JP2000276417A - Method and system for web server generation, server, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a home page generation system or the like which easily generates a home page. SOLUTION: A server 2 receives an electronic mail sent from terminals 1a to 1n through a network 3 and reads the destination of this electronic mail and discriminates whether this electronic mail is an ordinary electronic mail or an electronic mail for home page generation in accordance with the read destination. If it is discriminated that this electronic mail is an electronic mail for home page generation, the server 2 reads data of this electronic mail and determines CGI for home page generation on the basis of a fixed format used for generation of the electronic mail. The server 2 executes the determined CGI to generate an HTML document representing a home page on the basis of data of the electronic read by itself.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a Web page creation system capable of easily creating a Web page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of methods for providing information to an unspecified number of people on the Internet, W
There has been known a method of setting up an web page and writing information on the web page for publication. As a method of creating this Web page, a Web page establisher uses HTML.
(HyperText Markup Language) language
WWW by describing the content to be published on the page
(World Wide Web) A method of transmitting to a server and storing it in a server, and transmitting an HTML file, a text file, an image file, etc. created by a web page creator to an FTP (File
Transfer Protocol) to upload to the server.

[0003]

The technique of creating a Web page using the HTML language cannot be executed without familiarity with the HTML language and the method of creating a program, so that it has been difficult for ordinary people. The method of creating a Web page using FTP is to specify a server (IP address) and log in (input a login name, password, etc.).
Such operations are complicated for those who are not familiar with operating the terminal. Furthermore, when a terminal to be used is connected to a plurality of terminals via a LAN (Local Area Network), there is a problem that a security system such as a firewall may be used to easily connect to a WWW server.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned situation, and is capable of easily creating a Web page.
An object is to provide a b-page creation system. Another object of the present invention is to provide a Web page creation system that can easily create a Web page regardless of the environment of a terminal used when creating a Web page.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a Web page creation system according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a terminal and a server connectable to the terminal. We based on the data
A web page creation system for creating data in the b format, wherein the terminal creates an e-mail including data representing a web page, and a predetermined destination data indicating that the e-mail is an e-mail for creating a web page The server receives an e-mail transmitted by the terminal, and the e-mail is generated based on the destination data included in the received e-mail. Determining means for determining whether or not the electronic mail is for creating a web page; and when the determining means determines that the electronic mail is for creating a web page, the content of the electronic mail And processing means for creating and storing the Web page data of the predetermined format representing the Web page based on the Web page data.

According to such a Web page creation system, when the server determines from the destination of the received E-mail that the E-mail is for creating a Web page, the server transmits the data from the E-mail. Read and create a Web page. Therefore, regardless of the environment of the terminal used when creating the Web page, the Web page is easily created using the e-mail.

[0007] The server includes: format storage means for storing format data representing a template of an e-mail for creating a Web page; and responding to a request for transmission of the format data being supplied from the terminal, Format transmitting means for transmitting the format data stored in the format storing means to the terminal which has supplied the transmission request, wherein the e-mail creating means supplies the server with the transmission request in accordance with an operation of an operator Means for receiving the format data transmitted to the server by the server, displaying the template represented by the data in the received format, and complementing the template displayed by the user in accordance with the operation of the operator. Get and get the fill data to complete the email to create the page Data entry means for creating an e-mail representing the form supplemented by the entry data, and means for attaching the predetermined destination data to the e-mail created by the data entry means and transmitting the e-mail to the server May be provided. Thereby, W
An eb page is easily created by a simple procedure of filling in a template of an e-mail.

[0008] The processing means is a Web page representing a Web page having a predetermined layout based on the contents of the e-mail.
b means for storing a control program for creating page data in association with the format data, and e-mail for creating a web page received by the discriminating means, being a template indicated by any format data. Is determined based on the content of the e-mail received by the determination unit by executing the control program associated with the determined format data. Means for creating Web page data representing a Web page having the following layout. Thus, the layout of the Web page is specified for each e-mail format. Therefore, the layout of the Web page is specified by an easy procedure of selecting the e-mail format.

