JPH10124431A - Homepage creation support system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a homepage creation support system that can easily display a prototyped homepage by a WWW server and supports creation of a homepage in an environment where many people create a homepage. SOLUTION: A WWW server 2 that has started a production service process 5 and a test service process 4,
Homepage creation support system 1 having client PC 3 connected to WWW server 2 under WWW environment
In the WWW server 2, a WWW server homepage creation support system 1a is built in the WWW server 2, a client PC 3 homepage creation support system 1b is built in the client PC 3, and a WWW server homepage creation support system 1a is provided The system includes an authority management unit 6 for granting access authority, an authority file 11 in which access authority is recorded for each user, and a file access unit 7 for accessing the file.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting the creation of a homepage to be disclosed on the Internet. The present invention relates to a device that supports update management of a WWW document accompanying creation of a homepage by managing update authority of a document in an environment related to the above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The Internet is a collection of computer networks spanning almost the entire world. The Internet was launched in 1969 by the US ARPA
NET, predecessor, NSFnet for academic purposes, 1
It is now open to commercial use since 995. At present, companies that provide Internet connection services connect to each other, and the number of users
It is said to be a billion people.

[0003] The reason why a large number of users have come to use the system is that a mechanism has been developed that can easily find desired information from a large amount of information using a graphical menu. This mechanism is called WWW (Wo
rld Wide Web).

[0004] WWW was established in 1989 by Tim Bern of Switzerland.
This is an information system proposed by ers-Lee et al.
The purpose is to build hypertext including text, images, and voice on the Internet and to make all information seamlessly accessible.

In the WWW, a communication protocol between a client and a server is HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol).
col). The hypertext is constructed using a markup language called HTML (hyper text markup language), and VRML (virtual reality modeling) capable of expressing more realistic graphics.
languages) have also been proposed. In addition, URL (Uniform Resource language) is used to specify link destination data.
age) is used.

According to the WWW, it is possible to link information resources on the Internet, such as a specific page of another server, in addition to the data of the server itself.

[0007] With the links stretched endlessly and horizontally, the user starts from a predetermined server page (a screen constructed by hypertext) (this page is referred to as a "homepage"), and the user is allowed to enter an interesting matter on the homepage. By clicking, you can see other pages provided by that server or another server, and you can see other pages from that page by the same operation.

[0008] As described above, by clicking on items that the user is interested in one after another, it is possible to finally obtain desired information from a vast amount of information.

[0009] The above mechanism provides not only the provision of technical information and the like but also a means of contacting a large market for commercial use, and thus many companies and individuals are now trying to post their own homepages on the Internet.

[0010] The "home page" refers to a page from which a user searches for information. In this specification, the "home page" includes all pages (screens) disclosed on the Internet.

[0011] The home page disclosed on the Internet is constituted by HTML as described above. HT
The ML describes information such as which text / image / sound is to be laid out, which character is to be sized, and what color is to be laid out. A WWW browser (software that allows a user to view a page on the Internet and select an item of interest) combines and displays the above-mentioned scattered sentences, images, and voices as a homepage. With the help of this WWW browser (more broadly, HTML), a user can see a beautifully laid out home page on a computer screen.

The home page contains various information, and the information content is called "content". Further, the documents (sentences, images, sound documents) constituting these contents are referred to as “WWW documents” in the present specification, in the sense that they are documents provided to the Internet under the WWW environment.

The home page disclosed on the Internet can be created by an individual using HTML. However, in order for contents to be provided as valuable, a large number of people must create a WWW document in an organized manner. , The website must be organized as a whole. For this reason, a large number of people usually participate in creating a homepage.

Here, there is one problem in creating a home page.

That is, in order to disclose a home page to the Internet, the created home page is stored in a WWW server (a server that transmits the home page to the Internet is called a "WWW server"), and a transmission program (HTTPD) of the WWW server is used by the user. As described above, since HTML creates a home page by combining various WWW documents, the location of these WWW documents is simply determined by the file configuration, etc. It depends on the environment of the sending WWW server.

In order for many people to create a home page, it is usual to share the home page created by each person, prototype the home page by HTML on their own computer, and port the completed one to a server.

