Presentation
Tanit (1) is a server platform with a highly respected middleware that integrates several heterogeneous components to make them work together synergistically and correctly serve the WKBs. The heart of the platform is the RedRim web server, followed by the JavaScript libraries and the CSS files. Each WKB is a dynamic, autonomous and interactive website, at the service of quality knowledge.
The platform was designed and built to be portable, robust, and highly stable, yet lightweight, compact, versatile, efficient, autonomous, and usable by virtually anyone with minimal IT knowledge. It would take just two minutes to have it up and running and use all the available WKBs. Of course, Tanit, being a server platform, runs behind the scenes and is not visible to the user, even though everything you see in the browser is generated by it.
One of the interesting features of the Tanit platform is its portability and complete autonomy. That is, it can be distributed as a single zip file that, once unpacked to your hard drive or USB stick, is ready for use with a double-click. In other words, it doesn't require an installation procedure or the presence of special software on your computer to function. Furthermore, it doesn't write anything to your system, nor does it receive or transmit data from outside.
Tanit Structure
The structure of Tanit is very simple. Here it is:
- C:\ (root directory of the hard drive, but it could be D:\, E:\... or a USB stick).
- D:\Tanit (subdirectory of our platform).
- D:\Tanit\RedRim.exe (the 64-bit web server).
- D:\Tanit\server.bat (launch the web server).
- D:\Tanit\wkb (folder containing the installed WKB files).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\CSS (folder for style files).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\icons (folder for shared icons).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\imgs (folder for shared images).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\JS (Shared JavaScript libraries folder).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\index.html (the first page to display).
- D:\Tanit\wkb\404.html (the "file not found" page).
Download Tanit Platform (7.2 MB MB - Tanit Platform + Examples)
Attention! Before downloading, your Chrome or Windows browser may flag RedRim on the platform as a virus, as it is an executable program. This is, obviously a false alarm. So use it with confidence. However, I cannot guarantee the downloadability of RedRim from other sites.
Install and Run
Installing the platform is very simple. Just unzip the "Tanit.zip" file to C:\Tanit or D:\Tanit, if you have two partitions or two hard drives. Nothing else is needed. Then click on the "server.bat" file to launch RedRim. After a couple of seconds, you should see a screen similar to this:
This is what RedRim should look like in action.
A questo punto lanciate il vostro browser inserendo l'indirizzo:
localhost:NumeroPorta (altrimenti solo localhost se avete usato la porta TCP 80
seguito, ovviamente, dal tasto Invio. Tutto qui :-)
RedRim
RedRim is a web server developed specifically for the Tanit Platform to read WKBs. It is very high-performance, stable, and very easy to use. It consists of a single executable file and has no external dependencies.
RedRim is part of the Tanit platform, is suitable for creating dynamic websites and natively runs applications developed in the Lua language. RedRim is also suitable for running on a remote server and can easily handle many requests simultaneously.
Note: To change the web server's TCP port, edit the "server.bat" file with Notepad or any text editor, entering the new port number and saving the file. You must stop the web server before changing the TCP port, then restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart the server by double-clicking the server.bat file.
If you encounter any problems, please let me know.
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1: Tanit, in Carthaginian mythology, was the lunar goddess of nature, fertility, love and pleasure, associated with good fortune.
Last updated: April 2026