Web sites on TurnPike are equipped with access to Miva Engine from Miva Corporation. We run the Miva Empresa edition of Miva Engine, which is specifically designed for hosting services and enterprises. The product implements Miva Script, an XML based scripting language which lets you activate your web pages with database, commerce, and dynamic logic.Following is some basic information on how to take advantage of Miva on your web site:
- Miva Script files have a .mv extension. When the web server sees the .mv extention it will automatically run Miva Empresa and interpret your Miva Script documents.
- Place your Miva Script documents in your web publishing directory and access them in the same way as your HTML documents.
- Data files are in a special directory called "htsdata" which is in your home directory. Whenever you access database or other data files in your Miva Script application, the htsdata directory is used as the root directory for the data files. For example, a reference to a file called /mydata.dbf inside of a Miva Script will be translated to /htsdata/mydata.dbf when executed. This seperation of script files and data files is essential for your web site security by keeping data files out of the path of the web server.
- Complete free documentation is available directly from Miva Corp.
- Free users group support is available directly from Miva Corp. via a list server. They have full time staff members who monitor the list server and make sure that all questions get answered.
- Microsoft Windows 95/98 users can download a free personal developers edition of the Miva Engine called Miva Mia.