through a web sever supporting ASP. It has been tested on PWS 4 and IIS 4 and 5 on Windows 2000/XP/NT4/98 =========================================================================================== Using Web Wiz Site News =========================================================================================== 1. Unzip all the files keeping the directory structure intact, most files should be in the folder called news. 2. Files must be run through an ASP enabled web server or on ASP enabled web space. (check with your hosting company). 3. The default.asp page outside of the news directory is only to show you the application running. 4. If you wish to add the Site News into your homepage or another page on the site place the news directory containing the main files as a sub directory of the page you wish to integrate the site news items into. 5. Make sure your homepage or the page you want to place the site news items in has the extension .asp and place the following lines in the palce on the page where you wish the Site News to be displayed: - For ASP 3 (Win2k Servers): - <% Server.Execute"site_news_preview_inc.asp" %> For ASP 2 (NT4 Servers): - You can then delete the page default.asp that is outside of the news directory as it will no longer be needed. 5. To use the admin area to administer, set up, and add new news items to Web Wiz Site News use the admin.htm file and login with the following case sesitive username and password: - Username - administrator Password - letmein From the adminstartion files you can Add new News Items, Delete or amend News Items, Delete users comments, change colours, fonts, username, password, set up email notification, and more. 6. If you are having problems with running Web Wiz Site News then edit the files common.asp and site_news_preview_inc.asp with note pad where you can select to use a diffrent OBDC database driver or use DSN if you are able to setup DSN on your web server. 7. If you move the news.mdb database to another directory then place the new path into the files common.asp and site_news_preview_inc.asp file. 8. header.inc and footer.inc files are included for advanced users for better intergration into your own site. =========================================================================================== Brinkster Users =========================================================================================== If you are using the application on Brinkster then you need to follow the steps below to configure the application on Brinkster: - 1. You should find a folder on your Brinkster web space called db, you will need to place the news.mdb database in this folder. 2. Edit the files called common.asp and site_news_preview_inc.asp with a text editor and uncomment the Brinkster database driver string and place your Brinkster username into the string where indicated. 3. Make sure you remove the present database driver string other wise the application wont know which one to use. 4. Free Brinkster accounts do NOT support the email facilities. =========================================================================================== Common database error when using the Site News Administrator =========================================================================================== If you recieve the following error: - Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Operation must use an updateable query. This means that the directory the database is in does not have the right permissions to be able to write to the database. If you are running the web server yourself and using the NTFS file system then there is an FAQ page at, http://www.webwizguide.info/asp/FAQ, on how to change the server permissions on Win2k/NT4. If you are not running the server yourself then you will need to contact the server's adminstrator and ask them to change the permissions otherwise you cannot update a database. For other common database errors see:- http://www.webwizguide.info/asp/faq/access_database_faq.asp =========================================================================================== Problems running Web Wiz Site News =========================================================================================== If you are having trouble with the application then please take a look at the FAQ pages at: - http://www.webwizguide.info/asp/FAQ If you are still having problems then post support questions, queries, suggestions, at: - http://www.webwizguide.info/forum The is no official support for this application as support costs a large amount of unpaid time that is not always available to devote to the many questions posted. =========================================================================================== Donations =========================================================================================== Many 1000's of unpaid hours have gone into developing this and the other applications available for free from Web Wiz Guide. If you like using this application then please help support the development and update of this and future applications. If you would like to remove the powered by logo from the application then you must make a donation of any amount you like to Web Wiz Guide. Donations can be made securly on-line using your credit or debit card through WorldPay or PayPall more information on this can be found at: - http://www.webwizguide.info/donations Alternatively you can send donations to: - Bruce Corkhill PO Box 4982 Bournemouth BH8 8XP United Kingdom Please make personal checks or International money orders payable to: - Bruce Corkhill (Sorry, I can't cash anything made payable to Web Wiz Guide) Please don't send a foreign check drawn on a non-UK bank, as the fees usually exceed the value of the donation. For more info on donations and how Web Wiz Guide can bring professional applications for free please see the following page: - http://www.webwizguide.info/donations =========================================================================================== Windows 2000 ASP Web Hosting =========================================================================================== If you are having problems running this application on your own web space then you can have this application pre-installed for you when purchasing hosting from Web Wiz Hosts. For more information on web hosting from Web Wiz Guide please see: - http://www.webwizhosts.net =========================================================================================== Other Free ASP Applications =========================================================================================== The following Free ASP Appliacations are available for free from http://www.webwizguide.info Web Wiz Forums Web Wiz Guestbook Site Search Engine Web Wiz Polls Web Wiz Site News Web Wiz Mailing List Web Wiz Journal Internet Search Engine Graphical Hit Counter Graphical Session Hit Counter Database Hidden Hit Counter Active Users Counter Email Form's (CDONTS) Email Form's (w3 JMail) Database Login Page Whois Lookup =========================================================================================== If I have missed anything out or any bugs then please let me know by e-mailing me at: - asp@webwizguide.com