Note to Webinator 2 users: The Webinator 2 gw
command is
included in the Webinator 4 and later packages, but it does not contain
most of the newer features of later versions, and it might be discontinued
in future releases. See ``Using gw'' (4.7.2, p. ) for details.
Webinator's administrative interface is a web application that you access using your web browser. Access it using the URL that was given to you during installation. It will be something like:
http://YOURSERVER/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/dowalk
http://YOURSERVER/scripts/texis.exe/webinator/dowalk
http://YOURSERVER/texis/webinator/dowalk
Where YOURSERVER
is the hostname, and possibly the port number,
used to access the web server where Webinator is installed.
The cgi-bin
and scripts
portions refer
to the CGI directory you specified during installation. The examples
given above are the most common. Your path could be different.
texis
and texis.exe
are the names of the Texis Web Script
interpreter and is a program that resides in your CGI directory. It is
not a directory.
The portion after texis
, /webinator/dowalk
, is a
``virtual'' path indicating the location of the administrative
script relative to your installation's ScriptRoot
directory.
ScriptRoot
is the texis/scripts
subdir of your install, so
/webinator/dowalk
in the URL is referring to the file
texis/scripts/webinator/dowalk
under your install dir.
This is the administrative script that controls Webinator.
When you run the administrative interface you will be asked for the
login and password. By default there is one login name. It is
webinator
in all lowercase. If no other accounts have been
added, you will not have to enter the name. It will be filled in for
you. Your login will be remembered in a cookie until you logout. This
way, you don't need to enter the password every time you enter.
Note: If you share your computer with others, or it is available to people who should not be administering Webinator, then you should logout when you are finished. This will help prevent unauthorized configuration.
The Webinator administrative interface uses JavaScript to enhance its functionality and make it easy to use, but the interface will also work well without JavaScript. No functionality of Webinator will be lost if JavaScript is turned off in your browser (eg. to prevent pop-ups on other sites). In this document, the user interface description assumes that JavaScript is enabled.