Completing Netscape Server Installation
To complete your Netscape installation, open "Administer Netscape Servers" from the Netscape program group, or go directly to the URL for Netscape administration.

  1. Select the server to administer and click the "Programs" button in the top frame.
  2. Click the "ShellCGI Directory" link in the left frame in order to create a new directory for shell CGI's.
  3. Enter "cgi-bin" as the URL prefix and "C:\Netscape\Server\cgi-shl" as the path to your shell CGI directory (unless you chose to place your CGI files elsewhere during the WebDNA installation - enter the path you selected during installation).
  4. Be sure NOT TO type a slash character at the end of the directory path. Click "OK" and then "Apply" in the top frame.
Next, you must add a file extension mapping to the "mime.types" file found in your server's "config" directory. By default, the path to this file is similar to the following: "C:\Netscape\Server\httpd-XXX\config\mime.types" (replace XXX with your server name). Open the file with a text editor (like Notepad) and add the following line to the end of the file: "type=magnus-internal/shellcgi exts=tpl". Consult the Netscape instructions (by clicking "Help" from the Administration page) for updated or different instructions on creating extension mapping in the documents directory. After saving the file, restart your server. If the mapping doesn't seem to work correctly, you may have to restart your machine as well.

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