However, at the stage of prototyping a home page on each computer by the above method, the W
Since it is common to create a homepage in an environment different from the environment of the WWW server, when the result is ported to the WWW server, the desired screen is not often displayed.

On the other hand, one countermeasure has conventionally been taken.

This countermeasure means that the W
In the WW server, exactly the same environment (this is referred to as a production service process) for transmitting a home page to the Internet (this is referred to as a test service process for the production system) This is to check the display of the homepage actually transmitted by the test service process at the prototype stage.

According to this method, it is possible to confirm the state of the screen when transmitting the homepage to the Internet in the trial production stage, so that it is possible to prevent a difference in the screen display of the homepage between the trial production stage and the actual use stage.

[0021]

However, the above W
The method of starting a test service process in the same environment as the production system in the WW server and confirming the display of the prototype homepage actually involved a lot of complicated work.

First, in the conventional method, a technician who creates a homepage must remotely log in to the WWW server and read and write files, and therefore, must have knowledge of system management.

Further, even if the user has knowledge of system management, finding a target document from a complicated document system is considerably complicated. This is because W
Frequent confirmation by the WW server greatly impeded the homepage creation work.

Second, since two service processes, a test system and a production system, are started in the WWW server and the document systems are updated by many people, there is a difference between the test system and the production system. Easy to occur.
Unless the difference between the test system and the production system is constantly checked, there is no point in confirming the homepage in the test system.

However, conventionally, each homepage creator has visually checked the difference between the test system and the production system. This operation was cumbersome and inaccurate. In particular, when a homepage is configured using a large document system, this problem has been exacerbated.

Third, when the display of the prototyped homepage is satisfactory, the changed file is ported to a production document. Conventionally, each homepage creator remotely logs in to the WWW server to download the file. Had been rewritten.

In this remote login, if the user has a certain qualification, he / she can access the WWW server, and if he / she can access it, he / she can remotely operate the WWW server.

However, according to this method, once the WWW server can be accessed, an arbitrary file in the WWW server can be rewritten. Therefore, there is a possibility that a file that should not be rewritten is erroneously rewritten.

According to the prior art for solving this problem, WW
A method of setting a user who can access each document or each directory by the function of the OS that manages the W server is also conceivable.

However, in this method, it is necessary to redefine the access authority every time the document system in the WWW server changes. This method has to be said to be difficult to execute in the actual homepage creation work in which the document system is frequently updated.

Fourth, in the conventional method, since a large number of people access and update a file in any order, whether a predetermined file has already been updated, is currently being updated by someone, or has not been started yet. , Could not make a decision. For this reason, there is a possibility that the work is duplicated or the file is erroneously updated.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to easily display a prototyped homepage by a WWW server to be actually used, and to create a homepage in an environment where many people create a homepage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a homepage creation support system capable of supporting and preventing erroneous operation and duplicate operation of a file.

[0033]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a homepage creation support system for providing a production service process for transmitting a homepage to the Internet, a test having the same environment as the production service process, and performing the same operation. A WWW server that has started a system service process, and a client computer connected to the WWW server under a WWW environment. A homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is stored by the test service process.
In a homepage creation support system for assisting a homepage creation operation of confirming the state of the display in a WW server environment and porting the confirmed homepage file to a production service process file,
A WWW server homepage creation support system which forms a user interface between the test system and the production service process and a client computer in the W server, and the WWW server homepage creation support in the client computer. A homepage creation support system in a client computer cooperating with the system is constructed, and the homepage creation support system in the WWW server is configured to grant a user access right to a file in response to a user's file access request from the client computer. Management means, an authority file that records files or directories that can be accessed for each user, and the authority management means refers to the authority file to access the file. If you permit access to scan request, and is characterized in that it has a file access means for accessing the test system service process or production system services process file, a.

A homepage creation support system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the system of the first aspect, wherein the W
The homepage creation support system in a WW server has an update history file that records the history of access to the file, and the file access means refers to the update history file before accessing the file, and the file requested to be accessed is If it is currently accessed, or if it has already been updated, it responds with information to that effect.