[0009] Further, We according to a second aspect of the present invention.
The b-page creation method is based on the data included in the e-mail, the Web page having a predetermined data format representing a Web page.
A web page creation method for creating page data, wherein an email including data representing a web page is created and transmitted with predetermined destination data indicating that the email is an email for creating a web page. An e-mail creating step, receiving the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail creating step, and setting the e-mail to We based on the destination data included in the received e-mail.
a determining step of determining whether or not the electronic mail is for creating a b-page; and when the determining step determines that the electronic mail is for creating a Web page, the content of the electronic mail And a processing step of creating Web page data of the predetermined format representing the Web page based on the Web page.

According to such a Web page creation method, when the e-mail received in the determination step is determined to be an e-mail for creating a Web page from the destination, data is transmitted from the e-mail. Is read, and a Web page is created. Therefore, regardless of the environment of the terminal used when creating the Web page, the Web page is easily created using the e-mail.

[0011] In the method for creating a home page, a format storage step for storing format data representing a template of an e-mail for creating a Web page; and a transmission request for the format data is supplied from the e-mail creation step. Transmitting the format data stored in the format storing step to the terminal that has supplied the transmission request. The electronic mail creation step comprises: And a step of receiving the format data transmitted from the format transmitting step, and an electronic device for creating a Web page by supplementing a template represented by the format data received by the user according to an operation of an operator. an email A data entry step of acquiring an entry data to be generated, and creating an e-mail representing a form in which the template has been complemented by the acquired entry data; and And transmitting the data to the determination step with data attached. Thus, a Web page is easily created by a simple procedure of filling in a template of an e-mail.

Further, a server according to a third aspect of the present invention creates an e-mail including data representing a Web page according to a predetermined format, and generates a predetermined e-mail for creating a Web page. A server connectable to a terminal that transmits destination data with the destination data,
Determining means for receiving the electronic mail transmitted by the terminal and determining whether or not the electronic mail is for creating a Web page based on the destination data included in the received electronic mail; and W representing a Web page having a predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail
a control program for creating eb page data,
The control program storage means for storing the data in association with the format and the e-mail for creating the Web page received by the determination means are determined in accordance with which format, and the determination is made. By executing the control program associated with the format, W having the predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail received by the determination unit
processing means for creating Web page data representing an Web page.

According to such a server, when it is determined from the destination of the received e-mail that the e-mail is for creating a Web page, data is read from the e-mail, Create a Web page. Therefore, regardless of the environment of the terminal used when creating a Web page, the Web
Page b is easily created. Also, since the layout of the Web page is specified by the format of the e-mail, the layout of the Web page is specified by an easy procedure of selecting the format of the e-mail.

A computer-readable recording medium according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is an electronic mail for creating an electronic mail including data representing a web page according to a predetermined format, and creating a web page. A computer that can be connected to a terminal that transmits to the server with predetermined destination data indicating that the terminal receives the e-mail transmitted by the terminal and, based on the destination data included in the received e-mail, Email is W
determining means for determining whether or not the web page is for creating an web page; and a control program for creating web page data representing a web page having a predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail. A control program storage unit that stores the electronic mail for creating a Web page received by the determination unit, in accordance with the format, and determines the format according to the format. Processing means for generating Web page data representing a Web page having the predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail received by the determining means by executing the control program associated with A program for causing the computer to function.

According to the computer that executes the program recorded on such a recording medium, when the server determines from the destination of the received e-mail that the e-mail is for creating a Web page, Then, data is read from the e-mail to create a Web page. Therefore, regardless of the environment of the terminal used when creating the Web page, the Web page is easily created using the e-mail. Also, since the layout of the Web page is specified by the format of the e-mail, the layout of the Web page is specified by an easy procedure of selecting the format of the e-mail.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a case where a homepage is created using a Web page creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 1, a network system constituting a Web page creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of terminals 1 (1a to 1n), a server 2,
And a network 3 such as the Internet. Each terminal 1 (1a to 1n) is connected to the server 2 via the network 3.

