[ic] A couple of questions from a new user

[Aaron Hazelton]

> Thanks for the quick replies. I've got some of my questions answered
> and will keep poking around for answers to the others. Here's a
> summary of the answers I've gotten so far...
> 
> > 1. Where are HTML files? The FAQ has this question but no useful
> > answer. It says "in the catalog subdirectory" but there is no
> > catalog subdirectory anywhere obvious.
> 
> On Mon, 6 May 2002 14:28:30 -0400, Mike Heins wrote:
> >He installed from the RPM, but didn't read
> >   /usr/share/doc/interchange*/README*.
> 
> I've read it now. Thanks! :-) It seems to indicate that the HTML 
> files will be found in /usr/lib/interchange
> 
> On Mon, 6 May 2002 13:31:15 -0500, Rick Eicher II wrote:
> >RPM install on redhat 7.2, look under /var/lib/interchange for the
> >directories of the catalogs.
> 
> Hmmm... not /usr/lib/interchange?
> 
> On Mon, 6 May 2002 14:08:09 -0400, Aaron Hazelton wrote:
> >When you created a catalog, it asked you where you wanted it to be
> >located, probably something like /<virtual 
> site>/var/catalogs/<catalog
> >name>...  Under that directory you will find /pages
> 
> I don't see anything like that on my install. But I haven't created
> a catalog. As I said, I just installed the RPMs. I think the 
> foundation
> catalog was included in the RPM, or perhaps was created automatically 
> when I started interchange? It looks like either Rick or Mike is 
> correct as both these directories exist and contain similar files:

Sorry, I didn't read the part about RPM... oops

> 
>  /var/lib/interchange/
>  /usr/lib/interchange/
> 
> Both have subdirectories called "foundation". The content of the 
> two looks similar but it's not clear to me yet what the signifigance
> of them is. Now that I have access to the admin interface, it appears
> that it provides a way for the user to upload/download the pages so
> maybe I don't really need to know where they're being stored? 
> 
> One more minor confusion has cropped up here. The readme file says I 
> should run "bin/makecat" before using interchange. I tried 
> that and it 
> seems to be prompting me to create a demo catalog called "foundation".
> But there is *already* a demo catalog named "foundation" that 
> seems to 
> be working fine. Am I supposed to overwrite it for some reason or does
> this step not apply to the RPM install?
> 
> > 2. What's the initial username and password for the admin area
> > and how can I change it?
> 
> On Mon, 06 May 2002 12:21:49 -0500, Andrew Lietzow wrote:
> >try logging in as
> >Login name: interch
> >password: pass
> 
> On Mon, 6 May 2002 13:31:15 -0500, Rick Eicher II wrote:
> >Try admin and pass
> 
> Andrew was right on this one, Thanks! interch and pass are the 
> default. That should be in the docs somewhere (maybe I just haven't 
> read the right docs yet).
> 
> > 3. Where can I find documentation that will explain how to use
> > Interchange to set up a simple shopping cart/store on some of 
> > the virtual sites on my server? The nearest I could find in the 
> > online documentation was the "catalog building tutorial" but 
> > once I got as far as step 2.1, it says I have to do some stuff 
> > that's in the "Getting Started Guide" before continuing. 
> > Unfortunately, I can find no "Getting Started Guide" document.
> > (and I'd love to find it as it sounds quite useful!)
> >
> >Go to the interchange.redhat.com site and you can fully search the
> >documentation or download it at:
> >http://interchange.redhat.com/cgi-bin/ic/dev-4.8/index.html
> 
> Thanks! The "Getting Started Guide" is available at this URL. It is
> missing from the docs provided in the RPM install, however. 
> 
> And several people answered this one:
> 
> > 4. What's a catalog? Is that just the term Interchange uses for
> > an online store...
> 
> >>Catalog is the term Interchange uses for online store.
> 
> Thanks for help! Hopefully my questions will become less stupid 
> and less frequent shortly. ;-)
> 
> -Steve
> 
> 
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