When Index Manager indexes filenames, they are interpreted using the codepage you have selected in the Regional Settings Control Panel in Windows. Characters A-Z are always read correctly, but if you plan to index files with e.g. Cyrillic or Greek characters in the filename, you will need to make sure that you have selected that character set as Windows’ default codepage.
This is done by opening the Region and Language configuration menu, where you will find an option called “Change system locale” under the Administrative tab:
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How Index Manager indexes filenames
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Set Index Manager to make searches accent insensitive
By default, Index Manager will index accented characters, such as äöü, different from un-accented characters. However, Index Manager is able to make searches accent insensitive. This setting is set on a per-archive basis. When enabling this option, Index Manager will ignore accents when indexing and treat them as regular unaccented characters. Thus it will be possible for a French user, for example, to search both for précipité and precipite and return all hits with or without the accents.
In order to enable the feature, open Index Manager’s Operations Center page, and edit the settings for the Index(es) you wish to make searches accent insensitive. Under the Advanced tab, you will find Language Options. Once you have made the changes, you must perform a complete rebuild of the Index(es) since it controls how Index Manager interprets the files’ metadata at the time when the index is built.
A note to Scandinavian users: The special Scandinavian characters æ, ä, ø, ö and å are treated as accented versions of a and o. Hence, when searching in archives with Scandinavian metadata, it makes sense to retain accent sensivity (by not selecting the checkbox in question).
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Configuring multiple sites in FotoWeb Desktop for iPhone
Once FotoWeb Desktop for iPhone has been initialized and configured for the first time, it will store the server host name you specified so you won’t have to type it again the next time you connect.
If, however, you would like to connect to another FotoWeb server, you can easily change the connection.
To do so, follow these steps:
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Configuring the FotoWeb iPhone app for first use
With the release of SR4 also came FotoWeb Desktop for iPhone. After having downloaded it to your iPhone or iPad, you must set it up to talk to your FotoWeb server. Here’s how:
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Password protecting your FotoStation Configuration
As a system administrator, you may want to limit access to certain program features in FotoStation, and even access to the entire configuration dialog, as well as prevent users from accessing certain types of side panels and program functions.
Security settings are accessed from the Configuration Menu, under General:
To prevent unauthorized access to the program configuration dialog, select the checkbox labeled Protect configuration dialogs with a password. Then click on the set password button to specify a password to access the configuration.
To prevent access to certain critical program features, click on the Add button. In the dialog that appears, press the Ctrl key to choose more than one option from the list.The following features can be disabled:
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FotoWeb: Automatically notify the site administrator when a user registers to the site
In order to enable automatic notifications being sent to a site administrator when a new user registers on the site, follow these steps: (more…) -
Changing the logo in the iPhone app
By changing the image file located at %appdata%\FotoWare\FotoWeb\Site Settings\SITE\Documents\rsrc\iPhoneLogo.png you will change the logo of the iPhone app to your customer’s logo. The file used must be a .PNG file, of exactly 550×88 pixels. Also, keep in mind that it may take as long as four hours from first login after the change has been made before the new logo is available.
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The FotoWeb Demo site
FotoWare maintains a FotoWeb demo site at fotoweb.fotoware.com, which is publicly accessible. You can use this site to test the features in FotoWeb as well as the Desktop application, Office plugin, Adobe extension and the iPhone app.
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The FotoWeb Office Plugin supports placing of multiple placeholder boxes in PowerPoint
When creating a layout in Powerpoint, pay attention to the sequence in which you place placeholders. The Office Plugin will place images in picture placeholders first, in the order they were placed in the document.
Second, it will place images in Content placeholders, again, in the order they were placed in the document. Naturally, if you select a placeholder in the layout, the first image you select will be placed into it.
To place multiple images in the presentation, double-click each image you want to insert, in the order you want them inserted. When placing an image in a Picture placeholder, the image will be centred and adapted to the placeholder’s width.
When placing an image in a Content placeholder, the whole image will be visible, and the height and width of the placeholder will be adjusted to fit the image and its proportions.
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No “From FotoWeb” button in Office 2007
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Changing where FotoWeb desktop is downloaded from.
By default, FotoWeb directs users to download the FotoWeb Desktop installer files from FotoWares servers. If you, as an administrator, should want to control exactly what version is made available to your users, you need to make a few changes.
Before you start, make a backup of FWDTInstaller.fwx, in case things should go wrong.
You will first need to download the installers for both Windows and Mac OS, and make these available on a server, using HTTP. The FotoWeb Desktop installers can be found on the FotoWare Update Center.
Then, find the file called FWDTInstaller.fwx. It is located in the Documents folder of the FotoWeb site. Open it in Notepad, or your editor of choice. Modify the URLs in the highlighted lines of the file, then save your changes.
Please note that you will need to make sure that the version of FotoWeb Desktop you make available is compatible with your version of FotoWeb.
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