The Journal is a complex CGI used to create a single topic news group or bulletin board. It allows reading messages, posting new messages, replying to previous posts and even some management tasks.
This page describes the configuration file that is used with the program. There are many options, some of which should rarely be changed. All of the options are designed to allow the user to customize the forum to your own style.
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| Required Entries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Option | Example | Description |
| Database = filename | Database = forum.isam | This is the name of the database file that stores the information for the forum |
| Header = filename | Header = header.txt | This file holds HTML codes that are sent to the browser before sending messages, tables, etc. |
| Footer = filename | Footer = footer.txt | This file holds HTML codes that are sent to the browser after sending messages, tables, etc. |
| Email = email-address | Email = rlp@bamafolks.com | Electronic mail address of the owner of the journal. This is only displayed if an error occurs. |
| MasterIP = ip-list | MasterIP = 192.168.1.54 | IP address of the computer the owner of journal uses. This is hard-coded as an IP number only. When that computer visits the page, some admin options are turned on. |
| Optional Entries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Option | Default | Description |
| TopPage = filename | TopPage = /common/images/toppg.gif | URL of image to use for the Index toolbar command. Example: TopPage=/~randy/images/top.gif |
| NextPage = filename | NextPage = /common/images/nextpg.gif | URL of image to use for the Next Page toolbar command. |
| PrevPage = filename | PrevPage = /common/images/prevpg.gif | URL of image to use for the Prev Page toolbar command. |
| PostMsg = filename | PostMsg = /common/images/postmsg.gif | URL of image to use for the Post Message toolbar command. |
| ReplyMsg = filename | ReplyMsg = /common/images/reply.gif | URL of image to use for the Reply Message toolbar command. |
| NextMsg = filename | NextMsg = /common/images/nextmsg.gif | URL of image to use for the Next Message toolbar command. |
| PrevMsg = filename | PrevMsg = /common/images/prevmsg.gif | URL of image to use for the Prev Message toolbar command. |
| ShowTextMenu = boolean | ShowTextMenu = Yes | Controls whether a text toolbar should be shown under the graphical one. |
| ShowGraphicsMenu = boolean | ShowGraphicsMenu = Yes | Controls whether a graphical toolbar should be shown at all. |
| ShowTopMenu = boolean | ShowTopMenu = Yes | If turned on, the CGI shows menus above tables and messages. |
| ShowBottomMenu = boolean | ShowBottomMenu = Yes | If turned on, the CGI shows menus below messages. |
| AllowJump = boolean | AllowJump = Yes | If turned on, display a small Jump to Message # option above the message index table. |
| Line = HTML-code | Line = <hr width="70%" size=2> | HTML code to insert whenever the CGI wants a line break. |
| Table = HTML-code | Table = <table border=2 cellspacing=2 rowspacing=2> | Text to describe the index page table appearance. NOTE: The CGI inserts the </table> command. |
| StartMsg = HTML-code | StartMsg = | HTML code inserted just before the CGI sends the message text |
| StopMsg = HTML-code | StopMsg = | HTML code inserted just after the CGI sends the message text. |