(Note: In a production environment, not every machine might be running a Dispatcher. This documentation assumes that a single machine is running all Host Publisher components.)
It is easier to navigate through
the Web pages that Host Publisher makes available,
rather than going to specific URLs.
This is a Page Server option that can be disabled.
To enable it, start the
Host Publisher
Monitor, pull down the Options menu and select the General
page, and ensure that the box is checked next to Allow directory
listings of libraries, books, and pages. (You might need to disable
this option before making your Web pages publicly available.)
You need to know the URL identifier, which was configured during installation, to identify URLs that should be passed to Host Publisher. The default is HostPublisher. If you are not sure what it is, start the registry editor (Start, Run, enter regedit on Windows NT or 95) and note the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IBM\Host Publisher\Config\URL Cookie.
To configure them to start automatically and to act as the designated user, follow these steps:
Repeat the steps for the Page Server.
Open the
Services window from the Control Panel
and ensure that the Host Publisher Dispatcher and Page Server services
are running. If not, start the Dispatcher first, followed by the Page
Server.
Start a Web browser on the same machine and open the URL http://localhost/HostPublisher. If you configured a different URL identifier than HostPublisher, use that instead. You should see a list of the available Host Publisher libraries.
Click Date, System Date, and Date Page, and you should see a Web page displaying the current date and time with a textured background. If the background image is missing, go back to the Web server window and change the DocumentRoot to C:\HostPublisher\Library (change C:\HostPublisher to the directory where you installed Host Publisher).
This is sufficient to show that the Dispatcher and Page Server
have been started and are working. If it does not work, review
this page step by step to ensure that all the proper configuration
has been done. Start the
Monitor and you should see a
list of available Web libraries and waiting Page Server threads.
If you do not see the list,
use
Services to start the Dispatcher and
the Page Server. Start the
Monitor and select File, and
Connect to Dispatcher... to ensure the Page Server is connected
to the Dispatcher.