Adding documents to the help system

Browser and server

The SCOhelp browser is Netscape Communicator. It includes support for the following features of HTML that are used in the SCOhelp browser:

Frames: The SCOhelp browser window defines the basic set of frames within the content should be displayed.
HTML tables: A provision is made for conditionally displaying a plain-text version of a table for browsers that cannot display tables, such as lynx(1).
JavaScript: The SCO documentation provided with UnixWare 7 implements a limited use of JavaScript to enhance navigation. See Netscape JavaScript Guide for information on programming with JavaScript.

To keep the system as open as possible, the SCO documentation avoids the use of proprietary features of HTML and the browser where possible. This should permit the use of alternative browsers that are reasonably up to date with these features. See ``Creating HTML files'' for information on HTML usage for use with the SCOhelp system.

The Netscape browser ships with the following default configuration for the SCOhelp browser:

The interface is simplified to make it more usable for accessing online documentation.
The logo is different.

The HTTP server for SCOhelp documentation is the Netscape FastTrack server. The server is configured on port 457, the registered port number for SCOhelp access. The standard server is enhanced with CGI programs for man page access and for searching, and with server plugins for language selection and conditional HTML processing. See the Netscape FastTrack Server Administrator's Guide and the Netscape FastTrack Server Programmer's Guide for more information.