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== My web pages have things like <#location> in them == | == My web pages have things like <#location> in them == | ||
You’ve edited your templates with something like Dreamweaver, and it’s changed the angle brackets on the [[Webtags]] to "&lt ;" and "&gt ;" - you need to change them back to < and >. ''These may look the same when viewed in your browser, but you can see the difference if you 'view source''' | You’ve edited your templates with something like Dreamweaver, and it’s changed the angle brackets on the [[Webtags]] to "&lt ;" and "&gt ;" - you need to change them back to < and >. ''These may look the same when viewed in your browser, but you can see the difference if you 'view source''' | ||
Alternatively, if the web templates are listed in [[cumulus.ini]] (and for the first 10 appear on the '''files''' tab of ''Internet'' dialogue of '''Configuation''' menu), the '''Process''' option must be ticked for the web pages generated by Cumulus to have values replacing the [[Webtags]]. Otherwise at each web update, Cumulus will generate web pages the same as the templates. | Alternatively, if the web templates are listed in [[cumulus.ini]] (and for the first 10 appear on the '''files''' tab of ''Internet'' dialogue of '''Configuation''' menu), the '''Process''' option must be ticked for the web pages generated by Cumulus to have values replacing the [[Webtags]]. Otherwise at each web update, Cumulus will generate web pages the same as the templates. | ||
== My web pages have obsolete web tag values in them == | |||
If the information showing on your web pages is out of date, then it must have been working before, so you have made a change somewhere. | |||
*Most browsers will display 'page information' that tells you when the page was last modified (by querying the web server). | |||
**if the page was recently modified, | |||
***then the next item to investigate is the template file; a template file contains Cumulus web tags and the 'process' that Cumulus does to create a web page involves reading text from a template and when it finds a web tag it inserts the latest value. Therefore if you have renamed for example index.htm into indexT.htm the web page that Cumulus creates will be based on the old web page not on a template and because it has no Cumulus web tags it cannot update the information, just create a new copy of old information. | |||
**if the page was not recently modified, | |||
***maybe you are not running Cumulus, so it is not updating. | |||
***maybe your file transfer is not working, turn ftp logging on for technical output, and look to see any filenames and any 'successfully transferred' messages. | |||
***maybe your 'internet settings' screen has accidentally been changed, see Cumulus help for simple instructions. If you took a backup of [[cumulus.ini]] you can stop Cumulus, rename the current file and copy your cumulus.ini backup back into the 'cumulus' directory containing the Cumulus program. | |||
***maybe your web server provider has changed something. | |||
== Running a web server on the same PC as Cumulus == | == Running a web server on the same PC as Cumulus == | ||