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The configuration file contains information like passwords, so it must not be accessible to your web site. The latest file name for your monthly and annual reports are available by using [[Webtags#Miscellaneous|web tags]] so can be included in a [[Cumulus template file]] that is [[Customised_templates#What_is_meant_by_.27Cumulus_processes_templates.27|processed by Cumulus]] and therefore that information can be passed to your web site. | The configuration file contains information like passwords, so it must not be accessible to your web site. The latest file name for your monthly and annual reports are available by using [[Webtags#Miscellaneous|web tags]] so can be included in a [[Cumulus template file]] that is [[Customised_templates#What_is_meant_by_.27Cumulus_processes_templates.27|processed by Cumulus]] and therefore that information can be passed to your web site. | ||
As stated earlier, the default web site provided with MX, and third party report viewers for your web site, assume that the files containing the report text are named by the default names. Third party report viewers will also make assumptions about the encoding used, based on the Cumulus default encoding at the time the third party viewer was written, '''that may not''' be the default MX now uses, or the default in Cumulus 1. | As stated earlier, the default web site provided with MX, and third party report viewers for your web site, assume that the files containing the report text are named by the default names. Third party report viewers will also make assumptions about the [[#Encoding|encoding used]], based on the Cumulus default encoding at the time the third party viewer was written, '''that may not''' be the default MX now uses, or the default in Cumulus 1. | ||
If you customise any part of the file name, you must write your own script to be able to interpret the file name to find reports for displaying on your web server. If you want to see these reports on your web server and are not able to write your own scripts, don't modify anything, and skip all instructions about possible alternatives. | If you customise any part of the file name, you must write your own script to be able to interpret the file name to find reports for displaying on your web server. If you want to see these reports on your web server and are not able to write your own scripts, don't modify anything, and skip all instructions about possible alternatives. | ||
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