The Styles Tab

Configuration styles are an easy way to apply a set of options to specific files or directories that your server maintains. The Configuration Styles tab allows you to apply a set of options to specific files or directories that your server maintains. The Styles tab contains the following pages:

• The Create a New Style Page

• The Remove a Style Page

• The Edit a Style Page

• The Assign a Style Page

• The List Assignments Page

The Create a New Style Page

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The Create a New Style page allows you to create a style.

For more information, see Creating a Configuration Style.

The following elements are displayed:

Style Name. Specifies the name of the style you are creating.

OK. Creates a new style with the specified name and displays the Edit a Style page so that you can configure the new style.

Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

Help. Displays online help.

The Remove a Style Page

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The Remove a Style page allows you to remove a style.

For more information, see Editing a Configuration Style.

The following elements are displayed:

Remove. Specifies the name of the style to delete.

OK. Saves your entries.

Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

Help. Displays online help.

The Edit a Style Page

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The Edit a Style page allows you to change the parameters of a style.

For more information, see Editing a Configuration Style.

The following elements are displayed:

Style. Select a style from the drop-down list and Click Edit this style.

Edit. Click the configuration style category.

Configuration Style Categories

Category	Description
Cache Control	Allows you to specify the following Cache Control Response Directives.
CGI file type	Allows you to activate CGI as a file type.
Character Set	Allows you to change the character set for a resource.
Default Query Handler	Allows you to set a default query handler for a server resource.
Document Footer	Allows you to add a document footer to a server resource.
Dynamic Configuration	Allows you to give people a subset of configuration options without giving them access to the Server Manager.
Error Responses	Allows you to customize the error responses that clients see when they encounter an error from your server.
Log preferences	Allows you to set preferences for access logs.
Remote File Manipulation	Allows you to activate the file manipulation commands which allow remote browsers to change your server's documents.
Require Stronger Security	Allows you to specify key size restrictions, or to reject access with a specific file.
Restrict Access	Allows you to restrict access to the entire server or parts of it.
Server Parsed HTML	Allows you to specify whether the server parses files before they are sent to the client.
Symbolic links (Unix/Linux)	Allows you to limit the use of filesystem links in your server.

The Assign a Style Page

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The Apply a Configuration Style page allows you to apply a configuration style to files or directories in your server. You can either specifically choose files and directories, or you can specify a wildcard pattern.

For more information, see Assigning a Configuration Style.

The following elements are displayed:

URL prefix wildcard. Specifies files or directories, or the wildcard pattern (for example, * gif). If you enter /* after the directory, the configuration style will be applied to all the directory's contents.

Style. Specifies the configuration style you want to apply. The None configuration style can be applied to files or directories to remove any configuration style previously applied to the resource.

OK. Saves your entries.

Reset. Erases your changes and resets the elements in the page to the values they contained before your changes.

Help. Displays online help.

The List Assignments Page

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After you have created configuration styles and applied them to files or directories, you can list all the configuration styles and the files or directories to which they are applied. The List Assignments page displays all the configuration styles applied to the server resource.

For more information, see Listing Configuration Style Assignments.

The following elements are displayed:

Style Assignments. Lists all configuration style assignments

Pattern. Displays files or directories, or the wildcard pattern, this style is applied to.

Style. Displays the name of the configuration style.

Edit this style. Click this link to edit or remove the configuration style assignment. Clicking this link takes you to the The Assign a Style Page. A Remove this Style link appears at the top of the page.

Help. Displays online help.