Last updated on
17 May 2021
Issue
How do I do test the Scene7 Viewers upgrade?
Solution
Replace hostname.scene7.com referred to below, with the applicable domain used on your website.
Replace [IP] with the IP address of the staging server, applicable to your region.
North America: 130.248.148.148
EMEA: 192.243.254.7
Windows
- Edit your Host or Hosts file using Notepad. On most Windows computers, it is in the \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder.
Note: on some Windows computers, you can find the file in the C:\WinNT\system32\drivers\etc folder. The file is named Hosts, with no filename extension. If your computer has no Hosts file, start Notepad with a blank file.
Windows 7 Users: To edit the host file, click Start, search for “Notepad," right-click and select “Run as Administrator." Now, open the host file from the File menu, edit, and save. Add this line as the first line in the file: [IP] hostname.scene7.com. Do not change any of the other lines in this file (if any). Save it, making sure that it does not save with a .TXT filename extension. In Notepad, choose File > Save As, then set SAVE AS TYPE to ALL FILES. Then ensure that the filename is simply Hosts and save it. - Restart your computer, then test it out. Note: If you want to avoid restarting, do the following:
- Choose Start > Run and type CMD, then click OK to open a Command Window.
- Enter the command nbtstat -R (the "R" must be uppercase)
- Enter the command nbtstat -RR (both R's must be uppercase)
- Enter the command exit to close the Command Window
Test the new setting by browsing to the following URL: http://hostname.scene7.com/s7viewers/
Check that the version corresponds to the release notification.
- Go to your website and look around. If applicable, launch you eCatalog, zoom, and so on.
Mac OS
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Edit the /private/etc/hosts file. For more information on how to use the hosts file, open Terminal and type: man hosts.
Note: Editing this file requires root privileges.
Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.1.5
- Open /Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager.
- To allow editing the NetInfo database, click the padlock in the lower-left corner of the window.
- Enter your Admin password and click OK.
- In the second column of the browser view, select the node named "machines." You see entries for DHCP, broadcasthost, and localhost in the third column.
- The quickest way to create an entry is to duplicate an existing one. So select the "localhost" item in the third column.
- Choose Duplicate from the Edit menu. A confirmation alert appears.
- Click Duplicate. A new entry called "localhost copy" appears, and its properties are shown below the browser view.
- Double-click the value of the ip_address property and enter the IP address of the other computer: [IP] hostname.scene7.com
- Double-click the value of the name property and enter the host name you want for the other computer.
- Click the serves property and choose Delete from the Edit menu.
- Choose Save from the File menu. A confirmation alert appears.
- Click Update this copy.
- Repeat steps 6 through 12 for each additional host entry you want to add.
- Choose Quit from the NetInfo Manager menu. You do not need to restart the computer.
- Test the new setting by browsing to the following URL: http://hostname.scene7.com/s7viewers/
- Check that the version corresponds to the release notification.
- Go to your website and look around. If applicable, launch your eCatalog, zoom, and so on.
Linux
- With the editor of your choice, open the file from ROOT /etc/hosts.
- Add the host entry: [IP] hostname.scene7.com
- Write and quit the file.
- Depending on your version, you could have to restart for the updated file to take effect.
- Test the new setting by browsing to the following URL: http://hostname.scene7.com/s7viewers/
- Check that the version corresponds to the release notification.
- Go to your website and look around. If applicable, launch your eCatalog, zoom, and so on.