Appendix: Using WebSiphon with WebTen

This documentation describes how to install WebSiphon to work properly with WebTen servers. It assumes you have already installed and are running the WebTen server. It is also assumed that you have the WebSiphon.acgi application file (or an alias to it) in the standard "cgi-bin" directory.

Installing WebSiphon as an action (or suffix mapping) will configure WebTen to process any files ending with the suffix ".t" using WebSiphon. The suffix ".t" is not required, so you may choose any suffix of your liking on your server. Many users of WebSiphon actually serve all of their ".html" files with the WebSiphon action to process their entire site.

1. Access WebTen's web-based admin
   First, connect to your WebTen server and access the web-based administration. If you need help with this step reference the documentation included with WebTen.

   
   Figure 1.1: WebTen Administration.

2. Create an Action for WebSiphon
   

   
   Figure 1.2: WebTen Action Handlers.

   1. At the administration main menu, click the "Action Handlers" button.
   2. Type "WEBSIPHON" in the empty Action Name field.
   3. Type "/cgi-bin/WebSiphon.acgi" in the empty Action Handler field.
   4. Click the "Save Handlers" button.

3. Assign the WEBSIPHON Action to a suffix mapping
   

   
   Figure 1.3: WebTen Suffix Mappings.

   1. At either the main menu or action handlers menu, click the "Mime Extensions" button.
   2. Type ".t" in the empty Extension field.
   3. Type "text/html" in the empty Mime Type field.
   4. Select "WEBSIPHON" from the Action pop-up menu.
   5. Click the "Save Mime Extensions" button.

WebTen is now properly configured for use and will process all files ending with the suffix ".t" using WebSiphon. If you wish to configure a different suffix mapping, simply follow the above guide replacing ".t" with the suffix mapping you want to use.

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