Each terminal 1 is connected to a bus 17 as shown in FIG.
CPU 11 and RAM 12 connected to each other through
, An external storage unit 13, a display unit 14, an input unit 15,
And a communication unit 16.

The CPU 11 reads programs such as an application program and a transmission / reception program, which will be described later, stored in the external storage unit 13 into the RAM 12 and executes the programs. The RAM 12 is composed of a semiconductor memory,
Used as a main storage area of the PU 11.

The external storage unit 13 is composed of a magnetic disk device, a flash memory, and the like.
eb) Application programs such as browser software, mail software for sending and receiving e-mail, and communication unit 1
And a transmission / reception program or the like for performing data communication by controlling the control unit 6. The display unit 14 includes a liquid crystal display element, a CRT
(Cathode Ray Tube) or the like, and displays an image including data transmitted from the server 2 to the terminal 1 and other contents according to the instruction of the CPU 11 under the control of the CPU 11.

The input unit 15 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Character data and numeral data representing characters and numerals to be displayed on an input screen (fixed format) displayed on the display unit 14 are input by the user. CPU according to operation
11 The communication unit 16 includes a communication control device such as a modem, is connected between the network 3 and the CPU 11, and transmits and receives data to and from the server 2.

The server 2 mediates transmission and reception of electronic mail.
It has functions as two servers, a mail server for controlling and a WWW server for sending and receiving HTML documents. The server 2 includes a CPU 21 and a RAM 22 connected to each other via a bus 26 as shown in FIG.
, An external storage unit 23, a user memory 24, and a communication unit 25.

The CPU 21 reads and executes a program stored in the external storage unit 23, and controls each unit in the server 2 according to the program. RAM 22
Is composed of a semiconductor memory or the like and is used as a main storage area of the CPU 21.

The external storage unit 23 includes a magnetic disk device, a flash memory, and the like, and stores operation programs such as an application program, a transmission / reception program, and data representing various menus described later.

The user memory 24 is for storing information about the user and information for providing a function as a WWW (World Wide Web) server. As shown in FIG. 4, the user memory 24 includes a mail server area 241 for managing transmission and reception of electronic mail and a WWW server area 242 for managing transmission and reception of HTML documents.

As shown in FIG. 5, the mail server area 241 includes a mail server management table 241a, a WWW server correspondence table 241b, and a mail storage area 241c.
And Mail server management table 241
a is, as shown in FIG. 6, the user name of each user,
An account unique to the user, a mail server address of the user, and an activation CGI described later are stored in association with each other. The WWW server correspondence table 241b is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the mail server address of the user and the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the home page of the user are stored in association with each user's account. The mail storage area 241c stores an electronic mail or the like transmitted by each terminal 1.

The WWW server area 242 stores and manages various kinds of application data (software) related to the home page in a tree-like directory structure as shown in FIG. Application data (software) includes CGI (Common Gateway Int.)
erface) "hpm1.cgi", "hpm2.cgi" and "hpm3.cgi"
And log files "hpm1.log", "hpm2.log" and "hp
m3.log ”, a fixed format, and Parse HTML (Parse-Hyper
Text Markup Language) format data.

CGI "hpm1.cgi", "hpm2.cgi" and "
hpm3.cgi ”and log files“ hpm1.log ”,“ hpm2.lo
g ”and“ hpm3.log ”are stored in a directory“ cgi-bin / ”in the WWW server area 242. A standard format for creating a standard homepage is stored in the directory“ hpd / ”. Parse HTML format data representing each homepage (for example, data shown as “hpa.html”, “hpb.html”, and “hpc.html” in FIG. 8) is stored in the directory “hp /”.

