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- JustEdit (tm) - Version 1.0 for Windows, Macintosh, Unix
- The hassle-free way to edit your web pages, right in a web browser!
- Copyright (c) 1998 Mainstay
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-
- Congratulations! You now can edit your web pages, right in the
- most common web browsers. JustEdit uses no server or client side
- application and gives you the ability to quickly edit web pages on
- the web using only Microsoft Internet Explorer (tm) or Netscape
- Navigator (tm), v 4.0 or later.
-
- JustEdit is the quick and painless way to edit your web pages
- anytime, anywhere, as often as you like. Imagine being able to
- correct a typo, update a headline, price, or date, and even correct
- a broken or changed link, on the fly, right in a browser! Using
- JustEdit, there's no need to start an FTP application, find a
- source file, or download the file from the web, start a web page
- editor, make the changes, save the changes, then re-upload the
- file. Now you can change the contents of any web page immediately,
- right in a web browser. Never again will you be wasting time by
- "round-tripping" web files back and forth to your web server, or
- needlessly searching for html files on your local hard disk! Or
- making a frantic call back to the office, trying to talk someone
- through making a change.
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- LICENSE AGREEMENT
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-
- The Promotional version of JustEdit is freely distributable at no
- cost. This version of JustEdit adds a single line at the bottom of
- each edited page promoting JustEdit, and does not include technical
- support. Please feel free to upload and include it anywhere
- shareware, demoware or freeware software is available. You may use
- the promotional version on as many web sites as you like. Altering
- or modifying the operation of JustEdit, in any way, voids this
- license.
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- PURCHASE
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-
- To purchase and license a commercial copy of JustEdit for
- individual use, please visit http://www.mstay.com/order.html. The
- commercial version of JustEdit does not append the JustEdit
- promotional message to the bottom of an edited web page. Purchasing
- your copy of JustEdit also entitles you to technical support by
- phone, and email. The cost for the commercial version of JustEdit
- is $49.95 (single user) plus CA tax (if applicable).
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- JustEdit requires a web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer
- (tm), Netscape Navigator (tm), Netscape Communicator (tm) (version
- 4.0 or later), or the AOL (tm) browser (version 4.0 or later), and
- a way to initially upload (FTP) the JustEdit files to your web
- server or Internet Service Provider (ISP).
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- INSTALLATION
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- 1.) Unzip all files into any directory (Macintosh users should
- uncompress the .sit file). This process will result in a single
- directory named "justedit", containing two files, "justedit.jar",
- and "index.html".
-
- 2.) Open the file named "justedit.html" found within the
- "justedit" directory with any text editor (Notepad for Windows, or
- SimpleText for Macintosh will do the job here).
-
- 3.) Find the line in the file that currently reads: <param
- name="Host" value="ftp.yourdomain.com">, and change the Host value
- from "ftp.yourdomain.com" to your FTP host name. This should be
- the same host name you use to FTP files to your web server. For
- example, if your web site is www.cnn.com, this line should read:
- <param name="Host" value="ftp.cnn.com">. When you're finished,
- close the file and save the change.
-
- 4.) Upload the directory (or folder) named "justedit" to your
- web server or Internet Service Provider (ISP) using any File
- Transfer Protocol (FTP) application.
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- INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
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- Using JustEdit couldn't be easier. Make sure you have followed the
- above Installation instructions before proceeding.
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-
-
- --Editing Pages--
-
- JustEdit can be used to edit ANY web page on your web site. The
- steps that follow will explain how to edit one page on your site,
- and will apply to all pages on your site. You can even open
- multiple pages and edit them together.
-
- 1.) Using your web browser, identify the web page you would
- like to edit and make a note of the name of the page and the path
- to the file. For example, if you want to edit the web page that
- exists at the URL http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html, then the
- name of the page and path you need to make a note of is simply
- "index.html". However, if the page is found at the URL
- http://www.yourdomain.com/coolstuff/tiger.html, then the name of
- the page and the path you need to make a note of is
- "coolstuff/tiger.html".
-
- 2.) Using your web browser, open your JustEdit page --
- located on your own web site. Unless you have changed its name, the
- page will be found at: http://www.yourdomain.com/justedit/justedit.html
- (where "www.yourdomain.com" is the URL of your website).