The homepage creation support system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the homepage creation support system in the client computer has an authority for rewriting the authority file that can be used only by a predetermined administrator. It has a changing means.

The homepage creation support system according to claim 4 of the present application starts a production service process for transmitting a homepage to the Internet and a test service process having the same environment as the production service process and performing the same operation. A WWW server, and a client computer connected to the WWW server under a WWW environment. A homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is displayed by the test service process under a WWW server environment. In the homepage creation support system which supports the homepage creation work of confirming the situation and porting the confirmed homepage file to the production service process file, the test system and the production system are installed in the WWW server. And service processes, to build a homepage creation support system within the WWW server which forms the user interface between the client computer, in the client computer, the WWW
A homepage creation support system in a client computer cooperating with the homepage creation support system in the server is constructed. The homepage creation support system in the WWW server activates a test service process in response to a user request, and displays a specific screen on the client. It is characterized by having display means for transmitting to a computer.

The homepage creation support system according to claim 5 of the present application activates a production service process for transmitting a homepage to the Internet, and a test service process having the same environment as the production service process and performing the same operation. A WWW server, and a client computer connected to the WWW server under a WWW environment. A homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is displayed by the test service process under a WWW server environment. In the homepage creation support system which supports the homepage creation work of confirming the situation and porting the confirmed homepage file to the production service process file, the test system and the production system are installed in the WWW server. And service processes, to build a homepage creation support system within the WWW server which forms the user interface between the client computer, in the client computer, the WWW
A homepage creation support system in a client computer cooperating with the homepage creation support system in the server is constructed, and the homepage creation support system in the WWW server is configured to include a file configuration of a test service process and a file configuration of a production service process, or And a comparing means for comparing the file before editing with the file after editing and outputting difference information.

[0038]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a homepage creation support system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention
Is a WWW server 2 that is physically trying to use it,
It is configured to be distributed inside the client PC 3 that makes a prototype of the homepage.

Here, "configured inside the WWW server 2 and the client PC 3" means that the WWW server 2 and the client PC 3 function as respective constituent means of the homepage creation support system 1 described below under the control of a program. To do. In the present invention, each of these constituent means organically and interacts with each other to support the creation of the homepage, which is the object of the present invention. Therefore, the whole of them constitutes the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention.

The "PC" of the client PC 3 of this embodiment is a personal computer.
In the present invention, the client computer is not limited to a so-called personal computer as long as it operates in a client-server system. In addition, although the description of this specification is made as “homepage”, “homepage”
Is not limited to a homepage that is a base point of a link on the Internet as defined above, and is used as a generic term for screens disclosed on the Internet in this specification.

As described above, the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention is a WWW server homepage creation support system 1a configured in the WWW server 2.
And a client PC homepage creation support system 1b.

In the WWW server 2, a test service process 4 and a production service process 5 are activated in order to display a prototype homepage in the environment of the WWW server 2. The test system service process 4 has exactly the same document system as the production system service process 5 that actually operates as a WWW server. In addition, the production system service process 4 transmits a file using an HTTPD program in response to a request from a WWW browser. Performs exactly the same operation as process 5. The test service process 4 and the production service process 5 are collectively referred to as a WWW server system 20.

The homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server forms a user interface between the system 20 in the WWW server 2 in the WWW server 2 and the client PC3.

The homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server includes an authority management means 6, a file access means 7, a display means 8, a comparison means 9 as processing means,
File updating means 10. Authorization file 11 and update history file 1 are used as management files.
And 2.

The authority managing means 6 is interposed between the client PC 3 and the system 20 in the WWW server, and accesses a specific file or directory of the test system or the production system for the user (creator of the homepage) who tried to access. It is a means to give the authority to do so. The authority file 11 is a file in which the access authority of each user is registered.

It should be noted that the authority management means 6 is characterized in that access authority to a specific file or directory is given to each user. In the conventional access authority setting, users who can access each file or directory are set. On the other hand, when the WWW document has a hierarchical structure, the authority management means 6 sets the permission / non-permission of the update for a specific file or directory for each user, and enables the update or the like within the range. Grant access to.

