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Deployment Instructions for V3 Financial Calculators

V3 Installation Instructions and Resources

For detailed customization, trouble shooting and feature information please take a look at our on-line frequently asked questions (FAQ) documents:

First time installation instructions Dinkytown.net V3 Financial Calculators**

  1. Download the latest version of your calculators from your download site, found on your e-mail receipt or download notice.

  2. Execute the Calc.exe file from your download. This is a self-extracting zip file. (Or unzip the Calc.zip file if you are using a non-windows platform.)

  3. When prompted for a directory, you may use the default of "calculators" or enter your own. All files will be placed in this directory, it will have no subdirectories. No other changes to your computer are made when this program is run.

  4. Format calculator provided calculator HTML pages to match your website, or copy calculator content to your own page (the page index.html will provide links to all of your calculators).

  5. OPTIONAL: Modify the Cascading Style Sheet in KJESiteSpecific.css to apply your site colors, borders, fonts and more to your calculators.

  6. OPTIONAL: Modify the Javascript in KJESiteSpecific.js to apply additional customizations to your calculators.

  7. Copy the contents of the "calculators" directory to your server. This can be any directory you choose to deploy the calculators. You will then need to create links from pages on your website to the new calculator pages or the new calculator index.

To access your calculators use the URL: http://www.yourdomain.com/calculators
(Where "your domain" is the name of your domain and "calculators" is the directory where you place the calculator files)

**Custom formatted delivery is a special option that you can add to your maintenance update service. With this option we can apply an HTML template to your calculator pages and the reports before the update is sent to you. You will then receive your calculator pages with all of your site formatting in place. All pages will be custom formatted to your site, no further integration or modification of the calculators is required. Please note, if your custom delivery uses Active Server Pages (ASP), Java Server Pages (JSP) or Cold Fusion (CFM) the respective ASP, JSP or CFM pages will be in place of your HTML documents for all calculator main pages.

If you are interested in using custom formatted delivery, please contact us at (612) 331-2291, or ebertk@dinkytown.net for more information.

Updating an existing deployment of Dinkytown.net V3 Financial Calculators

Updating Dinkytown.net V3 calculators does not require any manual editing. You will only need to replace the updated JS and CSS files in your deployment. The procedure is as follows:

  1. Download the latest version of your calculators from your download site, found on your e-mail receipt or download notice.

  2. Execute the Calc.exe file from your download. This is a self-extracting zip file. (Or unzip the Calc.zip file if you are using a non-windows platform.)

  3. When prompted for a directory, you may use the default of "calculators" or enter your own. All files will be placed in this directory, it will have no subdirectories. No other changes to your computer are made when this program is run.

  4. Remove the following files: All files with the extenstion "html", KJESiteSpecific.js and KJESiteSpecific.css.

  5. Copy remaining files to your server (into the directory where you originally deployed your calculators.

To access your calculators use the URL: http://www.yourdomain.com/calculators
(Where "your domain" is the name of your domain and "calculators" is the directory where you place the calculator files)