From: erik <erik@77661180-640e-0410-b3a8-9f9b13e6d0e0>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 20:05:09 +0000 (+0000)
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X-Git-Tag: BEFORE_MAVEN_MIGRATION~79
X-Git-Url: http://wamblee.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=78c80d39126d6774f26bce978bf2e421f5c3a8ab;p=utils

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diff --git a/crawler/kiss/docs/content/xdocs/index.xml b/crawler/kiss/docs/content/xdocs/index.xml
index 18b1d616..02d1a466 100644
--- a/crawler/kiss/docs/content/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/crawler/kiss/docs/content/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@
         records programs for you or sends notifications about interesting ones.
       </p>
       <p>
-        In its current version, the crawler can be used a standalone program
-        only and the preferred way to run it is as a scheduled task. 
+        In its current version, the crawler can be used in two ways:  
       </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li><strong>standalone program</strong>: A standalone program run as a scheduled task.</li>
+        <li><strong>web application</strong>: A web application running on a java
+          application server. With this type of use, the crawler also features an automatic retry
+          mechanism in case of failures, as well as a simple web interface. </li>
+      </ul>
     </section>
     
     <section>
@@ -61,13 +66,20 @@
       </p>
       <p>
         The easy way to start is the 
-        <a href="installs/crawler/kiss/kiss-crawler-bin.zip">binary version</a>.
+        <a href="installs/crawler/kiss/kiss-crawler-bin.zip">standalone program binary version</a>
+        or using the <a href="installs/crawler/kissweb/wamblee-crawler-kissweb.war">web
+          application</a>.
       </p>
       <p>
         The latest source can be obtained from subversion with the 
         URL <code>https://wamblee.org/svn/public/utils</code>. The subversion 
         repository allows read-only access to anyone. 
       </p>
+      <p>
+        The application was developed and tested on SuSE linux 9.1 with JBoss 4.0.2 application
+        server (only required for the web application). It requires at least a Java Virtual Machine
+        1.5 or greater to run. 
+      </p>
     </section>
     
     <section>
@@ -81,9 +93,14 @@
           tailored to the KiSS electronic programme guide.</li>
         <li><code>programs.xml</code>: containing a description of which 
           programs must be recorded and which programs are interesting.</li>
-        <li><code>org.wamblee.crawler.properties</code>: Containing a configuration of 
-          how to notify users of results. </li>
+        <li><code>org.wamblee.crawler.properties</code>: Containing a configuration  </li>
       </ul>
+      <p>
+        For the standalone program, all configuration files are in the <code>conf</code> directory.
+        For the web application, the properties files is located in the <code>WEB-INF/classes</code>
+        directory of the web application, and <code>crawler.xml</code> and <code>programs.xml</code>
+        are located outside of the web application at a location configured in the properties file. 
+      </p>
    
       
       <section>
@@ -203,7 +220,7 @@
       <title>Installing and running the crawler</title>
       
       <section>
-        <title>Binary distribution</title>
+        <title>Standalone application</title>
         <p>
           In the binary distribution, execute the 
           <code>run</code> script for your operating system
@@ -212,6 +229,19 @@
         </p>
       </section>
       
+      <section>
+        <title>Web application</title>
+        <p>
+          After deploying the web application, navigate to the 
+          application in your browser (e.g. 
+          <code>http://localhost:8080/wamblee-crawler-kissweb</code>).
+          The screen should show an overview of the last time it ran (if
+          it ran before) as well as a button to run the crawler immediately.
+          Also, the result of the last run can be viewed.
+          The crawler will run automatically every morning at 5 AM local time. 
+        </p>
+      </section>
+      
       <section>
         <title>Source distribution</title>
         <p>
@@ -225,11 +255,11 @@
       <section>
         <title>General usage</title>
         <p>
-          The crawler, as it is now, is s standalone program which is 
-          intended to be run from a command-line. When it runs, it 
+          When the crawler runs, it 
           retrieves the programs for today. As a result, it is advisable 
           to run the program at an early point of the day as a scheduled
-          task (e.g. cron on unix). 
+          task (e.g. cron on unix). For the web application this is 
+          preconfigured at 5AM. 
         </p>
         <p>
           Modifying the program to allow it to investigate tomorrow's
@@ -245,7 +275,7 @@
     
       <p>
         The best example is in the distribution itself. It is my personal
-        <code>programs.xml</code> file. 
+        <code>programs.xml</code> file.
       </p>
     </section>