Flow of Text Conversion

The figure below shows the kinds of text that Web Server/400 can convert, the transformations that can cause conversions and configuration values that can affect conversions. This figure is a useful reference when setting up configuration values as well as deciding what CCSID to assign to different user profiles.

Jobs and Files

Normal Content Files: All files with a content-type of text (e.g. text/plain and text/html) except those interpreted by the server and those served from QSYS.
Browsers: The WWW client application (e.g. Netscape Navigator). The Content CCSID configuration value specifies what CCSID the browser is assumed to use.
Interpreted/Database Content Files: All files with are interpreted by the server or are read from QSYS. Files that are interpreted by Web Server/400 include: Server-side includes, files that are dynamically indexed with titles, dynamic index headers and footers, and Webulator/400 headers and footers.
Server Jobs: The CCSID associated with these can be changed by setting the CCSID for the server user profile.
Configuration Files: Web Server/400 stores configuration information in IFS files. These files can have a code page associated with them. In addition, the directory based configuration file can have a CCSID associated with it via the Directory Based Configuration File Path configuration value.
Configuration Job: The job that is executing configuration commands. Someone must be responsible for setting up Web Server/400 and maintaining the configuration. This person is also called the Web Master. This may be the same person who starts the server (see below) or it may be different.
Server Starter Job: The job that starts the server and causes reconfigurations (STRWWW and SETWWWCFG).

Conversions
Note that while there are six conversions shown, three of them are associated solely with starting or reconfiguring the server. When serving content, at most two conversions are made. The normal case is one or no conversions.

Conversion 1

Conversion from the code page associated with content files to the Content CCSID. Note that the File CCSID configuration value can alter or disable this conversion.

Conversion 2

Conversion from the code page associated with content files to the CCSID associated with the server jobs.

Conversion 3

Conversion between the CCSID of the server jobs and the browser.

Conversion 4

Conversion between the configuration file code page and the CCSID associated with the job of the user configuring the server.

Conversion 5

Conversion from all configuration file code pages to the job of the user starting or reconfiguring the server.

Conversion 6

Conversion from the CCSID of the job of the user starting Web Server/400 to the CCSID associated with the server jobs.