Deploying Websydian Applications on OmniHTTPd

Contents

• Prerequisites
• Copy Websydian Application to the Web Server
• Copy AllFusion Plex runtime files to the Web Server
• Check the ini-file of the Dispatcher for correct settings
• Setup a Standard CGI Alias
• Test the Websydian Application
• Applying images and static pages to your site
   

Prerequisites

1. Before continuing make sure you have Generated and Build your Websydian Application. 
   Successful Generation and Build of Websydian Applications
    
2. Download and install the OmniHTTPd from the website http://www.omnicron.ca
   During installation answer no to run OmniHTTPd as service.
    
3. Start the OmniHTTPd server.
   If you have IIS or PersonalServer installed make sure to change the port the OmniHTTPd is listining on to e.g. 8080.

Copy Websydian Application to the Web Server

1. Create a directory on the Web Server where you will be installing the Websydian application.
   e.g. c:\websydian\webtutor
   
2. Copy the files located in your "release" directory to the Websydian directory just created.
   
3. Create a directory called html as a subdirectory to the Websydian directory. e.g. c:\websydian\webtutor\html
   
4. Copy your Document Templates to the html directory.

Copy AllFusion Plex runtime files to the Web Server

1. From your AllFusion Plex bin library copy the AllFusion Plex runtime DLL's to the Websydian directory.
   
   Further information on which DLL's to copy see the AllFusion Plex help.
   
2. If using any Active-X controls make sure to copy these to.

Check the ini-file for the Dispatcher

1. Open the ini-file located in the Websydian directory with the notepad.
   
   Check the section [HTML] for the following settings:

   ---

   [HTML]
   PATH=.\HTML\
   DATE=dd/mm/yyyy
   TIME=hh:mm:ss
   TIMESTAMP=dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

   ---

   Make sure the DATE, TIME and TIMESTAMP  has the correct format for your Websydian Application.

Setup a Standard CGI Alias 

1. Open propeties information of the OmniHTTPd server.
   Right click on the OmniHTTPd icon on the right bottom of your desktop and select Properties.
2. Create a Standard CGI Alias by selecting the "Virtual server profile" localhost (default) and pressing Edit.
3. Select the tab Standard CGI and add information about alias name and location on disk. Press the Add button and press ok and close the OmniHTTPd configuration.

Test the Websydian Application

1. As the OmniHTTPd is running as a program under the current user just access your web application from your internet explorer to test your application.

Applying images and static pages to your site

In order to add images to your Websydian Application using the OmniHTTPd server you need to create a directory for your images e.g. c:\websydian\webdemo\images and add an Alias in the OmniHTTPd configuration.

When refering to the images on the html pages use the image alias name.