PRS Web Registration Application Release Notes

Release 1.05.0003 July 2007

Contents

1.       General Information

2.       Installation Information

3.       Release Notes

General Information

Description

·         My PRS Registration Website is an interactive Website used by students to register their PRS Transmitters for classes. Instructors can administer, create, edit, delete, and import classes and class rosters using the PRS Website Registration Application.

Required Software

·         A Web Server with CGI support enabled.

·         PERL 5.6.1 or above (http://www.activeperl.com/Products/ActivePerl/).

Known Issues

·         TBD

Directory & File Structure

MyPRSWebsite (Directory):

                        home.html

                        iwprs.gif

                        PRSWebReadMe.htm (this document)

            admin (Directory):

                        prsAdmin.pl

            configuration(Directory):

                        conf.txt

                        optconf.cvs

data (Directory):

                                   

lib (Directory):

                        prsCGI.pm

                        prsClassRoster.pm

                        prsCourse.pm

                        prsLog.pm

                        prsOptionalConf.pm

                        prsVERSION.pm

                        prsWUI.pm

            registration (Directory):

                        prsRegister.pl

                        prsRosterReg.pl

 

Installation Information

Installing the PRS Web Registration Application

 

1.       Install PERL and test using the PERL installation tools included with the download.

 

2.       Copy the MyPRSWebsite directory and it's contents to a location accessible by your Web Server.

 

3.       Configure the Web Server to use the MyPRSWebsite directory as Virtual Directory.  For details, please refer to your Web Server documentation.

 

4.       Configure the Web Server to allow execution of CGI script.  For details, please refer to your Web Server documentation.

 

5.       Set the following Directory Access/Execute Permissions:

o        MyPRSWebsite Read permissions

o        admin                          Password Protected with Read and Execute Script permissions

o        configuration               Read and Write permissions

o        data                              Read and Write permissions

o        lib                                Read permissions

o        registration                  Read and Execute Script permissions

 

6.       Edit the conf.txt file in the configuration directory.  Follow the numbered instructions within to set the paths.  There are 6 lines that need to be edited.

 

7.       Edit the prsRegister.pl file, located in the registration directory, using a text editor. Follow the instructions within for setting the paths.  There are 3 lines that need to be edited.

 

Look For:

##################################

#                      Set Path                       #

##################################

 

8.       Edit the prsRosterReg.pl file, located in the registration directory, using a text editor. Follow the instructions within to set the paths.  There are 3 lines that need to be edited.

 

Look For:

##################################

#                      Set Path                       #

##################################

 

9.       Edit the prsAdmin.pl file, located in the admin directory, using a text editor.  Follow the instructions within to set the paths.  There are 3 lines that need to be edited.

 

Look For:

##################################

#                      Set Path                       #

##################################

 

9.       Edit your Website to add a URL link to the home.html file in the MyPRSWebsite directory.  You can add a URL link directly to the Admin and/or Registration pages, if you prefer.  Please refer to the code in the home.html file for reference.

 

10.   You can replace our iwprs.gif logo, which appears in the top left corner of every Web page, with one of your own.  You will need to update the logoURL  line in the conf.txt file after doing this.

 

Removing InterWrite PRS

1.       Delete the directory were the files were copied to in Step 2 above.

2.       Delete the Virtual Directory created in Step 3 above from your Web Server.

3.       Remove the URL links on your Website created in Step 9 above.

Release Notes

This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the recent released versions of the PRS Website Registration Application.

Release 1.05.0003 July 2007

·         Enhancements

1.       Re branded to Interwrite Learning

2.       Removed Clicker Type requirement

Release 1.04.0011 September 2006

·         Corrections

1.       Fixed problem with the order of the Student ID and the Middle Name being reversed when downloading the Roster.

Release 1.04.0010 January 2006

·         Enhancements

3.       Added support for Hex Transmitter IDs. 

4.       Added support for both IR and RF Transmitter types.

5.       Updated directory structure.  Added a configuration directory and moved “conf.txt” and “optconf.csv” into this new directory.

6.       Added a “Clear All” button to the “Manage Classes” section under “Administration”.

7.      Improved error handling and created more informative error messages.

Release 1.03.006 October 2004

·         Enhancements

1.       Added support for 9-digit transmitter IDs.

2.      Changed the file name home.htm to index.htm

 

Release 1.03.0005 August 2004

·         Enhancements

1.       Added support for various versions of Mozilla web browsers including Firefox and Netscape.

 

Release 1.03.004 August 2004 (Initial Release)