CGI "hpm1.cgi", "hpm2.cgi" and "
"hpm3.cgi" is a program executed by the server 2 to create a homepage based on data transmitted by the registered user to operate each terminal 1 to create a homepage. A log file "hpm1.log" , “Hpm2.log” and “hpm3.log” are CGI “hpm1.cgi”, “hpm2.cgi”
Alternatively, it is data including a record of the execution result of “hpm3.cgi”.

The fixed format is text data for entering data to be supplied from the terminal 1 to the server 2 in order to create a fixed homepage in which characters and images are arranged according to a predetermined layout. The standard format is, for example, a data file “hpd1” for storing text data of a form shown in FIG. 9A for creating a homepage having a format shown in FIG. 9B.
And a data file "hpd2" for storing text data of the form shown in FIG. 10A in order to create a home page in the format shown in FIG.
In order to create a home page in the format shown in FIG. 11B, a data file “hpd3” storing text data of the form shown in FIG.

FIGS. 9A, 10A and 11
As shown in (A), the text data represented by the data files “hpd1”, “hpd2” and “hpd3” are all “urgency”, “sender mail account”, “send date” and “mail body”. ".

The data entered in the "sender mail account" column is processed according to the processing described later, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 11B and FIG. 11B, the title is set to the home page created by the server 2.
The data entered in the “send date” column is set as the update date of the homepage. The "Urgency" column is
This is a column for entering a symbol or the like for designating either “high” or “low”. When “high” is designated, the server 2
For example, if the background color of the mail is blue and the size of the
Create a home page displayed with points, and if "Low" is specified, for example, if the background color is white and the font size is 1
Create a home page displayed with 0 points.

In this embodiment, UNIX (Linux)
x) Although the directory structure is based on WW
The data structure of the W server area 242 is not limited to this,
It may be constructed according to a data structure adopted in another network language.

The communication unit 25 includes a communication control device such as a modem, and is connected between the network 3 and the CPU 21.
Data is transmitted / received to / from the terminal 1.

(Operation) Next, the operation when creating a homepage using this Web page creation system will be described.
The explanation focuses on downloading a fixed format and creating a homepage.

(Download of Fixed Format) First, the procedure of downloading the fixed format will be described.
This will be described with reference to FIG. In order to facilitate understanding, an example will be described below in which user A uses terminal 1a to download, from server 2, a standard format for creating a home page supplied only to members (registered users). . The operation for downloading a fixed format using another terminal 1 is also substantially the same as the operation described below.

User A performs connection processing such as transmitting a request signal for requesting connection to server 2. In response to the request signal, the server 2 transmits an HTML document representing an initial menu as shown in FIG. 14A to the terminal 1a. The CPU 11 of the terminal 1a transmits the HTM
The L document is received, and an initial menu represented by the received HTML document is displayed on the display unit 14 (step A1). The terminal 1a may store the image data of the initial menu in the external storage unit 13 or the like in advance and display the image data.

Next, the user A downloads a standard format for creating a homepage for which the registered member is permitted to create a home page in advance, so that "standard format request" is described on the initial menu screen. Click the part. In response to this click, the CPU 11 transmits a signal (selection notification signal) notifying that the “standard format request” has been selected to the server 2 (steps A2 and A3). When the user A selects “create new mail” from the displayed initial menu,
This Web page creation system performs a homepage creation process described later with reference to FIG.

When the CPU 21 of the server 2 receives the selection notification signal indicating the "fixed format request" via the communication unit 25 (step B1), an authentication for authenticating whether or not the user A is a registered user is performed. The data input menu is acquired from the external storage unit 23 and transmitted to the terminal 1a (Step B2).

The CPU 11 of the terminal 1a receives the authentication data input menu via the communication unit 16, and receives the menu shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display unit 14 (step A4). The user A operates the keyboard or the like of the input unit 15 to input data such as a user name (ID) and a password on the displayed authentication data input screen, and completes the input.
Click the part marked "OK". The terminal 1a
In response to the click on the portion marked "OK", the input ID and password are transmitted to the server 2 (step A5).

