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WWW Board 2.0

Last Updated: February 28, 1998

  1. Installation
  2. Documentation
  3. Administration

Installation

To install WWW Board 2.0 scripts, telnet to your Virtual Server and do the following:

  1. Copy the WWW Board tar file located in the /usr/local/contrib area into your cgi-bin using these commands from the telnet prompt: 
      % cd  (this will make sure you're in your root directory)
  % tar -xvf /usr/local/contrib/wwwboard.tar

  2. Change the occurrences of YOUR_DOMAIN in the two perl scripts which manage the bulletin board to be the domain name of your Virtual Server. These two scripts are named wwwadmin.pl and wwwboard.pl, and are located in your ~/usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin/wwwboard directory.

    In the wwwadmin.pl file, you will need to modify lines 16 and 17: 

           $baseurl = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/wwwboard";
       $cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwadmin.pl";
        substitute your domain name for the occurrences of YOUR_DOMAIN.

    In the wwwboard.pl file, you will also need to modify lines 16 and 17: 

           $baseurl = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/wwwboard";
       $cgi_url = "http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwboard.pl";
        substitute your domain name for the occurrences of YOUR_DOMAIN.

  3. Test your functional WWW bulletin board at the following URL:

      http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/wwwboard/

    Documenation

    The scripts are written in Perl and created by Matt Wright. WWW Board 2.0 is just one of many scripts written by Matt that are available at http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/. The WWW Board 2.0 tar file includes the following documentation files:
      README
        The necessary Install Instructions. Since you have already installed the WWW Board 2.0 software, this file is for your information only.

        ADMIN_README

          The wwwadmin.pl readme file. This document contains information about how to adimistrate your bulletin board, including how to delete messages, etc.

          faq.html

            A list of frequently asked questions.

            Administration

            WWW Board 2.0 allows you to perform certain administrative tasks. To access the administration utilities, access the following URL:
              http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN/cgi-bin/wwwboard/wwwadmin.pl

              Please see the ADMIN_README file for more information about how to use the administrative utilities.

              bd