-
- 3.) Enter your name, password, and the name and path to the
- page you want to edit, then press the "Open" button. Your name and
- password are the same ones given to you by your ISP or network
- administrator. The name of the page you want to edit is the one
- you made a note of in step #1, plus any special FTP path name
- requirements. For example, if your web page is served from a
- directory named "public_html", you will need to add this to the
- beginning of the path name to your page. In the examples used in
- step #1, the index.html page would look like,
- "public_html/index.html". Think of the name and path to your page
- as the full FTP path name beginning after the domain name.
-
- 4.) Edit the contents of your web page using the text edit
- window that is now open on your screen. Keep in mind that this is
- a very simple text editor which allows to you edit the HTML code.
- It is not a web page-layout editor. You can re-size the window by
- dragging its lower right corner or using the minimize/maximize
- button. You can also re-size the text displayed in the editor by
- clicking the font size buttons in the lower left corner of the edit
- window (the default size is always 12 pt).
-
- 5.) When finished editing your page, click the Save button in
- the bottom right corner of the text edit window. The save button
- will perform a "safe save" function. That is, it will first rename
- the original file with a ".bak" extension. Second, it will save
- the edited file. Last, and only after the newly edited file has
- been transferred successfully, it will delete the ".bak" file.
-
- 6) If you are viewing the edited web page, you will need to
- Refresh your browser to see any changes.
-
-
- That's it! You can edit any page on the web site containing
- JustEdit as long as you have the correct name and password for the
- web site. Use JustEdit to correct typos, update headlines, prices,
- or dates, and even correct broken or changed links on the fly in
- your browser. You'll find editing web pages so simple, you'll do
- it more often!
-
-
-
- --Changing Parameters--
-
- There are five parameters that can be modified to customize your
- JustEdit page. Change any of the following parameters by editing
- the justedit/index.html page on your web site using JustEdit:
-
- <param name="BGColor" value="#66CCFF">: Changes the background
- color of the JustEdit log-in fields. Enter any valid html color
- (hex).
-
- <param name="Host" value="ftp.yourdomain.com">: Changes the FTP
- site JustEdit logs in to (see step #3 in the Installation section
- above).
-
- <param name="User" value="">: Entering a value between the quote
- marks will make JustEdit remember your user name--allowing you
- faster log in. Keep in mind that supplying your name here will
- make your ftp access less secure. For the highest level of
- security, it is always best to leave this value blank.
-
- <param name="Pass" value="">: Entering a value between the quote
- marks will make JustEdit remember your password--allowing you
- faster log in. Keep in mind that supplying your name here will
- make your ftp access less secure. For the highest level of
- security, it is always best to leave this value blank.
-
- <param name="Path" value="">: Entering a value between the quote
- marks will make JustEdit remember a path to a file. Doing so will
- save you time editing a specific page. For example, entering
- "public_html/users/coolstuff/" will make it easier to edit pages in
- the "coolstuff" directory of your web site. Entering
- "public_html/users/coolstuff/mypage.html" will make it easy to edit
- the specific page, "mypage.html".
-
-
-
- --Other Tips--
-
- If you regularly edit several pages, you can create multiple
- JustEdit log-in fields on a single page. Simply duplicate the html
- code in the justedit/index.html page beginning with the line
- "<applet" and ending with the line "</applet>" and paste it several
- times in the page. Next, change each of the <param name="Path"
- value=""> lines to have the values of the pages you wish to
- regularly edit. Now, editing a specific page will be a simple
- matter of going to your JustEdit page and entering your name and
- password into the appropriate JustEdit log-in fields.
-
- You can open and edit more than one page simultaneously. Even if
- you only have one JustEdit log-in field on your JustEdit page, you
- can open as many pages as you like for editing. Simply open one
- page, then click on the browser window displaying the JustEdit
- log-in field. Next, enter a new page name and path in the "Path"
- field. Repeating these steps several times will allow you to open
- and edit several pages at the same time.
-
- You can use Cut, Copy, and Paste in the JustEdit page editor window
- using the keyboard shortcuts Control-X, Control-C, and Control-V
- (Windows users only).
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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- 1.) Macintosh users may experience some difficulty using Netscape
- Communicator 4.5.
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- 2.) Macintosh users may have some difficulty using cut, copy, and
- paste in the text edit window.
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- 591-A Constitution Ave.
- Camarillo, CA 93012
- USA
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-
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