This page is intended only for those people who are not using Windows Web server software like Microsoft Web Servers. The RADpage/heitml setup program on Windows automatically configures RADpage/heitml to run on these Web servers.

General

RADpage/heitml supports the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) standard. A CGI compliant application should run with any Web Server, but it is slower than the direct connection. If you are using a Web server that is not listed explicitly on our Supported Platforms page, but a Web server that supports the CGI standard then it should be working with RADpage/heitml.

Installation and Configuration

Perform the following steps¹:

1. Install the RADpage/heitml CGI version² (if not already done).
2. Make the heitml2.1 data directory³ available under your Web site, e.g. http://yourserver/heitml2.1. In general, every Web server software has its own means for that purpose like creating a Document Alias, Document Mapping, Virtual Directory or whatever the term is for mapping a URL to a directory on your local hard disk.
3. Map .hei files to the heitml CGI application. In general, every Web server software has its own means for that purpose:
• Web servers like the Apache HTTP Server support server side mappings of file extensions to MIME types and MIME types to applications.
• For other Web servers other configuration methods may be required.

On UNIX, if your ISP allows you to run CGIs only from a CGI directory like cgi-bin on your Web site, you might either want to try the CGI Installer or perform the following steps:

1. copy the heitml program and the heitml configuration file from the heitml2.1 program directory⁴ to the cgi-bin directory of your Web site,
2. adapt the heitml configuration file in the cgi-bin directory accordingly. Refer to our Configuration page, if you need more information about heitml configuration files.
3. The heitml program should now be available under http://yourserver/cgi-bin/heitml and acts now just like an ordinary CGI script.
   You should now be able to read the documentation under
   http://yourserver/cgi-bin/heitml/heitml2.1/tutor/index.hei.