Installing Your New Page(s) on a Server
Because Jmol/JSmol functionality depends on a either the JSmol javascript code or the Jmol Java applet, it
is only easy to install pages containing Jmol/JSmol on plain vanilla web
servers (ie. Apache, ngnix).
These instructions may not work for Microsoft servers (anybody with
access to one who tests this let me know the results). If you are using
a content management system (CMS) these instructions are likely to
fail as most CMS installations don't allow random applets or javascript
to function within them. CMSs are also difficult to load a whole
directory structure into. Some of the Jmol team is working on embedding
Jmol in wikis (see the Jmol wiki for more information). If
you do not know how to add content to your web server you should
discuss this with your web administrator before attempting to install
Jmol or pages that use Jmol.
You will need to load a number of files onto your server. The best way
to accomplish this is to make an ftp or sftp connection to your web
server.
Some possible software choices for file transfer are Filezilla for Windows, MacOS or LINUX, MacOS Finder for ftp, Fugu for sftp on MacOS, and the standard fileviewer in most LINUX distributions.
- Upload
the jsmol directory onto your server in the appropriate place, usually
somewhere near the top of the directory structure you have access to
(see Installing Jmol on Your Server). You only need to do this once or if you upgrade.
- If
you tested locally remove the jsmol directory from the directory
containing your .html page. Upload the directory (the whole directory,
not just its contents) containing
your web page to a location in your server directory structure so that
the path to Jmol that you specified will be correct. See the path to the Jmol applet for more information on how to organize your server directory structure.
Last Update: February 3, 2014
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by J. Gutow