SERVING YOUR WEB PAGES:

Connect You Server:

  1. Open nHTTPd and Choose 'Start'
  2. After your Newton has connected via Modem, Appletalk, Ethernet, or whatever, the IP address will appear in the IP monitor window. We'll call it my.current.server.ip
  3. If you want to, minimize nHTTPd now using the NS button.

Access Your Server:

  1. In your web browser, enter the following URL:
    http://my.current.server.ip/html/ and you'll see something that looks like this...

    Matthew Vaughn

    190 ERML 1201 W Gregory Drive 61801
    (217) 867-5309
    matvon@mad.scientist.com

    Available Notes:

    • About This Server
    • Testing
    • Hardware
    • Outline
    • What's New In 1.2 ?

    Generated by NotePad Server 1.1f
    7/29/98 1:43 pm
  2. Click on any of the notes and it'll be served right up*
  3. As people access your site, the counter will increment and you'll see the names of the files they're getting. This is the closest thing to logging we'll have for now because true logging added unacceptable overhead.
  4. OK, That should be IT. Have fun and make sure to report major bugs to me at matvon@mad.scientist.com

*OK. This is in the bug report but I don't want anyone to miss it. If he first thing you get when you click a note is a 'File Not Found' error then you've been bitten by the trailing slash bug. Check out the solution here.

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