The CPU 21 of the server 2 receives the ID and the password via the communication unit 25 (Step B3). Then, the CPU 21 determines whether or not the received ID and password are properly registered as the user's based on the list of the user's ID and password stored in the external storage unit 23.

If it is determined in this determination that the received user ID and password pair is not registered, that is, that the access is not from an authorized user, the CP of the server 2
U21 transmits a menu (message) for error processing as shown in FIG. 15B to the terminal 1a (step B4). The terminal 1a receives and displays this menu (step A6).

On the other hand, in step B3,
That is, when it is determined that the access is from a legitimate user, the “user-only menu” shown in FIG.
The data is read from the external storage unit 23 and transmitted to the terminal 1a (step B4). The CPU 11 of the terminal 1a receives this menu via the communication unit 16 and causes the display unit 14 to display the menu (step A6).

When the displayed menu is the user-only menu shown in FIG. 15A, the user A operates the mouse or the like of the input unit 15 to instruct download of a fixed format. In response to the download instruction, the CPU 11 notifies the server 2 that "download" has been instructed (steps A7 and A8). In addition, user A
If "not download" is selected in step A7, the terminal 1a returns to, for example, step A2.

The CPU 21 of the server 2 receives this notification (step B5), and stores the data file “hpd” stored in the directory “hpd /” in the WWW server area 242.
1 ”,“ hpd2 ”, and“ hpd3 ”are read, and the read data and the data representing the“ fixed format list ”are transmitted to the terminal 1a (step B6).

The CPU 11 of the terminal 1a receives the data file and the "standard format list" (step A9), stores the received data in the external storage unit 13 or the like, and ends the standard format download process. . In this way, a fixed format for creating a homepage can be easily downloaded to the terminal 1a.

After finishing the process in step A9, the terminal 1a registers the address of the data stored in the external storage unit 13 in an arbitrary file such as an address book, and opens the address book to open the address. Is selected, the "fixed format list" shown in FIG. 16A may be displayed on the display unit 14.

(Creation of Homepage) Next, the procedure for creating a homepage will be described with reference to FIG. In order to facilitate understanding, a case in which the user A creates a homepage using the terminal 1a and using the fixed format downloaded by the method described with reference to FIG. 12 will be described below. The operation when creating a homepage using another terminal 1 is also substantially the same as the operation described below.

The home page creation processing is performed when the Web page creation system displays the initial menu shown in FIG. 14A on the display unit 14 by performing the processing of step A1 described with reference to FIG. , User A selects "create new mail" from the displayed initial menu.

After "send new mail" is selected, if a destination other than "homepage creation address" is selected as the destination, the CPU 11 converts the format of the electronic mail other than the standard format from the external storage unit 13 or the like. It is read out and displayed on the display unit 14 (step A1).
6) Thereafter, a normal process of creating and transmitting an e-mail is executed.

When "create new mail" is selected and user A instructs the destination of the e-mail to be a predetermined homepage creation address, C
The PU 11 reads, for example, data representing the “standard format list” shown in FIG. 16A from the external storage unit 13. Then, the “fixed format list” represented by the read data is displayed on the display unit 14 (step A12).

After the display unit 14 displays the “standard format list”, the CPU 11 displays “PATTERN1” and “PATT” on the “standard format list” screen.
Clicking on the part marked "ERN2" or "PATTERN3", in response to this click, the "Preview" column of the "Regular format list" displayed on the display unit 14 shows FIG. FIG. 10 (b) or FIG. 11 (b)
The image of the homepage shown in is displayed.

Then, when the user A selects, for example, PATTERN1 (ie, clicks on the portion marked “PATTERN1”) and subsequently clicks on the portion marked “OK”, the CPU 11 causes Responds to
The display unit 1 displays a “standard input screen” as shown in FIG.
4 (step A13).

