General help for administer

Biblioscape web server "BiblioWeb.exe" is installed under the "BiblioWeb" sub-directory of Biblioscape root. Double click "BiblioWeb.exe" to start the server. 

Default port to listen on: When BiblioWeb is first started, it will set default port to 80 to listen on http requests. If you already have another web server listening on this port, BiblioWeb will try to use port 8001 instead. You can change the port to another number, for example 8002 and then click the "Apply" button. If a port number other than 80 is used, you should add that number at the end of your URL. For example: http://127.0.0.1:8001 

Default www root directory to serve files from: BiblioWeb can not only serve Biblioscape database to web users, but also act as a regular web server. If you want to post html files to the web, you should put them under the directory specified in this box.

Biblioscape database to be posted on the web: You can always change the Biblioscape database to be served on the web by giving the full path of Biblioscape *.bsp or *.bss files. After changing the path, click on the "Apply" button. If you want to post more than one Biblioscape database, you have to create another directory "BiblioWeb_2" under the Biblioscape root, copy all the files under "BiblioWeb" to it, and use another port number for http requests.

User administration

The BiblioWeb server administer has full control over who can access the database. There are 4 possible user status: "Read" (can only search, browse, etc.), "Write" (can add, edit, delete, etc.), "Disable" (can not access database), and "Admin" (can edit, delete, move any user's records). You can let BiblioWeb automatically assign a "Read" or "Write" account after user "sign up". If you worry about user with "Write" account accidentally delete some valuable records, you can check the box to "Only allow the user who Created the record to Edit or Delete it".

 

Click on the "Forum Admin" button to bring up the Forum window. If you want to remove certain offensive posting, select the message first and then click on the "-" button.

 

Besides the default Paradox database, BiblioWeb can also serve databases from other vendors through BDE or ODBC, such as: Oracle, MS SQL Server, Informix, DB2, Sybase, Interbase, Access, etc. Please read Biblioscape online manual about using other databases as backend. 

 

You can change the look and feel of BiblioWeb by editing the *.htm files under "BiblioWeb" folder. You can modify the title, color, graphics, etc. to make it more compatible with your existing web pages. The only thing in the *.htm files you can't change is the %...% phrase, for example, %list_bib%. These are tags used by BiblioWeb internally. Some old html editor (like FrontaPage 97) will convert "%" to "%25". That will break BiblioWeb. Be sure to change it back with a text editor.

You can also customize the labels for each data field of different reference types. Please run Biblioscape, go to menu command "Tools | Options". Click on the "Reference Types" tab to customize the field labels.

 

Server license

BiblioWeb server can be licensed in three ways: "Number of concurrent users", "Number of Users supported", or "Number of Hits allowed". The Pro edition of Biblioscape comes with 1 concurrent user license, 3 "Write" user license and 3 "Read" user license, as well as 5000 hits. When you purchase additional license, a registration code will be sent to you by email.

For serving Intranet users, licensed by the "Number of Users supported" is a better option. To prevent one account being used by multiple users, each account can not access BiblioWeb server from more than 5 machines (IP is logged). For posting database on the internet, licensed by the "Number of Hits allowed" makes more sense. If the server is not used often, the concurrent user license may fit your needs better. A user is automatically logged out if there is no screen activity for 15 minutes. 

If you don't want to bother web users to type user name and password each time they need to login, you can create a hyperlink on the login page (bw_login.htm) for all users to login using one account. For example: 
<p><a href="bw_login2srch?edit_loginname=guest&edit_password=guest">click here</a> to login as "guest".</p>