In addition, the authority management means 6 can give an authority to a file or directory containing a specific symbol if necessary. For example, access authority can be given to a file or directory including a symbol indicating a specific user name or group name on a user or group basis.

The file access means 7 is a means interposed between the client PC 3 and the system 20 in the WWW server to access a predetermined file of the test service process 4. Here, the access by the file access means 7 includes reading and writing of a predetermined file of the test document.

The update history file 12 records the history of file access by the file access means 7.

The display means 8 is connected to the client PC 3 and the WW
This is a means interposed between the W server systems 20 to display and transmit a home page in the environment of the WWW server 2 (actually by the test service process 4) in response to a user request.

The comparing means 9 is a means for comparing the test system document system and the production system document system, or the homepage before editing and the homepage after editing, and transmitting a screen or message emphasizing the difference therebetween. .

[0052] The file updating means 10
This is a means interposed between the C3 and the production service process 5 to update a predetermined file (WWW document) of the production document.

Next, the homepage creation support system 1b in the client PC will be described.

The homepage creation support system 1b in the client PC has an input device 13, a display device 14, and a processing device 15. The processing device 15 further includes an editing unit 16, an updating unit 17, and, if necessary, an authority changing unit 18.

The input device 13 includes any known input means in addition to a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, and other point devices. The input device 13 is a unit for inputting an instruction for operating the homepage creation support system 1 and various instructions for creating a homepage.

The display device 14 is any known display device including a monitor. The display device 14 is a means for displaying and confirming a homepage, and displaying a message from the homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server.

The processing device 15 is a processing device included in an ordinary client computer. In the present invention, the processing device 15 also functions as an editing unit 16, an updating unit 17, and an authority changing unit 18 described below under the control of a program. .

The editing means 16 reads the file (including both images and text data) read from the WWW server 2.
Is a means for editing Preferably, to support the editing of the screen so that the font size on the homepage can be freely specified, the background color and the background pattern can be freely specified, and the image can be easily arranged and copied. To have the editing function of.

The updating means 17 includes a prototype homepage,
Alternatively, it is a means for porting an arbitrary file to a production document of the WWW server 2 or rewriting an existing production file of the WWW server 2.

The authority changing means 18 is a means for changing the access authority of the currently set file. As will be described in more detail later, there are two types of authority change, which is performed by each user himself and authority change which is performed by the administrator to the user.
It is preferable to provide a type of authority changing function.

The components constituting the above-described homepage creation support system 1 operate in a WWW environment.

That is, a communication protocol between the WWW server 2 and the client PC 3 uses HTTP, a hypertext is constructed using a language such as HTML or VRML, and a link can be established between WWW documents. The URL is used for the above specification.

Next, a process of creating a home page by each of the constituent means will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the WWW server 2 and a plurality of client PCs 3 are connected to each other so as to constitute a client server system. A technician involved in creating a homepage creates a homepage using the client PC 3, and finally transfers the created WWW document to the WWW server 2.

It is assumed that a production service process 5 for transmitting a homepage to the Internet and a test service process 4 in the same environment as the production service process 5 are activated inside the WWW server 2.

Under the above preparation, when a homepage creator creates a homepage, the homepage creator accesses the WWW server 2 using the client PC 3.

In order to access the WWW server 2, first, an access permission by the OS or the WWW server basic program, that is, a permission to use the homepage creation support system 1 is obtained.

Next, a specific file of a test document is accessed to create a home page. This access request is processed by the authority management means 6 of the homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server.

In response to the access request, the authority management means 6
With reference to the authority file 11, the user who has requested access is permitted (in some cases, not permitted) access to the file. As described above, the access permission for the predetermined file is given to each user who has made an access request on a file or directory basis.

When allowing a user to access a directory unit, as shown by shading the test document in FIG. 1, access to a predetermined directory is performed in a tree structure document system. If permitted, all WWW documents under that directory can be accessed.

In a method of permitting access to a file or directory containing a specific symbol, for example, a WWW document created by a user is determined to include a symbol indicating the user's name. You can grant access only to files that contain the user's name symbol.

If the file (accessible by the user) is permitted by the authority management means 6, the file access means 7 actually tries to access the file.

