Thanks, strauss! I checked out the url you sent, and it seemed to describe the symptom I was seeing, so I sent it to our web technician. All he did was open the web page in an editor, add a space and save it, and the proper code appeared in the viewer.
So at this point I can't really say if the bug you are describing was causing the problem, but I at least have it on file in case it reappears. Gratefully yours, Dwayne Martin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:45:26 -0500 >From: strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: "login.jsp" caching >To: [email protected] > >All I have ever had to do to make a custom login.jsp (currently mid-tier >7.1.00.002 on Tomcat 5.5.26 on Win2K3 Ent x64) is rename the OOTB files >and add the custom ones with the original name in the same location, >then flush the mid-tier cache (it's persistent) and restart Tomcat. I >even leave the original files with the custom ones in the >\Mid-Tier\shared directory, but make copies elsewhere since they are not >retained when you run a mid-tier upgrade installer. > >C:\Program Files (x86)\AR System\Mid-Tier\shared\ >login_common.jsp >login.jsp >login_common.OOTB.jsp >login.OOTB.jsp >file_not_found.jsp >etc., > >Tomcat is the web server as well as the application server (for >performance), so there aren't any other moving parts involved. Maybe >you are hitting something like this problem >(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832139) in the IIS cache, which is >managed separately. > > >My edits were only these (for anyone who needs to do this and has not >tried it yet): > >In login_common.jsp: > >// UNT Customizations applied here > String login_img = "images/login_image.jpg"; >// String logo_img = "images/login_logo.gif"; > String logo_img = "images/UNTSystem_small.jpg"; >// String iframeurl = null; > String iframeurl = "images/warning_plain.htm"; > >...which changes the logo and the html to be displayed in the optional >iframe > >I also tinkered with some font sizes and added a new style for the login >instructions: > .notice {font: 11px "Tahoma", "Lucida Grande", "Verdana", >"Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif; color: #e8e8e1; line-height: 12px; >margin-bottom: 4px;} > > >In login.jsp: >Change the logo alt tag and dimensions: > > <img src="<%=logo_img%>" alt="UNT System logo" border="0"> > >Change the login instructions: > <td class="login" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"> > <p >class="subhead"><%=MessageTranslation.getLocalizedText(locale,"Please >log in using your Support Staff Login Name.")%></p> > <p >class="notice"><%=MessageTranslation.getLocalizedText(locale,"(Logging >in with your EUID provides access only to Approval Central)")%></p> > >Kill off the Authentication String prompt: > ><!-- <tr> > <td class="Login" nowrap="nowrap" width="20"> </td> > <td class="Login" name="auth_label" nowrap="nowrap"> > <label >for="auth-id"><%=MessageTranslation.getLocalizedText(locale,"Authenticat >ion")%></label> > </td> > <td><input type="text" >NAME="<%=Params.AUTHENTICATION_STRING%>" id="auth-id" >maxlength="<%=Params.AUTHENTICATION_STRING_LENGTH%>" class="loginfield" >size="30"></td> ></tr> --> > >It's not that different from modifying the login.jsp in mid-tier 5.1.2, >except that in THAT system you had to remove the original login.jsp from >the application resource, then add the new one, then redeploy the >application. This seems easier on 7.1 unless I am missing something. > >Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. >Call Tracking Administration Manager >University of North Texas Computing & IT Center >http://itsm.unt.edu/ > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dwayne Martin >> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:55 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: "login.jsp" caching >> >> JT, >> >> Thanks for the suggestion. Following the advice of our web >> server administrator I simply rebooted the machine (which >> would have stopped and restarted Tomcat). But I still see >> the original login.jsp page. Just to be sure, I cleared the >> Mid-Tier cache and my own local cache and rebooted it again, >> but no luck. >> >> I also checked, and the login.jsp page in the "Shared" >> directory is my customized page, not the one I am seeing. >> >> Thanks again, >> Dwayne >> >> *** >> From: "J.T. Shyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: "login.jsp" caching >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> Have you tried restarting Tomcat when you want to change >> which page is shown? I wonder if Tomcat is caching the page. >> I don't think IIS does that but I could be wrong. (been a >> while since I was a web admin) --- J.T. Shyman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Dwayne Martin Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:00 AM To: >> [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: "login.jsp" caching Good point. >> >> Sorry for not including it. We are on an IIS 6 web server, >> Windows 2003 machine, Tomcat servlet server. >> >> Dwayne >> >> ---- Original message ---- > >> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:53:07 -0400 >> From: "J.T. Shyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: "login.jsp" caching >> >> Dwayne, what platform and servlet server (i.e. tomcat, new >> Atlanta, etc...) >are you running? >> >> --- J.T. Shyman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> Dwayne Martin >> Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:50 AM >> >> >Subject: "login.jsp" caching >> >> Dear List, >> >> We have a customized "login.jsp" page. Sometimes I want to >> restore the >original just for testing, so I replace the code >> (\AR System\Mid-Tier\shared >folder). But I still see the >> customized web page. I can rename "login.jsp" >so that there >> is no such page, clear out the cache on my local browser, and >> >the Mid-Tier cache, but the customized page still appears. >> >> This morning I don't know what I did differently, but I was >> finally able to >see the original "login.jsp" page. I found >> out what I wanted to know, and >then restored our customized >> page. But now I, and other users as well, >still see the >> original login page, even tho I've cleared both local and >> >Mid-Tier cache. >> >> Does anybody know where Mid-Tier caches its "login.jsp" page >> and how to >clear it. >> >> (Mid-Tier 7.1 patch 2) >> >> Dwayne Martin >> James Madison University >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> _________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >> >> > >_______________________________________________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
