1. edit httpd.conf and add a server name, like so:
   ServerName http://192.168.1.2 -OR-
   ServerName http://localhost or whatever

2. Select "Install Apache as Service (NT only)" from your Start menu.
   

3. Start the service named "Apache" by opening the Services window in the Control Panel, selecting "Apache" and clicking the "Start" button.
4. Apache will now continue to run in the background, and will automatically start whenever your machine starts.
5. If you're not on NT and need to start Apache on your own: Select "Start Apache" or "Start Apache as a Console App" from the Apache folder in the Start menu. A console window will open and Apache will run. Keep this window open!

ASP Find out if ASP is installed

Open the registry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC.   If there is no ASP folder the extentions are not installed

Back up the Registry

Backup system.dat, system.ini, user.dat, and win.ini. Use crtl-c, crtl-v. Do not drag.

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CDML tags

[FMP-field: fieldname] returns field name
[FMP-CurrentDate: short/long] returns current date in short or long form
[FMP-CurrentDay] returns current date
[FMP-CLIENTADDRESS] returns client IP number

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MySQL on Windows

Just install the MySQL --shareware download as you would install anything. It won't show up automatically in the services, though; you have to do that by hand. Read on:

Killing the MySQL server: bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown
Testing MySQL: bin\mysqlshow bin\mysqlshow -u root mysql bin\mysqladmin version status proc bin\mysql test

On NT mysqld can be installed as a service with:
bin\mysqld-shareware --install __This will Install MySQL as a service
bin\mysqld-shareware --remove __ This will remove MySQL as a service

Start/stop MySQL as a service with: NET START mysql --OR-- NET STOP mysql

Of course, you can also do this in "services" in the Control Panel.

PHP on Windows 95/98/NT and PWS / IIS 3

General Installation Steps

The following steps should be performed on all installations before the server specific instructions.

Extract the distribution file to a directory of your choice. "C:\PHP3\" is a good start.
Copy the file, 'php3.ini-dist' to your '%WINDOWS%' directory and rename it to 'php3.ini'. Your '%WINDOWS%' directory is typically: c:\windows for Windows 95/98 c:\winnt or c:\winnt40 for NT servers
Edit your 'php3.ini' file: You will need to change the 'extension_dir' setting to point to your php-install-dir, or where you have placed your 'php3_*.dll' files. ex: c:\php3 If you are using Omni Httpd, do not follow the next step. Set the 'doc_root' to point to your webservers document_root. ex: c:\apache\htdocs or c:\webroot

The recommended method for configuring these servers is to use the INF file included with the distribution (php_iis_reg.inf). You may want to edit this file and make sure the extensions and php install directories match your configuration. Or you can do it manually as shown below: (Didn't work for me-GE)

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/W3Svc/Parameters/ScriptMap
1.) Go to the edit menu and select: New->String Value
2.) Type in the EXTENSION you wish to use for your php scripts '.php3'
3.) Double click on the new string value and enter the path to php.exe in the value data field. example:'c:\php3\php.exe %s %s'. The '%s %s' is VERY important, you musnt leave this out. PHP will not work without it.
4.) Repeat these steps for each extension you wish to associate with PHP. .php3 and .phtml are the most common.

To associate 'php.exe' with .php3 .phtml files, complete the following:

1.) Open the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree
2.) Go to the edit menu and select: New->Key
3.) Name the key the extension you wish to use to associate php files with: '.php3'
4.) Highlight the new key and in the right pane, double-click the default value and enter 'phpfile'
5.) Repeat these steps for each extension you wish to associate with php.
6.) Go to the edit menu and select: New->Key
7.) Name the key 'phpfile'
8.) Highlight the key 'phpfile' and in the right pane, double-click the default value and enter 'PHP Script' 9.) Now create a new key under 'phpfile' and name it 'Shell'
10.) Now create a new key under 'Shell' and name it 'open'
11.) Now create a new key under 'open' and name it 'command'
12.) Double click the default value for the key 'command' and enter: 'c:\path-to-php-dir\php.exe -q %1' 13.) Exit Regedit You must make any directory that will contain php scripts 'Script' permissions Consult the documentation that came with your server on how to do this.

Windows NT and IIS 4 Installation

--- To install PHP3 on an NT Server running IIS 4, follow these instructions:

1.) In Internet Service Manager(MMC), select the Web site or the starting point directory of an application.
2.) Open the directory's property sheet (by right clicking and selecting properties), and then click the Home Directory, Virtual Directory, or Directory tab.
3.) Click the Configuration button, and then click the App Mappings tab.
4.) Click Add, and in the Executable box, type: 'c:\path-to-php-dir\php.exe %s %s'. You MUST have the %s %s on the end, PHP will not function properly if you forget to do this.
5.) In the Extension box, type the file name extension you want associated with php scripts. (You must repeat step 5 and 6 for each extension you want associated with php scripts. .php3 and .phtml are common.
6.) Set up the appropriate security. Make sure the directories that have php script files have 'Script' permission. (This is done in Internet Service Manager), and if your NT Server uses NTFS file system, add execute rights for I_USR_ to the directory that contains php.exe.

Windows NT and Apache Installation (thanks to Julie Meloni)

This is from a WinNT installation on C: that worked.