In response to this file access attempt,
The homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server further checks whether the file is currently being updated by another person,
Check if it has been updated. This check is performed by collation with the update history file 12.

The update history file 12 records the access history of each file. Preferably, when a file of a production document is finally updated, an updated signal (flag) for the file is added to the update history file 12.

As a result of referring to the update history file 12, for a file that has already been updated or a file that is currently being updated by another user, a message to that effect is transmitted to the client PC 3 by the file access means 7 and the duplicate file is deleted. Prevent updates.

When the file access authority is given by the authority management means 6 and the file is being updated or not updated, the file is taken out by the file access means 7 and transmitted to the client PC 3. At this time, the access of the file is recorded in the update history file 12.

When the above file is transmitted to the client PC 3, the homepage creator creates a homepage using the editing function of the editing means 16.

The editing means 16 provides support for facilitating the creation of the home page. The homepage creation support by the editing means 16 includes an editing support function such as the ability to freely determine the size of characters and the like already described, and also displays a homepage being created in the environment of the WWW server 2 as needed. This is performed by comparing the existing document structure or file with the document structure or file being edited and displaying the difference in an easily understandable manner.

In order to display the home page being created in the environment of the WWW server 2 at any time, the file of the home page being created is registered in a test document of the WWW server 2 and the home page is displayed by the test service process 4. The file is registered in the test document after confirming the access right by the file access means 7.

To display the file registered in the test document in the environment of the WWW server 2, the client PC 3 requests the WWW server 2 to display a screen. In response to the screen display request from the client PC 3, the display means 8 of the WWW server homepage creation support system 1a preferably confirms the access right and causes the test service process 4 to display and transmit the requested screen. Since the test service process 4 has exactly the same environment as the production service process 5 that actually sends a homepage to the Internet,
The homepage creator can check how the prototyped homepage is displayed on the Internet.

To compare the structure of the test document with the structure of the production document, or the screen after editing and the screen before editing, a request to that effect is transmitted from the client PC 3 to the WWW server 2.

This comparison request is processed by the comparison means 9 of the homepage creation support system 1a in the WWW server. When a specific file or directory is deleted, added, or updated in the test document, the comparing unit 9 transmits information on the changed file or directory to the client PC 3. The change information of the file or the like is preferably a graphic image, and the changed file or directory is highlighted and displayed.

The comparing means 9 can also make comparisons on a screen (homepage) basis. This comparison can be realized by comparing HTML constituting the screen. For example, when an image pasted on a specific homepage is changed, the changed image portion can be highlighted by the comparing means 9.

When the created homepage can be transmitted to the Internet through the editing, display and comparison of the homepage, the homepage creator uses the updating means 17 to update the homepage document to the production document on the WWW server 2. Can be requested (file update).

The request for updating the file is sent to the WWW server 2 and processed by the file updating means 10. The file updating means 10 inquires of the authority managing means 6 and the authority file 11 to confirm whether or not the user can update the production file. As a result of the confirmation, if the file update by the user is permitted, the file updating means 10 transfers the requested file from the test document to the production document.

With the above processing, the homepage created by the homepage creator is transferred to the production service process 5 of the WWW server 2.

In the above description, the transmission from the WWW server 2 to the client PC 3 has been described such that the file access means 7 and the comparison means 9 transmit directly. Is the client P to the system 20 in the WWW server.
The emphasis is on fulfilling the function as a user interface for organizing and facilitating requests from C3. As long as this function is fulfilled, the transmission function to the client PC3 is separated and transmission to the client PC3 is provided by providing a separate transmission means. May be performed.

In FIG. 1, for easy understanding,
Although the file access means 7 exclusively accesses the file of the test service process 4 and the file update means 10 exclusively accesses the file of the production service process 5, the file update means 10 is changed to the file access means 7. , And the file access means 7 can access the files of both the test system and the production system. It should be noted that the file access means of claim 1 of the present application includes the function of the file update means.

Similarly, in FIG. 1, the update history file 1
2 shows that only the access history to the file of the test service process 4 is recorded. However, the update history file 12 can also record the access history to the file of the production service process 5. . It is assumed that the update history file according to claim 2 of the present application can record the access history to the file of the production service process.

