Creating an iPad website

The Meridian Enterprise Server website provides an optimized experience for iPad users. The website requires forms style authentication and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which is different than the authentication used for PC web browsers. Therefore, you must create a duplicate Meridian Enterprise Server website configured for and dedicated to the iPad users.

Notes

• iPad users will each require a permanent BC Read-Only Explorer Client License as described in About licensing.
• You will need a certificate from a known certificate authority in order to configure SSL.
• Repository property names that include the ampersand character (&) can cause errors by the website. If necessary, create a new property without the character in the name as described in Configuring item names and indexing and then map the source system property to the new property as described in Configuring the mappings.
• To enable iPad users to attach pictures to repository items, select the Enable feedback functionality option as described in Creating and editing detail page layouts.

To create an iPad website:

1. On the Meridian Enterprise Server webserver, in Windows Explorer, make a complete copy the Meridian Enterprise Server website folder (by default, C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise) to a new folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCExplorerTouch. The folder name must be BCExplorerTouch.
2. In Internet Information Services Manager:
   1. Add a new application, specify the path to the copied folder, and select the same application pool as used by the BCEnterprise website.
   2. Disable Windows Authentication.
   3. Enable Anonymous Authentication and Forms Authentication.
   4. Bind HTTPS to the website with a valid SSL certificate. For more information, see the operating system documentation.
3. In the root of the iPad website, open the web.config file in any text editor and follow the instructions in the comments to change the authentication mode element from Windows (make a comment) to Forms (uncomment).
4. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console:
   1. Configure the forms authentication options as described in Enabling forms authentication.
   2. Configure the forms authentication options for the appropriate groups (we recommend a dedicated group) or users as described in Creating and editing groups or Creating and editing user accounts, respectively.
   3. Select only one repository view for use by the iPad website as described in Creating and editing repository views.
   4. Deploy the changed view as described in Deploying the current views.
5. On the Meridian Enterprise Server web server, restart Internet Information Services or restart the application pool used by the website. A restart will also be required after any future view configuration changes.