How to enable ink

Note: This article was originally published in 2006. Some steps, commands, or software versions may have changed. Check the current General documentation for the latest information.

In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn enable ink.

1. Ink is only supported on Internet Explorer as it is an activex plug-in

2. To enable ink, you have to activate it in your user profile. Just click your username in the upper right corner and set enable ink to yes under the “Site Options” tab. To learn more about Profile settings and options, (http://docs.communityserver.org/Administrator_s_Guide/Membership/Additional_Member_Profile_Options.htm).

3. You’ll need to add the website that has the ink to your list of trusted sites in IE (Internet Explorer)

   • Tools > Internet Options > ‘Security’ tab > ‘Trusted Sites’ > click the Sites button.
   • In the Trusted sties window type https://.jcbauza.com and http://.jcbauza.com to trust the entire site. You might run into the issue of having a window display “Site added to this zone must use the https:// prefix. This prefix assures a secure connection.” Just click ok, uncheck the checkbox that says “Require server verification (https:) for all the sites in this zone, click add, recheck the checkbox, click OK.

4. You might run into more issues if you have the .Net framework 2.0 installed. If you do, follow this instructions:

• If you have the .NET Framework version 2.0 installed, Internet Explorer will try to use the v2.0 runtime to run the hosted component. To keep Internet Explorer from doing this, you must setup a .config file for Internet Explorer to use, to force it to use v1.1 of the .NET Framework. To do this, create a file named iexplore.exe.config in Internet Explorer’s home directory (e.g. C:Program FilesInternet Explorer) and put the following XML into it: