Welcome to WebYep,
The Shiny Tiny WebCMS!

Content of the package WebYep-x.x.x.zip

Installation

Dreamweaver Extension

webyep.mxp

The WebYep Dreamweaver Extension is an extension to Adobe® Dreamweaver® for working with WebYep and can be installed with a simple double click on the extension file, which will launch the Extension Manager – follow it's instructions to install the extension. After installing the extension you will find a new category in Dreamweaver's object palette and a new entry in Dreamweaver's "Help" menu ("WebYep Help").

WebYep System Folder

webyep-system

The webyep-system folder contains the core WebYep program elements that need to be installed in the web server. Place this folder in the root of your website and upload it to you webspace. After uploading, the WebYep System needs to be prepared (setting the access permissions for the data folder).

Please see the "Installation" chapter in the WebYep Documentation for details. You can access that documentation either in Dreamweaver via the "Help" menu (after installing the WebYep Dreamweaver Extension) or online at the Objective Development web site.

Alternatively you can use the WebYep Online Installer https://secure.obdev.at/WebYepInstaller/.

Updating from previous versions

Updating the WebYep Dreamweaver Extension

  1. Uninstall the old extension:
  2. Install the new extension - see "Installation" above.

Updating the WebYep System Folder

Use your favorite FTP client application to perform the following steps:

  1. Backup the contents of the data folder located in the webyep-system folder on the web server (= download the files in that folder and save them on your local hard disc).
  2. Backup the contents of the opt folder located in the webyep-system/program folder, if you have installed additional software like a WYSIWYG editor there.
  3. Backup the configuration file, config-inc.php located in the webyep-system folder.
  4. Rename the webyep-system folder on the web server – e.g. rename it to webyep-system-old.
  5. Install the new webyep-system folder on the web server (upload it to the same location as the old webyep-system folder was installed in).
  6. Transfer your settings (e.g. username and password) from the backup config-inc.php to the new one (inside the new webyep-system folder).
  7. Remove the empty data folder from the new webyep-system folder.
  8. Move the old data folder from the old webyep-system folder into the new one on the server (webyep-system-old/data => webyep-system/data).
  9. If you have installed additional software like a WYSIWYG editor:

Alternatively you can use the WebYep Online Installer https://secure.obdev.at/WebYepInstaller/ to update the WebYep installation on your web server.

More Info

Documentation for the web designer

Help for users (the content editors)

In every editor window of WebYep, users can click the question mark at the lower left corner to get online help for the current editor. See the WebYep Demo for an example.


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