1. Go to http://www.php.net/, go to the "Downloads" area, and select the link for the Windows binaries. This is a zip file, containing pre-compiled binaries, ready to install.
2. Extract the contents C:\php4\ (If you put the files in some other directory, substitute that directory where appropriate, later in this process.).
3. Take the file called "php.ini-dist", rename it to "php.ini" and move it to C:\Winnt
4. Take the two files "Msvcrt.dll" and "php4ts.dll", and put them in C:\Winnt\system32\ If your system tells you that you already have "Msvcrt.dll" or it's currently in use, that's fine. I had it in use on mine.
5. Using a text editor, open the httpd.conf file, located in your Apache configuration (conf) directory. Find this line:
   #ServerName new.host.name Change it to something like:
   ServerName http://192.168.1.2 -OR-
   ServerName localhost
6. In the # ScriptAlias section, add:
   ScriptAlias /php4/ "C:/php4/"
7. Go to the AddType section and add these lines:
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml .php
   AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
8. Go down to where you see:
   # Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location -AND-
   # Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location # You need to a
   Add this:
   Action application/x-httpd-php /php4/php.exe
   DO NOT put the "Format" in front of it, or you will walk the trail of tears.
   
9. Shut down and restart Apache.
10. Open a text editor and type this:
    <? phpinfo() ?> Save this file as phpinfo.php, and put it in the document root of Apache (in the htdocs directory within your installation directory.)
11. Start your Web browser and go to http://localhost/phpinfo.php -- you should see the php info page. I did!

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Remove Windows elements (games, etc) hidden from the Add / Remove applet

1. C:\winnt\sysoc.inf
2. Remove every instance of the word "hide"
3. Save

Rollovers - Text Rollovers

Cut and paste this text in and make your changes to make the Microsoft rollover from blue to red on mouseover. Works with IE only.

<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/"> <FONT COLOR="#0000ff" onMouseOver="this.style.color = '#cc0000'" onMouseOut="this.style.color = '#0000ff'">Microsoft</FONT></A>

FileMaker 4 Web Sharing

To share a FileMaker data base on the network:

1. Create the data base normally, but don't set up restrictions, because network users will only get a generic "no good" message. Set up your restrictions with Java Script scripts.
2. Go to Edit>Preferences>Applications and select the plug-ins tab.
3. Click the Web Companion plug-in box.
4. Configure the TCP/IP port to use. If 80 is being used by something else, use 591, which has been designated for FileMaker.
5. Go to File>Sharing... and select Multi-User and the Web Companion plug-in again.
6. Hit the editable view of the data base by pointing your browser to http://computername(:591 if you used that port). Edit>Preferences>Web-Companion>Configure has a Home Page: box in the Web Companion User Interface box. This should be set to "built-in" to see the list of shared data bases.

• default.htm gives you the standard tour made by Claris
• (Built-in) gives you the interface with the list of shared data bases
• After you set up some others by putting them in the "web" folder the program sets up, they will be available, too.
  
  

To set up a special web interface for a FM data base using Claris Home Page :

1. Have the data base open.
2. File>New...>Use Assistant. Be sure FileMaker Connection Assistant is selected.
3. Follow the wizard. For IP click the "This Computer" button and then "Connect to Server." The open data bases will come up in the right hand window. Be sure to add the :591 if using a port other than 80.
Click the data base you want to use and then click Next.

To add new fields to an on-line data base:

1. In FM, File>Define Fields Add the new fields as a new layout.
2. In HTML editor, add the text fields, etc.
3. Name the new fields the same as the new fields on the new layout
4. Change the layout name on the new page and save.

VBSript code

1. ' (apostrophe) is used for comments.
2. All code goes between <%  %> tags. Spaces within the tags are not important.
3. Declare variables using Dim.  You can declare them all at once at the beginning, separating them with commas: <% Dim func1, func2 %>
4. Declare constants using Const. Ex. <% Const Temperature = "98.6"%>
5. VBScript is not case sensitive.
6. If a line gets too long, put an underscore ( _ ) at the end and continue on the next line.
7. Put <% Option Explicit %> at the top of a page, even before the <HTML> tag. This will cause an error if you do not declare variables. It will help with misspellings.
8. Put strings between double quotes.( " " )
9. Concatenate quotes with an ampersand. ( & )
10. Statements stand on their own and simply do something. Functions return values.
11. An argument is a value that you can send to a function when you call it. Arguments are placed directly after the function name in parentheses. If there are two arguments, they are separated by a comma.
12. Always put Randomize on a page before the Rnd function is called.
13. Calculations in parentheses are done first.

Some functions and what they return. The code needs to be between <% %> tags.

Wingate

1. Have TCP/IP installed on server
2. Set up the server first
3. Have the server running when you install Wingate on the clients
4. Have TCP/IP working on the client before installing Wingate
5. You install WinNT version even on 98 clients. It will detect the running server on install and select the client software
6. Select the netcard in the control panel and enable DNS. Put in the name of the box on the upper left and the domain name of the provider in the upper right, plus the provider's IPs in the middle box. I set the Wingate server as the gateway, but I'm not sure that was necessary.
7. Anyway, it worked.