When the standard input screen is displayed, the user A
Operates the input unit 15 and inputs data representing each item of the sender mail account, the transmission date, the mail text, and the urgency to be entered in each column on the screen displayed by the display unit 14. . Note that on the screen displayed by the display unit 14,
In the column described as “PATTERN”, the CPU 11 automatically adds a code representing a fixed format selected by the user A (for example, a character such as “1” when the user selects “PATTERN1”). Let it.

Then, when the user A clicks on a portion of the screen displayed by the display unit 14 marked “Send” to notify that the input has been completed, the CPU 11
Creates an e-mail containing the data input by the user A in response to the clicking of the part and in accordance with the format of the fixed format selected by the user A, and transmits it to the server 2 (step A14). ).

The CPU 21 of the server 2 receives the e-mail via the communication unit 25 (step B11), reads the destination address of the received e-mail, and determines whether the e-mail is addressed to a server for creating a homepage. That is, it is determined whether or not the electronic mail is for creating a homepage (step B12). If it is determined that the address is not an address for creating a homepage, that is, an e-mail address, normal e-mail processing such as storing the e-mail at the corresponding e-mail address is performed (step B1).
5).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step B12 that the e-mail is for creating a home page, the CPU 21
Reads the PATTERN from the header of the e-mail, reads the CGI associated with the read pattern from the directory “cgi-bin /”, and starts up. That is, for example, the CGI “hpm1.cgi” and “hpm” are sequentially added to the fixed format “PATTERN1”, “PATTERN2” and “PATTERN3”, respectively.
Assuming that “2.cgi” and “hpm3.cgi” are associated with each other, if the fixed format selected by the user A is “PATTERN1”, the CPU 21 associates the CGI with “PATTERN1”, that is, the CGI Start "hpm1.cgi".
Then, the CPU 21 creates a homepage based on the received e-mail, and registers and stores the created homepage in the directory “hp /” (step B1).
3).

The CPU 21 stores the account and mail server address of the user who sent the e-mail and the URL of the created homepage in the WWW server correspondence table 241b in association with each other as shown in FIG.

The CPU 21 transmits to the terminal 1a a "creation completion notification signal" for notifying that the creation of the homepage has been completed and for notifying the URL of the created homepage (step B14). The CPU 11 of the terminal 1a receives the “creation end notification signal” via the communication unit 16 and
Then, a “creation completion notification screen” as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and the homepage creation processing is terminated (step A15). According to the processing described above, a home page is created based on the contents of the mail created in the manner of sending an electronic mail.

As described above, in this Web page creation system, a user can create a Web page by inputting a sentence, an image, and the like in a fixed format of an e-mail format downloaded from a server and transmitting the sentence. it can.

The configuration of the Web page creation system is not limited to the above-described one, and various modifications and applications are possible.

For example, the Web page creation system may be able to change (update) the contents of the created home page. Specifically, for example, similarly to the method described with reference to FIG.
Inputs data to each item of the “standard input screen” displayed by the user, and responds to the selection of “send”.
Transmits the input data to the server 2 as an e-mail. The CPU 21 of the server 2 receives the e-mail via the communication unit 25 and reads the address of the received e-mail. When it is determined that the read address is an address for creating a homepage, the CPU 21
Reads the account and stores the W
It is determined whether or not the read account exists in the accounts stored in the WW server correspondence table 241b.

In this discrimination, when it is determined that there is, C
PU 21 is the UR associated with the corresponding account
An HTML document representing a homepage is read from L, while data is read from the received e-mail, and a portion of the read HTML document that does not match the data read from the mail is updated.

The types of fixed formats stored in the server 2 in advance are not limited to three types, but are arbitrary.
When downloading, a fixed format may be selected to download only one pattern.
More than one type may be downloaded. Also,
The priority may be set for the standard format, and when the standard format is downloaded to create an e-mail for creating a homepage, the standard format having a higher priority may be displayed on the display unit 14 with priority.

