Version 3.0 Pro User's Guide
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This manual describes features specific to the Professional Edition of NetCloak, and how to configure it to run with your server to assist you in publishing on the World Wide Web. It also provides information you will need to immediately begin building an interactive Web site.

For information about the features included in the Standard Edition of NetCloak, refer to the NetCloak Standard Edition User's Guide.

This manual does not explain how to install and configure your Web server or create HTML documents. For help creating Web pages, visit one of the many excellent on-line resources available on the Web.

Before You Get Started

There are a few terms you need to know to make the most of this User Guide. First, you should be completely familiar with HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and specifically HTML Forms. The terms Entry Form, or simply Form, used in this guide refer to an HTML document that accepts input from users. The form can contain fixed-length text fields, scrolling text blocks, pop-up menus, and any other HTML-supported input type.

This documentation will also refer to user-written Articles. An article is entered into an entry form, and is processed by NetCloak Pro into a formatted HTML document viewable by other users. The word "article" may not be entirely accurate for the system you are creating, but is used here to keep things simple. For example, if you were creating a system for entering recipes, each recipe would be considered an article. When a user enters an article into the system, this is known as Publishing, and the Author is the person entering the article.

Perhaps most importantly, you will need a Form Definition, also known as an FDML (Forms Definition Markup Language) document. This is the document that contains one or more instructions used by NetCloak Pro to process the data entered by a user. Each FDML document describes to NetCloak Pro how to store, create, or edit HTML documents, send an e-mail message, or turn data into a text file.

If You Need Help...

There are three ways for you to get help if you have a problem.

1. The place to start is the Maxum Web site:
   http://www.maxum.com/

   Here you will find:

   • Software updates.
   • Complete on-line documentation.
   • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
   • Other timely information.

2. If the answer to your question isn't at our Web site, please send e-mail to:
   support@maxum.com

   We'll get your question answered quickly and in many cases post your question to the FAQ list (in addition to replying directly to you by e-mail).

3. Finally, you might want to subscribe to the NetCloak Pro mailing list. For information, go to:
   http://www.maxum.com/maillists.html

   The quality of the comments and help on this list are exceptional.

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