TechTip: Configure iSeries for Web Serving

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If you are still not using your iSeries to serve up Web pages, then you are missing out on one of the most important and useful features of this great system. You do not have to be in the e-commerce business to take advantage of Web serving. There are hundreds of other reasons to use it. For example, you can serve up HTML help manuals for your users, post company news, create an online message forum, and much more. If you are not yet using the iSeries for Web serving because you are not sure how to configure it and get started, then you are in luck. In this video tutorial, industry expert Shannon O'Donnell shows you step by step how to configure your iSeries for Web serving and how to replace the default index HTML page with one of your own.

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Shannon O'Donnell is Director of New Technologies at Jano Justice Systems, Inc. and is a frequent contributor to many iSeries journals and online newsletters. Shannon can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

SHANNON ODONNELL
Shannon O'Donnell has held a variety of positions, most of them as a consultant, in dozens of industries. This breadth of experience gives him insight into multiple aspects of how the AS/400 is used in the real world. Shannon continues to work as a consultant. He is an IBM Certified Professional--AS/400 RPG Programmer and the author of an industry-leading certification test for RPG IV programmers available from ReviewNet.net.
 
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