Further, an electronic mail for creating a home page may be created using a normal electronic mail format without using the “standard input screen”. Specifically, for example, the address of a server that creates a homepage is registered in an address book or the like in advance, and an e-mail including a Subject and a mail text is transmitted to the server. When the server that creates the homepage receives the e-mail addressed to itself, it activates the CGI for creating the homepage, and the subject of the received e-mail
Is used as the title of the homepage, and the mail text is used as the data constituting the homepage to create the homepage.
Further, drawing data in gif (Graphic Interchange Format) format or the like may be transmitted as an attached file. According to such a method, a standard homepage can be created from an e-mail without using a standard format for creating a homepage.

The image data is transmitted as an attached file. However, the attached file is not limited to the image data, and may be any document such as an HTML document, audio data, multimedia data, and the like.

Further, the HTML document representing the homepage created by the server 2 may include an HTML document that is not based on the content of the e-mail sent by the terminal 1. Specifically, for example, the terminal 1 creates and transmits an e-mail in which data other than the image data is not substantially attached as the e-mail text, and the server that has received the e-mail transmits the e-mail from the e-mail header HTML data may be created from the read data to create homepage data, and image data may be attached to the homepage data.

As described above, We according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The b page creation system has been described.
The page creation system can use any computer having a communication function as the terminal 1 or the server 2 irrespective of the dedicated terminal 1 and the server 2. For example, referring to FIG.
2 and a program for executing the part in charge of the computer (or computer group) in the processing shown in FIG. 13 is stored in a recording medium and distributed, and each corresponding part of the program is transferred to the computer and installed. OS
By executing on the above, a computer (or a group of computers) can be used as a server system.

When the OS shares a part of the processing, the recording medium may store a program excluding the part. Also in this case, in the present invention, it is assumed that the recording medium stores a program for executing each function or step executed by the computer.

The communication unit 1 of the network 3 and the terminal 1
6. The program may be distributed to the computer via the communication unit 25 of the server 2.

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention, a Web page can be easily created and updated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a network system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a server according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a user memory according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mail server area according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a configuration of a mail server management table according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a WWW server correspondence table according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a WWW server area according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of template data hpd1 in a fixed format, and FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of a layout hpa.html of a homepage.

10A is a diagram illustrating an example of template data hpd2 in a fixed format, and FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating an example of a layout hpb.html of a homepage.

11A is a diagram illustrating an example of template data hpd3 in a fixed format, and FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating an example of a homepage layout hpc.html.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of downloading a fixed format according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining an operation at the time of creating a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14A is an example of an initial menu,
(B) is an example of an authentication data input screen.

FIG. 15A is an example of a user-specific menu, and FIG. 15B is an example of a message.

FIG. 16A is an example of a standard format list, and FIG. 16B is an example of a standard input screen.

FIG. 17 is an example of a creation end notification screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a to 1n terminal, 2 server, 3 network, 11, 21 CPU, 12, 22 RAM, 1
3, 23 storage unit, 14 display unit, 15 input unit,
16, 25: communication unit, 17, 26: bus, 24: user memory, 241, mail server area, 241a
..Mail server management table, 241b... WWW server correspondence table, 241c.
2 ... WWW server area

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shigenori Morikawa 3-2-1 Sakaemachi, Hamura-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Hamura Technical Center F-term (reference) 5B089 GA11 GA21 GB03 JA23 JB02 JB22 KA01 KC21 KC28 LA04 LA07 5K030 GA17 HA06 HB00 HB19 HC01 KA02 9A001 DD14 HH33 JJ14 JJ25 JJ27 JJ72

