automatically   so you get the vast benefits of using a database, with all the 

benefits of static HTML too. 

6.24.2 

Creating the static pages 

On the gateway pages screen, just click the link. The system will build a series 

of static pages, one for each product. It will also generate a static default.htm 

document that links to all the static HTML pages. This document is linked to 

by a hidden image on the front of the web site, ensuring that a search engine 

can follow through the pages and index them. 

6.24.3 

Products no longer on the site 

No facility is built in for removing pages of products that are no longer 

present. You should keep all static HTML pages where possible because each 

may have search engine links to it that will result in lost sessions if users click 

to come through to your site only to get a 404 `page not found' error. 

If a user clicks through from a gateway page but the product is no longer 

available, they will simply get a `product not available' message once they 

click on to the CactuShop product page. At least this way they still arrive 

successfully at your site and can search for other products. 

6.24.4 Folder 

permissions 

The HTML folder must be set to allow the Internet Guest Account to write to it 

(as for all image upload folders). If this permission is not set, the attempt to 

create static pages will fail and an error message will display. For more details 

see 3.3. 

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