According to the homepage creation support system 1 described above, the authority management means 6 and the authority file 11 give file access authority on a user basis, so that each homepage creator can access files other than the files to which access is permitted. File can be prevented from being erroneously updated.

As for the file access authority, the present invention gives the file access authority for each user, so that it is possible to easily cope with the case where the WWW document system is changed. This is because, in a hierarchical document system, the document system is mostly changed when directories are added or deleted.
This is because it can be handled by deleting it.

Further, in the present invention, the authority changing means 18 has two kinds of authority changing functions, that is, an authority change performed by each user and an authority change performed by the administrator on the user.

Therefore, when the structure of the document system is changed, only the administrator can change the access authority by rewriting the contents of the authority file 11 using the authority changing means 18. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the access authority from being changed unnecessarily.

According to the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention, since it operates under the WWW environment, anyone can access the file to be updated.

That is, in the system of the present invention, since the link between each homepage operates under the WWW environment,
If a user wants to update a given file,
By successively clicking on items likely to be related to the homepage, it is possible to access the target homepage (file) without any knowledge of the system.

Thus, even a person who does not have specialized knowledge about system management can participate in the creation of a home page, and can omit a complicated procedure for accessing a predetermined file. This is particularly effective when searching for a target file from a complicated document system.

Further, by operating under a WWW environment without being limited to file search, the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention can display / transmit / receive homepages extremely smoothly.

Further, according to the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention, the homepage can be created while confirming the display of the homepage under the environment of the WWW server 2.

That is, the display means 8 allows the creator of the homepage to display the homepage being created at any time by the test service process 4 of the WWW server 2 and confirm the display of the homepage when the homepage is actually transmitted to the Internet. .

In addition, the WWW environment
Since the files of the server 2 and the client PC 3 can be easily transmitted and received, the homepage can be created and confirmed frequently. This allows the user to proceed with the creation of the homepage while checking the display of the homepage being created, thereby making the creation of the homepage extremely comfortable.

Further, according to the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention, the change means 9 can easily confirm the change of the WWW document accompanying the homepage creation.

Thus, when the display of the home page is changed due to the change of the WWW document, it is possible to easily confirm the changed file that causes the change.

Finally, according to the homepage creation support system 1 of the present invention, the file access means 7 and the update history file 12 make it possible to duplicate or incorrectly update the file even if many people participate in the homepage creation. Can be prevented.

That is, according to the homepage creation support system 1, the history of file access is recorded in the update history file 12, and a message to the effect that a file being updated or updated is accessed before accessing the file. Since the file is sent to the user, it is possible to prevent the file being updated from being accessed redundantly and from updating the updated file again.

Thus, it is possible to effectively prevent unnecessary confusion when a large number of people participate in creating a home page.

[0106]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the "homepage creation support system" of the present invention, even a person who does not have the knowledge of system management can easily achieve the purpose by using the WWW link and the file transmission / reception function. You can search for a file and update this file to create a home page. Further, even a person having system management knowledge can easily access a target file from a complicated document system.

Also, a WWW server and a client PC
Since files can be transmitted and received between the server and the WWW environment, the home page being created can be displayed under the environment of the WWW server, and the user can proceed with the operation while checking the state of the display. Thereby, the trouble of displaying the conventional homepage can be largely saved, and the homepage can be efficiently created.

Further, according to the “homepage creation support system” of the present invention, the configuration system of the test document and the production document in the WWW server, or the difference between the homepage before and after editing and the homepage after editing can be compared by comparing means. Can be clearly shown.

Thus, the system of the WWW document,
Alternatively, it is possible to easily confirm the influence of a change in a specific file, prevent a difference between a test service process and a production service process, and check the progress of editing a homepage.

Further, according to the "homepage creation support system" of the present invention, the file which can be accessed for each homepage creator is set by the authority management means.

As a result, the display of the prototype home page is satisfactory, and it is possible to prevent a file created by another person from being updated by mistake when updating a production document.

