When called from the maintenance menu (or directly) it offers you two
modes - Model Update or Identity Management - and three
ways of finding the model to work on - my model number, by site and by their
id on that site or by name. If you choose name, both the main name and aliases
in the models schema and the per-site idmap name will be searched and a
selection of headshots and details of models with a similar name offered.
You are also given the option to create a new model (if in Model Update
mode - you can't create an IDmap for a model that doesn't exist!). This
will allow you to create a new model or add a new idmap to an existing
model. In a future release, it will become possible to edit existing IDmaps
as well as model details.
wacssetmgr - Wacs set manager
New in 0.7.1
The Wacs Set Manager, wacssetmgr allows the updating of set
attributes through a web-based GUI. You get to it by clicking on the
"rate it!" link on the model pages - this link is only offered to
users in the administrator list. It can alternatively be invoked
directly with the set number in the URL, for instance to edit details
for set 12345, you'd give the URL ending with wacssetmgr/12345.
This presents a startforward web form through which you make your
changes, click Summarise Changes and you'll see a list of what you've
changed; if happy with it, click on Commit Changes to make those
changes in the database.
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:
| String | Data Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| #NAME# | iname from idmap | The model's name |
| #KEY# | ikey from idmap | The key for this model (ie model no or reference) |
| #ALT# | ialtkey from idmap | The alternative key for sites like atkexotics and atkgalleria that use two keys. |
| #SETKEY# | dsetkey from download | The relevant set's key or reference number. |
| #SESSIONKEY# | unique number for sessions | some 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 number | designed for site prototyping and other purposes where the site may be self-referencial. |
| #SETNO# | the WACS set number | designed for site prototyping and other purposes where the site may be self-referencial. |