Web Smacker Manual Browser Installation

  1. From the windows start button, select Programs | Web Smacker | Configure Web Smacker.tcl
  2. In the Configure Web Smacker dialog box, look at the entry next to Run Web Smacker on this port: Write this number down. This is the Web Smacker port number.
  3. Now let's install on Netscape or Internet Explorer .
    Netscape Manual Installation:
    1. Start Netscape
    2. Select Edit | Preferences from the menu.
    3. Click on the [+] next to the Advanced node to expand the Advanced node.
    4. Click on Proxies.
    5. Click on the Manual proxy configuration radio button, then click on the View button.
    6. If the entries in the first row are not empty, you will have to perform an extra step. Write down the contents of the first row, you will need them later. This is your proxy host and proxy port number.
    7. In the first column, first row (HTTP), type localhost In the second column, first row, type the port number you wrote down from the Configure Web Smacker dialog box.
    8. Click on OK to close the Manual Proxy Configuration Dialog.
    9. Click on OK to close the Preferences Dialog.
    10. In the Location text box on the Netscape toolbar, type the address http://configurewebsmacker and hit the Enter key.
    11. You are now looking at your Web Smacker configuration page. This is a shortcut which displays the Configure Web Smacker dialog automatically. Add this to your bookmarks by selecting Bookmarks | Add Bookmark from the toolbar.
    12. Click here if you need to do the extra step, otherwise you are done!
    Internet Explorer Manual Installation:
    1. Start Internet Explorer.
    2. Select View | Internet Options from the menu.
    3. In the internet options dialog, click on the Connection Tab.
    4. Check the Access the internet using a proxy server check box.
    5. Click on the Advanced Button.
    6. Make sure the Use the same proxy server for all protocols check box is NOT checked.
    7. If the entries in the first row are not empty, you will have to perform an extra step. Write down the contents of the first row, you will need them later. This is your proxy host and proxy port number.
    8. In column 1, row 1 (HTTP), type localhost. In the second column, row 1, type the port number you wrote down from the Configure Web Smacker dialog box.
    9. Make sure all the other rows and columns are empty! Click OK to close the Proxy Settings dialog box.
    10. Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box.
    11. Type the following address into the Address text box on the Internet Explorer toolbar: http://configurewebsmacker and press the enter key.
    12. You are now looking at your Web Smacker configuration page. This is a shortcut which displays the Configure Web Smacker dialog automatically. Add this to your list of favorites by selecting Favorites | Add from the menu.
    13. Click here if you need to do the extra step, otherwise you are done!

The extra step:

You only need to perform this step if this is your first time installing Web Smacker and you have gone through the manual installation and your browser already had values for proxy host and proxy port.
  1. From the windows start button, select Programs | Web Smacker | Configure Web Smacker.tcl
  2. In the Configure Web Smacker dialog box, Check the Connect to another proxy server check box.
  3. In the Proxy Host: and Proxy Port: entry fields, enter the values you wrote down from your browser configuration dialog.
  4. Click Ok. You are done!

Copyright 1998 Jeffrey Glen Rennie