Further, since the accessible file or directory is determined for each homepage creator, when the system of the hierarchical WWW document is changed, the setting of the access authority can be easily changed. it can.

In this case, it is sufficient to newly set a homepage creator who can access the changed file or directory, and the access authority is much easier than in the case where a person who can access each file is conventionally set. Settings can be changed.

Finally, according to the "homepage creation support system" of the present invention, the file access means and the update history file function to determine which file is currently being used by someone and which file has already been updated by someone. Information to the person who attempted to access the file.

Thus, when a large number of people update a file of one WWW document system, it is possible to prevent duplicate editing of the file or renewal of the updated file.

According to the homepage creation support system of the present invention, when a large number of people create or modify a homepage in a homepage system composed of a large number of WWW documents, each of them has an efficiency. It is possible to obtain a system that can create a homepage well and that the work is efficiently arranged among each person and that realizes a highly efficient homepage creation as a whole.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a “homepage creation support system” according to the present invention and a relationship between respective components.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Homepage creation support system 1a WWW server homepage creation support system 1b Client PC homepage creation support system 2 WWW server 3 Client PC 4 Test service process 5 Production service process 6 Authority management means 7 File access means 8 Display means 9 Comparison Means 10 File update means 11 Authority file 12 Update history file 13 Input device 14 Display device 15 Processing device 16 Editing means 17 Update means 18 Authority change means 20 System in WWW server

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[Claims] 1. A WWW server which starts a production service process for transmitting a home page to the Internet, a test service process having the same environment as the production service process and performing the same operation, and a WWW server for the WWW server. A client computer connected under an environment, a homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is displayed under a WWW server environment by the test service process, and the confirmation is completed. In a homepage creation support system for supporting a homepage creation operation of porting the file of the production system to the file of the production system service process, the test system and the production system service process, the client computer, A homepage creation support system in a WWW server that constitutes a user interface between the client computer and a homepage creation support system in a client computer that cooperates with the homepage creation support system in the WWW server in the client computer; The internal homepage creation support system includes an authority management means for granting a user's access authority to a file in response to a user's file access request from a client computer, an authority file that records a file or directory that can be accessed for each user, and When the authority management means refers to the authority file and permits access to the file access request, a test service process or a production service Homepage creation support system characterized in that it includes a file access means for accessing a file bis process, the. 2. The homepage creation support system in a WWW server has an update history file in which a history of access to a file is recorded. The file access means refers to the update history file before accessing the file. 2. The homepage creation support system according to claim 1, wherein, when the requested file is currently accessed or has already been updated, information indicating that fact is returned. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the homepage creation support system in the client computer has an authority changing means for rewriting the authority file which can be used only by a predetermined administrator. The homepage creation support system described in. 4. A WWW server which activates a production service process for transmitting a home page to the Internet, a test service process having the same environment as the production service process and performing the same operation, and a WWW server for the WWW server. A client computer connected under an environment, a homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is displayed under a WWW server environment by the test service process, and the confirmation is completed. In a homepage creation support system for supporting a homepage creation operation of porting the file of the production system to the file of the production system service process, the test system and the production system service process, the client computer, A homepage creation support system in a WWW server that constitutes a user interface between the client computer and a homepage creation support system in a client computer that cooperates with the homepage creation support system in the WWW server in the client computer; The homepage creation support system includes a display means for operating a test service process in response to a user request and transmitting a specific screen to a client computer. 5. A WWW server which activates a production service process for transmitting a homepage to the Internet, a test service process having the same environment as the production service process and performing the same operation, and a WWW server for the WWW server. A client computer connected under an environment, a homepage is created by the client computer, and the created homepage is displayed under a WWW server environment by the test service process, and the confirmation is completed. In a homepage creation support system for supporting a homepage creation operation of porting the file of the production system to the file of the production system service process, the test system and the production system service process, the client computer, A homepage creation support system in a WWW server that constitutes a user interface between the client computer and a homepage creation support system in a client computer that cooperates with the homepage creation support system in the WWW server in the client computer; The homepage creation support system compares the file configuration of the test service process and the file configuration of the production service process, or compares the file before editing with the file after editing, and outputs difference information. A homepage creation support system characterized by having: