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Lynda Schrumpf
20-Jul-2005, 01:28 AM
Trying to replace the banner images that came with the template I purchased
on my Electos 2.0 site. I want to change the banner image on the home.asp
page, (company name, company logo)I don't have access to the server other
than Designer/admin rights via browser to Electos studio.

Do I save the home.asp page to my client PC, and then point the image ref to
the images I upload via Electos? How do I save a copy of the home.asp page?

I have a vendor that is writing a custom application in WebApp Server 3.0
and we want Electos to call those asp pages in a frame on the Electos site.
So I want the custom asp pages to look like the Electos template I'm using,
009. How can I get copies of the graphics files used in the Electos
template I purchased from Dataaccess?

Electos seems to be a great product, but I'm a beginner.

thanks,
Lynda Schrumpf

Vincent Oorsprong
20-Jul-2005, 01:22 PM
Lynda,

For ASP contents changes, new ASP files and new/replacement images you need
to have access to the server directly. Usually this is RemoteDesktop, VNC or
other tools.

Using the contents of another website inside your own you can use IFrames.
You can see examples of this on the Data Access servers and there might be a
whitepaper at www.electos.com available on how to do this.

--
Kind Regards,
Vincent Oorsprong
Data Access Europe BV
Lansinkesweg 4
7553 AE Hengelo
The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)74 - 255 56 09
Fax: +31 (0)74 - 250 34 66
http://www.dataaccess.nl

Thijs Nijhuis
21-Jul-2005, 04:39 AM
Hi Lynda,

As Vincent already mentioned, you need access to the server to get to the
asp files and images. Remote desktop would work but the easiest way is to
get FTP access to the '..\Electos\Websites\<websitename>\AppHtml' directory.
This directory hold all the asp templates and images you would want to
change. The fastest way to change the logo and company name is to just make
the changes in the templates in the AppHtml directory and images in
AppHtml\Images directory.

There is no whitepaper on including other webapps available at the moment.
The easiest way to do so is, as you mention, using a frame or, if you want
to use one of the designs, an Iframe. This is what you would need to do:

1. Make a copy of the normal.asp template and name it OtherWebapp.asp or
something. (obviously you need server access to do so)

2. Open the OtherWebapp.asp and underneath the line that says '<%
oPublisher.call "Msg_PrintPageItem", iPageID, "Text" %>' (line 140) add the
following code:

<iframe src="<URL>" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Replace <URL> in this code with the full Url to your other webapp. This
will inlcude that page in the OtherWebapp.asp template. You can control the
width and height of the iframe with the 'width' and 'height' attributes.

3. You need to let Electos know the new asp template exists. In Electos
Studio go to 'control panel'\'Asp Template' and click on 'Add ASP template'.
Give this new template a name (for instance 'Other Webapp in Iframe'), fill
in 'OtherWebapp.asp' in the file field and click 'add'.

4. Now all you need to do is link this asp template to a certain page. You
could do this by creating a new page somewhere in you site hierarchy and
once created, select it and choose 'change Asp Template...' from the right
hand menu. In the opened window you obviously need to select the newly
created asp template and click 'apply'. Now everytime this new page is
called, it will be presented in the new template and therefore have an
iframe that points to your webapp.


Hope this helps you out.

Regards,
Thijs









"Lynda Schrumpf" <lynda@pandlmarketing.com> wrote in message
news:yWBz2QPjFHA.5928@dacmail.dataaccess.com...
> Trying to replace the banner images that came with the template I
> purchased on my Electos 2.0 site. I want to change the banner image on
> the home.asp page, (company name, company logo)I don't have access to the
> server other than Designer/admin rights via browser to Electos studio.
>
> Do I save the home.asp page to my client PC, and then point the image ref
> to the images I upload via Electos? How do I save a copy of the home.asp
> page?
>
> I have a vendor that is writing a custom application in WebApp Server 3.0
> and we want Electos to call those asp pages in a frame on the Electos
> site. So I want the custom asp pages to look like the Electos template I'm
> using, 009. How can I get copies of the graphics files used in the
> Electos template I purchased from Dataaccess?
>
> Electos seems to be a great product, but I'm a beginner.
>
> thanks,
> Lynda Schrumpf
>
>
>

Lynda Schrumpf
21-Jul-2005, 04:42 PM
Vincent and Thijs,

Very helpful information. I am putting it to use immediately, let you know
how it progresses. I would sure like to see Electos excel as a product for
small business people like myself.

Sincerely,
Lynda Schrumpf
lynda@pandlmarketing.com


"Lynda Schrumpf" <lynda@pandlmarketing.com> wrote in message
news:yWBz2QPjFHA.5928@dacmail.dataaccess.com...
> Trying to replace the banner images that came with the template I
> purchased on my Electos 2.0 site. I want to change the banner image on
> the home.asp page, (company name, company logo)I don't have access to the
> server other than Designer/admin rights via browser to Electos studio.
>
> Do I save the home.asp page to my client PC, and then point the image ref
> to the images I upload via Electos? How do I save a copy of the home.asp
> page?
>
> I have a vendor that is writing a custom application in WebApp Server 3.0
> and we want Electos to call those asp pages in a frame on the Electos
> site. So I want the custom asp pages to look like the Electos template I'm
> using, 009. How can I get copies of the graphics files used in the
> Electos template I purchased from Dataaccess?
>
> Electos seems to be a great product, but I'm a beginner.
>
> thanks,
> Lynda Schrumpf
>
>
>