WACS: Management Tools

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wacsdnlmgr - Wacs download manager

 The Wacs Download Manager, wacsdnlmgr allows the resolution of some of the most common problems with download records. It allows the creation of a relationship entry for a second model in a lesbian set, association of a download with a set if it can't be achieved automatically, and the modification of a video file download name in the event of a name clash. In time, other features will probably be added. To invoke the download manager for download record 1234, call wacsdnlmgr with wacsdnlmgr/download1234.html. The wacsmodelpage will automatically link to this page for users with role "admin" in the access control lists. See the security section for more information on how this works.

wacsvendmgr - Wacs vendor manager

 The Wacs Vendor Manager, wacsvendmgr is used in the maintenance of the vendor database which is used by some of the model and set display pages to profer a link back to the original site and heavily in the download infrastructure. It can display, update or create new vendor records in the vendor database. When first invoked, it will offer a choice of vendor sites which have been preloaded into the system using the the console tool vendor table population command, vendpop. A number of sample vendor records are distributed in the XML file, vendors.xml which is read by the vendpop command. This is typically done automatically by the easy install command when WACS is installed.

The Add A New Vendor option gives a simplifed form for the basic details; once created the record should be modified to add whatever extra information is also known. Please contribute details for any good quality sites you know of to the authors to be included in a future version.

Please note that the URLs stored in the vendor database include a number of keywords sandwiched by hash (#) symbols which are substituted for by WACS before calling the described page. The current recognised keywords are:

StringData SourceDescription
#NAME#iname from idmapThe model's name
#KEY#ikey from idmapThe key for this model
(ie model no or reference)
#ALT#ialtkey from idmapThe alternative key for sites like atkexotics and atkgalleria that use two keys.
#SETKEY#dsetkey from downloadThe relevant set's key or reference number.
#SESSIONKEY#unique number for sessionssome sites use Dynamic DNS to give a unique short-lived URL for set retrieval - this allows that URL to be passed downwards.
#MODELNO#the WACS model numberdesigned for site prototyping and other purposes where the site may be self-referencial.
#SETNO#the WACS set numberdesigned for site prototyping and other purposes where the site may be self-referencial.

wacsphotmgr - Wacs photographer manager

 The Wacs Photographer Manager, wacsphotmgr is used in the maintenance of the photographer database which is used by many of the model and set display pages to profer to work by the same photographer. It can display, update or create new photographer records in the photographer database. When first invoked, it will offer a choice of existing defined photographers, and an option to add a new one.

wacsdnllist - Wacs download status list

 This gives an overview of the current state of the download activity over the last two weeks. It's primarily informational although it does link to the download manager to allow modification of the download records.
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