Starting
Out
Installing BWI
For BWI version v2.02, all installations
will be done by Command-O Software to ensure proper setup. Please email support@command-o.com for more information.
Configuring BWI for
your web server
Configuring BWI for you web server is very easy.
Included with the software is a blank configuration file, config.ini.
The entire program's configuration will be in this file. BWI does not expect
you to edit the file yourself. Instead, you will use the Administration Module to
configure BWI. If this is your first time configuring BWI for you web server, bring
up badmin.cgi?command=Change+Configuration in your browser. You will need
to put in the path (on your web server) that you installed BWI in and your domain.com
before the string above (ie,http://domain.com/cgi-bin/bwi/). After
you put this in your browser, a page will come up with 10 form
fields. (Do not be alarmed if there are broken images, that is exactly what you are
about to fix.) Below are the meaning of each:
Log Directory: Directory in which
all BWI data is held
HTML Directory: Directory in which the HTML templates are
held.
Encryption Key: Custom key to encrypt passwords
Admin Program: Full URL path to the badmin.cgi program
Redirect Program: Full URL path to the redirect.cgi program
Stats Program: Full URL path to the stats.cgi program
Banner Directory: Full URL path to the banners
directory
Banner Path: Full system path to the banners
directory
Help Page: Full URL path to this documentation
HTTP Header: Print out the HTTP header
It is recommended that you put the Log Directory
and the HTML Directory in a place not viewable from the web, to minimize
security issues. For the encryption key, choose a word with 3-8 letters. The Banner
Directory is the directory where all the uploaded banners are
saved. It is also the directory in which all the program's images are held. An
example URL path is http://www.domain.com/banners/. An example of a
system path is /home/httpd/html/banners/. The HTTP Header is
"Content-type: text/html". This option can be disabled if this
string is showing up above the banners in your rotation (on your web page(s)). If
nothing is showing up, and you're sure that this is the only error it could be, enable it.
If this is not your first time configuring BWI for your web
server, log in to the Admin Module, and click on the Configuration
command.
Setting Admin Login
Information
To set the admin login information, you must log in to the
Admin Module, and click on the Configuration command. At that
screen, select the Set Admin Password command from the selection list at
the bottom, and click the Do It! button. You will then be prompted for an admin
login and password. Once you have entered them and clicked the button, the program
will take you back to the main page of the Admin Module. However,
it is highly recommended that you re-login first! To do so, just bring the badmin.cgi
file (with NO arguments) in your browser. The login page will come up and you can
enter in the admin login information.
Resetting Main
Databases
Before the program can be run (adding data to the BWI
program), you MUST reset the main database (or in some cases, create
them). To do this, log in to the Admin Module, and click on the Configuration
command. When the Configuration comes up, select the Reset Main Databases
command in the selection list and click the Do It! button. If any errors are printed
to the browser, check your permissions on the Logs Directory. Note that if you do
this, and data files have already been created, then you will lose
whatever data that was previously held in the databases. Therefore, this option is
only used when you are creating the databases or to delete all the data that the
program is holding.
Configuring Default
Banner Account
The Default Banner Account is the ad that is shown on the
rotations if an error occurs (ie, file i/o problem, all ads have expired, etc). To
configure this account, log in to the Admin Module, and click on the Configuration
command. When the Configuration page comes up, select Edit Default Banner
from the selection list, and click the Do It! button. Then you will be presented
with an ad form. Enter in the information that you want for you Default Banner. When
completee, click the Save button.
Logging into the Admin
Module
Now that you have everything configured, you can
successfully log into the Admin Module and execute BWI commands. To do so, bring up
the full path to the directory you installed the BWI programs into, followed by badmin.cgi
(note with NO arguments). You will then be prompted for the Admin Login information
at which time you can fully use the Admin Module.
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