Creating a Web Server for Action Tracking Only

Some security-conscious administrators of ListManager may want to use a stripped-down version of the ListManager Web Server that can be used for action tracking only, not for administrator or discussion forum access. They may then make this web interface available outside their firewall, while having the complete version accessible inside for administrative purposes.

By stripping out these interfaces, the only interaction that an outside user can have is to get responses to tracking-type events, such as clickthroughs, clickstreams, Interest Tracking, and Purchase Tracking.

1.   Open a command prompt.

2.   Change directory to ~tclweb/htdocs.

3.   Remove all directories EXCEPT libtml and img.

4.   Remove all files with the pattern *.* Following these steps should leave you with the following files and directories in the htdocs directory: img, libtml, .tclaccess, .tml . These files need to be present for the webserver to function.

Once you've created a stripped-down web interface, you will need to redirect users to use this secure webserver instead of your administration web server. In the administrative web interface, go to Utilities: Administration: Sites: Edit Site: Essentials, and add the URL for the secure webserver to URL to Web Interface. All future clickthroughs will be sent through that webserver.