Friday November 21 2008


HOW TO SET UP A PAY-FOR-PLAY WEB SITE

Ingredients

  • Content to be wrapped
  • Tibanna Generator <Download Now>
  • Search tool (optional) <Download Now>
  • Basic Tibanna fileset <Download Now>
  • Pocketpass Merchant Account <Sign Up Now>

  • Details

  • Content to be wrapped

    You need one or more documents to wrap. Currently Tibanna supports only the wrapping of PDF files. You need a complete document and a preview document. The preview should be an appropriately-sized sub-section of the complete document. Both documents should be PDF files.

  • Tibanna Generator

    You need to be able to run the Tibanna Generator to create .xmfg files of your preview and protected document. See the online tour on this web site for more information.

  • Search tool (optional)

    You need to install the ksearch utility if you want to allow your users to search for keywords in your protected documents. This is optional, and other search utilities will work, but ksearch was selected as an example of a well-written search utility suitable for this task. It is also possible to offer just a list of previews and links to your protected documents without allowing searches. The following documentation walks you through the ksearch set up process.

  • Basic Tibanna fileset

    The basic Tibanna fileset includes 2 html files used to transfer the protected Tibanna-wrapped content and a jpeg graphic used in a splash screen. Whether or not you use a search tool for your Pay-For-Play system, you need all 3 of these files.

  • Pocketpass Merchant Account

    Pocketpass is the payment vehicle for Tibanna. You must have a Merchant ID with Pocketpass to wrap your protected content. For information on Pocketpass, click here.