Changeset 511 for branches/htmlform/INSTALL

Timestamp:

09/27/12 18:13:16 (12 years ago)

Author:

Kris Deugau

Message:

/branches/htmlform

Final prep for merge back to trunk.

• Remove lockin on /ip/ web path as with /branches/stable r507.
• Fix a buglet with the body text color.
• Remove the lingering header and footer template files

See #3.

File:

• branches/htmlform/INSTALL (modified) (1 diff)

branches/htmlform/INSTALL

@@ -65 +65 @@
 5) Configure your webserver to call the IPDB scripts at an appropriate 
 web path.  A webroot pointing to the HTML files (first level under 
-the ipdb-#VERSION#/ tarball directory, or /usr/local/lib/ipdb-#VERSION#) 
-with a symlink or alias for ip/ -> . should work fine;  a server alias 
-under an existing virtual host should work as well.
+the ipdb-#VERSION#/ tarball directory, or /usr/local/lib/ipdb-#VERSION#)
+should work fine;  a server alias under an existing virtual host should
+work as well.
 
-Note that all URLs referenced internally currently assume they will be 
-presented at http://host/ip/;  you cannot put the IPDB at 
-http://host/noc/misc/ipdb/.
+Set $IPDB::webpath (the web path to your IPDB install) in MyIPDB.pm.
+Straight out of the tarball it should work at the webroot, but if you
+want it in a subdirectory, you'll need to set this variable to get all
+of the internal links to behave properly.
 
 The directory containing the HTML and scripts must have at least the 
 following Apache directives (or other server equivalent) set:
 
-  Options ExecCGI IncludesNoEXEC FollowSymlinks
+  Options ExecCGI IncludesNoEXEC
 
 6) User lists can be maintained two basic ways: