In most cases, BiblioWeb server does not need any configuration. Just run BiblioWeb.exe, your bibliographic is on the Web. You may want to add a shortcut to your Windows startup directory, so BiblioWeb server is started automatically.
By default, BiblioWeb server will post the sample database on the Web. If you want to post another database, just click the "..." button at edit box "Biblioscape database to be posted on the Web". Then select the desired Biblioscape database. Click "Apply" button to update the changed.
By default, BiblioWeb server use port 80. If that port is already used by another web user, BiblioWeb will use port 8001 instead.
Once BiblioWeb server is running, you can access your database with a web browser by enter the URL indicated under label "Click to access Biblioscape database via browser". It is the IP address of your PC. If you use a port other than the default port 80, you need to add the port number at the end. For example, if port number 8001 is used and the IP address of your PC is 209.86.27.129, you should use the following URL http://209.86.27.129:8001
Firewall: Some security software like ZoneAlarm will block all unused ports. If the port used by BiblioWeb is blocked, You won't be able to access BiblioWeb from other computers. You need to change settings in your security software to unblock that port.
Router: For home computers, it is most likely you run BiblioWeb on a computer that is behind a router. The IP address listed by BiblioWeb is the IP address assigned by your LAN. It should start with 192.168.... You cannot use this IP address to access your BiblioWeb from computers outside of your LAN. Only the router has an IP open to the world, you should use that IP address instead. To find your IP address on the Internet, please visit http://checkip.dyndns.org.
Please make sure the port used by BiblioWeb (80 by default) is not blocked by the router. Also, configure your router to forward traffic on that port to the computer on which BiblioWeb runs. For example, if that computer's internal IP address is "192.168.0.3", configure the router (this is sometimes called “port forwarding”) so that it sends all traffic it receives from the Internet for port 80 to "192.168.0.3".
Attachments: By default, Biblioscape creates a sub-folder called "attachments" under the database folder when a new database is created. It is recommended all attachment files are kept under this folder. Biblioscape will automatically use relative path when files under this folder is put into the Attachment of a reference. So the links won't be broken when a database is moved from one computer to another. If you want to make the attachment files available for download for BiblioWeb users, you have to copy the "attachment" folder under the database folder to the "BiblioWeb" folder. The attachment hyperlinks will then work for BiblioWeb users.