Re: NT vs Mac
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
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texte = The documentation for the NT WebCatalog is poor to say the least. The NT installation Technote is truncated, and ends after 8 pages, in mid sentance. And the Manual is just the Mac manual with a search and replace for Mac OS with NT. I suppose I am looking for documention, that is documentaion on what is differnt with the NT version. -DamienOn Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >Hello > > > >Is there a list somewhere of all the differeneces between the NT version > >of webcatalog and the mac one? We built a bunch of sites using the Mac > >version, and now they are getting hit too much and the mac os just can't > >take the hits, so we're trying the NT version, and we are running into a > >lot of problems. > > If your Mac cannot handle your WebCat site, that's probebly because > of the graphics. Macs can handle text-only WebCat sites just file, > but the Mac is far slower at serving images quickly than some other > platforms. > > I would suggest to anyone wishing to serve their WebCat sites from a > Mac to keep them on the Mac, but put the images on something else > when things start to slow down. Then you'll never have to worry about > the Mac not being able to keep up with the requests, which means > you'll never have to worry about migrating your WebCat site to NT. > > For those of you who have already decided to migrate to NT, yes there > are differences - but doesn't the NT version have documentation that > explains the differences? > > >It wasn't as easy as just copying the files over (we > >wished! hehe). Apperently you can't use a
.tmpl$search syntax > >in a url, you have to use .tmpl?command=search, what else little > >things are there? > > This little change *may* only be required when using IIS as your > server, I don't remember. Doesn't the NT docs explain this stuff? I > thought I read it somewhere, like in the .pdf file ... > > Sincerely, Ken Grome > WebDNA Solutions > 808-737-6499 > http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > > . > > > >
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The documentation for the NT WebCatalog is poor to say the least. The NT installation Technote is truncated, and ends after 8 pages, in mid sentance. And the Manual is just the Mac manual with a search and replace for Mac OS with NT. I suppose I am looking for documention, that is documentaion on what is differnt with the NT version. -DamienOn Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Kenneth Grome wrote:> >Hello > > > >Is there a list somewhere of all the differeneces between the NT version > >of webcatalog and the mac one? We built a bunch of sites using the Mac > >version, and now they are getting hit too much and the mac os just can't > >take the hits, so we're trying the NT version, and we are running into a > >lot of problems. > > If your Mac cannot handle your WebCat site, that's probebly because > of the graphics. Macs can handle text-only WebCat sites just file, > but the Mac is far slower at serving images quickly than some other > platforms. > > I would suggest to anyone wishing to serve their WebCat sites from a > Mac to keep them on the Mac, but put the images on something else > when things start to slow down. Then you'll never have to worry about > the Mac not being able to keep up with the requests, which means > you'll never have to worry about migrating your WebCat site to NT. > > For those of you who have already decided to migrate to NT, yes there > are differences - but doesn't the NT version have documentation that > explains the differences? > > >It wasn't as easy as just copying the files over (we > >wished! hehe). Apperently you can't use a .tmpl$search syntax > >in a url, you have to use .tmpl?command=search, what else little > >things are there? > > This little change *may* only be required when using IIS as your > server, I don't remember. Doesn't the NT docs explain this stuff? I > thought I read it somewhere, like in the .pdf file ... > > Sincerely, Ken Grome > WebDNA Solutions > 808-737-6499 > http://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/ > > . > > > >
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