Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of FrequentlyAskedQuestions

Timestamp:

10/18/06 08:47:45 (7 years ago)

Author:

euzuro

Comment:

added FAQ entry re ProxyHost, changed formatting a bit. still not particularly happy with formatting. if anyone has suggestions, please chime in. specifically, if you know how to make sub-links within a page, like here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Overview_FAQ

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 = Frequently Asked Questions about the !OpenLayers project =
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-== What is MetaCarta's relationship to the !OpenLayers project? ==
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+== What is MetaCarta's relationship to the !OpenLayers project? == 
 OpenLayers is an independent project sponsored by [http://www.metacarta.com/ MetaCarta]. !MetaCarta uses the OpenLayers library in some of its products.
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-== How do I edit the wiki or a ticket? ==
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-You will need a wiki account. If you want an account to enable you to edit the wiki, add a ticket or modify an existing ticket please send an email to the [http://openlayers.org/EmailLists/ Developer Mailing List].
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 == How can I add a question to this FAQ? ==
 Please feel free to add OpenLayers questions to this page--we'll try to answer them for you.
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 == Where do I find more info? ==
 Here on this wiki.  Click on the [TitleIndex] to see a list of available pages.
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+= TRAC =
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+== How do I edit the wiki or a ticket? ==
+You will need a wiki account. If you want an account to enable you to edit the wiki, add a ticket or modify an existing ticket please send an email to the [http://openlayers.org/EmailLists/ Developer Mailing List].
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+= WFS =
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+== Why isn't WFS working on my local checkout of !OpenLayers? == 
+
+This is probably because you do not have a proxy host set up. 
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+Due to security restrictions in Javascript, it is not possible to
+retrieve information from remote domains via XMLHttpRequest. The way to
+work around this is to set up a local script which can 'proxy'
+information from the remote host. An example script to do this is
+available from the examples directory as proxy.cgi:
+
+http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/examples/proxy.cgi
+
+To use WFS results from a remote host on your machine, you must install
+a proxy script somewhere web accessible from the domain you plan to use
+to host your page. You must then edit !ProxyHost to match that URL: an
+example URL for most Apache configurations might be:
+
+!OpenLayers.ProxyHost="/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi?url=";
+
+If the !ProxyHost is not set, requests are sent directly. In most cases,
+the result will be a security exception.
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