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A terminal comprising: a terminal; and a server connectable to the terminal, and based on data transmitted from the terminal, a W
A web page creation system that creates web format data, wherein the terminal creates an e-mail including data representing a web page, and predetermined destination data indicating that the e-mail is an e-mail for creating a web page An e-mail creating means for sending the e-mail to the server, wherein the server receives the e-mail transmitted by the terminal, and transmits the e-mail based on the destination data included in the received e-mail. Determining means for determining whether or not the electronic mail is for creating a web page; and when the determining means determines that the electronic mail is for creating a web page, the content of the electronic mail Processing means for creating and storing the web page data of the predetermined format representing the web page based on Web page creation system. 2. The server according to claim 1, further comprising: format storage means for storing format data representing a template of an e-mail for creating a web page; and responding to the terminal receiving a request for transmitting the format data from the terminal. And a format transmission unit for transmitting the format data stored in the format storage unit to the terminal that has supplied the transmission request. The electronic mail creation unit transmits the transmission request to a server in accordance with an operation of an operator. Means for receiving the format data transmitted by the server to itself, means for displaying a template represented by the data in the received format, and complementing the template displayed by the operator according to the operation of the operator. To get the entry data to complete the e-mail for creating the web page, Data entry means for creating an e-mail representing the form supplemented by the obtained entry data; and attaching the predetermined destination data to the e-mail created by the data entry means and transmitting the e-mail to the server. 2. The Web page creation system according to claim 1, comprising: 3. A processing program, comprising: a control program for creating Web page data representing a Web page having a predetermined layout based on the contents of an electronic mail in association with the format data; The e-mail for creating the Web page received by the identification means is determined to be based on the template indicated by which format data, and is associated with the determined format data. Executing the control program to generate Web page data representing the Web page having the predetermined layout, based on the content of the e-mail received by the determination unit. The web page creation system according to claim 2. 4. Based on the data contained in the e-mail,
A web page creation method for creating web page data in a predetermined data format representing a web page, comprising: creating an e-mail including data representing a web page;
An e-mail creating step of sending the e-mail with predetermined destination data indicating that the e-mail is for creating a Web page; and receiving the e-mail transmitted by the e-mail creating step, A judging step of judging whether or not the e-mail is for creating a Web page based on the destination data included; and a judging step for judging whether the e-mail is for creating a Web page. And a processing step of generating the web page data of the predetermined format representing the web page based on the content of the electronic mail when it is determined that the web page is a web page. 5. A format storage step for storing format data representing a template of an electronic mail for creating a Web page, and in response to a request for transmission of the format data being supplied from the electronic mail creating step. A format transmission step of transmitting the format data stored in the format storage step to a terminal that has supplied the transmission request. The e-mail creating step includes: transmitting the transmission request to the format transmission step. Receiving the format data transmitted from the format transmitting step; and completing an e-mail for creating a web page by complementing a template represented by the format data received by the operator according to an operation of an operator. Filling day for A data entry step of creating an e-mail representing the form complemented by the acquired entry data, and attaching the predetermined destination data to the e-mail created by the data entry step. The method according to claim 4, further comprising: transmitting to the determining step. 6. An electronic mail including data representing a Web page is created in accordance with a predetermined format, and the terminal can be connected to a terminal which transmits the electronic mail with predetermined destination data indicating that the mail is an electronic mail for creating a Web page. Server, receives the e-mail transmitted by the terminal, based on the destination data included in the received e-mail, whether the e-mail is for creating a Web page, A control program for generating a web page data representing a web page having a predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail, in association with the format, The e-mail for creating a Web page received by the determination means is created according to any format. Web server having the predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail received by the determination unit by executing the control program associated with the determined format. Processing means for creating Web page data representing a page. 7. A terminal that creates an e-mail including data representing a Web page in accordance with a predetermined format, attaches predetermined destination data indicating that the e-mail is an e-mail for creating a Web page, and transmits the terminal to a server. Connectable computer, receives the e-mail transmitted by the terminal, based on the destination data included in the received e-mail, whether the e-mail is for creating a Web page, A control program for generating a web page data representing a web page having a predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail, in association with the format, The e-mail for creating the Web page received by the determination means is in any format. The predetermined layout based on the content of the e-mail received by the determination means by executing the control program associated with the determined format. Processing means for creating Web page data representing a Web page having: and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing the processing means to function.