You can make documents available to visitors in several ways. You can use the publishing wizard to place a read-only copy of the document in the Webpub directory and automatically add a link on your home page to the document. You can also use Windows Explorer to place documents in …
Read More »Viewing the Personal Web Server Documentation
You can use other browsers to view the documentation, but it is most easily viewed and navigated by using Microsoft® Internet Explorer. For best results, use: Internet Explorer version 3.02 with Authenticode 2 update, or later versions of Internet Explorer. A monitor with a screen size of 15 inches or …
Read More »Viewing and Deleting Your Messages
You can allow visitors to your Web site to leave messages for you. If you choose the message drop box option when you create your home page, or add the drop box to your home page later, a link to your drop box appears on your home page. Visitors click …
Read More »Customizing Your Web Site
PWS contains many helpful features to get your Web site up and running quickly. However, you may find that you want to create more complicated pages than those generated by the PWS wizards. This section introduces some of the ways you can use other tools to customize the look and …
Read More »Release Notes
This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the Microsoft® Remote Data Service 1.5 documentation. The following sections are included in this document: Product Description New Features Installation Notes Technical Support Technical Notes Known Issues Copyright Information Product Description Microsoft Remote Data Service (RDS) is a fast and efficient …
Read More »Glossary of Terms Used in Personal Web Server version 4.0
Select the first letter of the word from the list above to jump to appropriate section of the glossary. A access control Controlling who is allowed access to a computer’s content and applications. ACL Access Control List. A list that identifies which hosts have access to which services. Active Group, …
Read More »Creating and Maintaining a Web Site
Welcome to the section on setting up your Web site. This section walks you through the basics of creating a home page and publishing documents on your site using the built-in wizards. You also learn how to use the guest book and message drop box included in PWS. This section …
Read More »Simple Document Sharing Solution
The Problem A construction company executive organizes the computer files by project. Each project contains building specification files, which the executive needs to share with the engineers. Each project also contains sensitive financial information the engineers should not have access to. Because the project directories contain information the engineers should …
Read More »Custom Information Exchange Solution
The Problem The director of human resources at a small advertising firm wants to know how satisfied employees are with the current health insurance carrier before spending time looking for potential new carriers. The director wants to keep the responses confidential, and doesn’t want to compile results from a number …
Read More »About Publishing Directories
When you set up your Web site, you specify which directories contain the documents that you want to publish. The Web server cannot publish documents that are not within the directories you specify. To plan your Web site, you first determine how you want your files organized in the publishing …
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