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PDNdata website manager, installation

PDNdata website manager is available for Linux and Windows hosts, for other platforms as unix etc contact support.
 
Zip files contains software files, icons, configuration and user files. The standard installation works on almost every host, configuration parameters can be modified, if required.
 
Installation is simple, needs about 15 up to 30 minutes time.
 
Extract .zip file in a directory on local hard drive to upload files on host later. Select extract option "Use folder names" (or similiar, depending on zip version) to create subdirectory img/ automatically to extract there the icons.
 

Create required directories

 
Create required directories on host by FTP software:
 
Cgi-bin area: Subdirectory to cgi-bin directory
/cgi-bin/contentmanager/    Directory for configuration and user files
 
Html area: Subdirectory for pictures
/www/img/   General pictures for the software
/www/ represents the home directory from host account, html area

 

Upload files on host

 
Upload software files, directory cgi-bin, binary mode

Upload the binary software files on host, into cgi-bin directory, by FTP software using binary mode:
Linux: Binary files without an ending
/cgi-bin/listrun    Main software
/cgi-bin/imagerun   Upload pictures
/cgi-bin/email   Contact form and email software
 
Windows: Binary files with ending .exe
/cgi-bin/listrun.exe   Main software
/cgi-bin/imagerun.exe   Upload pictures
/cgi-bin/email.exe   Contact form and email software

 
 
Chmod the binary files

Chmod the binary files in cgi-bin directory using FTP software for read, write and execute rights. Chmod value depends on host, it's often somewhat as 755 or 775, refer to support and help pages from hosting company for details.
 
 
Upload all other files

Upload configuration and user files, style sheet and javascript files and icons on host, by FTP software. Data files have for Linux and Windows hosts ending .0.
/cgi-bin/contentmanager/configlist.0    ASCII mode    Configuration file
/cgi-bin/contentmanager/user.0   ASCII mode    User file, admin rights, passwords etc
/www/styles.css   ASCII mode    General used style sheet document, font definitions
/www/ represents the home directory from host account, html area
/www/stylestextarea.css   ASCII mode    Style sheet document required for wysiwyg-editor
/www/whizzywig.js   ASCII mode    Wysiwyg-editor
/www/img/...   Binary mode    All icons and pictures for the software, subdirectory /img/, html area

 
 

Start installer to define paths

First it's required to start installer on host to define some base paths, installer is a part of software file listrun (listrun.exe for windows). Modify www address below, fill in own domain. Commonly it's not needed to modify other parts, in exception, the directory isn't named cgi-bin.
 
Copy and past modified address it into browser address field to start installation:
 
 
 Linux: Www address points to software file listrun (without ending) in cgi-bin directory:

http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?program=http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun&start=install
 

 
 
 Windows: Www address points to software file listrun.exe in cgi-bin directory:

http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?program=http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe&start=install
 

 
 
Help
 
Full test report

Add &test=1 at end of www addresses above to activate full test report output, if required.
 
 

Start website manager, links

Start custom website and website manager to finish installation. Installer above has defined paths and given out links matching to domain to start software.
 
This links can be used always to start software, as soon as the files are uploaded and chmoded, modify them and bookmark them:
 
 
 Linux:
 
Editors website, start page, command init=edit:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?init=edit
 

 
Editors website, login page, command init=login:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?init=login
 

 
Customers website, command init=custom:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?init=custom
 

 
 
 Windows:
 
Editors website, start page, command init=edit:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?init=edit
 

 
Editors website, login page, command init=login:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?init=login
 

 
Customers website, command init=custom:
 
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?init=custom
 
 
 

Login, activate referer check, modify user data

Login as admin for next steps to finish installation and later to modify website design for an own corporate design.
 
Start software as mentioned above with modified web address:
 
 Linux: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?init=edit
 Windows: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?init=edit
 
 
Login, passwords
 
Click link on the left side menu the login link. Default email and passwords for login are:
 
Account   Email   Password
Admin 1   admin1@xy.xy   guest
Admin 2   admin2@xy.xy   guest
Guestadmin   guest@xy.xy   guest

 
 
Activate referer check, security
 
To avoid, that not everybody has access to all data, it's required to activate referer check at this step. Click the link Referer check, an online form appears. Fill in as value 1, send out form to activate referer check.
 
Click a link on the left side menu, 1 up to 2 times requried to reload the page, then the referer check error message at top disappears.
 
 
Modify user data, emails and passwords, security
 
Modify default email addresses and passwords to avoid, that everybody can login with default data. Click the link Modify user, search for all users by empty form. Click the link with user ID number to modify each profile.
 
As the both admin profiles are used as recipients for contact forms, it's not recommended to delete the admin profiles. Set them to guestadmin rights instead of admin rights, modify emails and passwords.
 
 

Check path definitions

Paths was defined by installer above automatically, default paths matches for almost every host. Check path definitions, if required.
 
Start software as mentioned above with modified web address:
 
 Linux: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun?init=edit
 Windows: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/listrun.exe?init=edit
 
Click the link Path to list all paths, click the ID to view or modify path definitions, if required.
 
As path dir-mainpages is as default only .. filled in. .. is used to go from cgi-bin directory one level upwards into /www/ home directory, that works for almost every host.
 
 

Email definitions for contact forms

Some parameters to receive contact form messages by email must be modified. Click the link Email to list email parameters including help text.
 
Modify email parameters:
 
Parameter   Description
systememail   System email address as service@yourdomain.com or "Name" <service@yourdomain.com>, used as system email address as senders address to send out emails by website contact forms from user to website owner.
mailprogram   Sendmail path, used to send out contact form messages as email to website owner, e.g. /usr/sbin/sendmail -t, depending on host. Commonly on host FAQ or support pages shown, often used for perl programs too. Sendmail path written on 1 line, without linebreaks.

 
Modify the other parameters, text parts for contact forms and customize the default end text, which is added to each contact form message.
 
 

Edit website pages, customize website design

Installation is finished at this step. Click the links Top pages or Menu pages to edit, modify or delete website pages, to upload pictures, for a website preview or to store pages as html files etc.
 
Click the link Design to list design elements for the website top and bottom area. Click the links Edit to modify this main parts by wysiwyg-editor. If the wysiwyg-editor doesn't appear, check installation above.
 
 

Special links: Contact form, customize menu titles

Click the link Special links to list menu titles and links for contact forms. On listing appears link texts Customer service and Sales service, the default links for contact forms. Click on its ID to edit them. This links contains the admin ID number, as e.g. 1111111111-1111, which is the recipient for contact form messages. Modify link text Customer service. It's not recommended to delete such links, rename the ID to hide such a link: Rename menu410 to e.g. parked410.
 
Public nickname on top of contact forms as e.g. Customer service depends on admin profile, modify public nickname for matching admin.
 
Modify menu titles as Offers, services or Company for the left side menu or park them the same way.
 
Renumber links to get another order. Links and special links are automatically listed on website, order for top links: top100, top110, top120 etc. Order for menu links on the left side: menu200, menu210, menu220 etc. All numbers can be used to order links including menu titles. Link Special links lists contact form links, menu titles and line spaces. Website manager link as Top pages or Menu pages lists website pages with its links, they can be renumbered, parked or deleted there.
 
Link Other pages lists the Error 404 page, which can be customized and renamed according to host requirements. This page should be stored as html file according to host definition to show a customized error 404 page, if requested URL was not found on server.
 
 

Editor page, bookmark link

Website editor page can be started by a short link instead of cgi-links above. Such start pages are generated and renewed automatically after 25 hours (default) or if they are removed. Command ...?init=edit above generates the start page www.domain.com/edit.shtml automatically, bookmark this start page to enter edit page.
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