skWare's HTML Whos Online Online Documentation

Release 1.00g


Introduction

skWare's skWhosOnline is a program that produces an HTML page on the fly for callers using a browser. This page will show the current people online and allow them to send any caller currently online caller email if they want. The template used by the program can be fully customisable by the sysop.

Usage of this software is covered by skWare's Software License which you should read at some stage and you should also check out skWare's Software Warranty. You may also want to check out the Trademarks page at some stage.

You should definately read the Software History page.

You can also check out skWare Online for the latest information on this program and also the others written by skWare.

In this documentation we have assumed that Wildcat! has been installed on drive d: in the directory wc5 resulting in the fact that the default wildcat directory is d:\wc5, as this is how our development system is set up. Your system may not be set up like this.

Upgrading to v1.00g

To upgrade to v1.00g you should first install the program as decribed in the installation section. You should then:-

Installation

To install skWhosOnline you should follow these steps.

Configuration File

The operation of the program is controlled by the configuration file. This configuration file is called skware.cfg and must be in your WildCat data directory (d:\wc5\data). This file is in the process of being setup so that it is shared by all of skWare's programs as the single source of configuration information. An example file has been shipped with the package called skware.cfg.dist which can be used as an example.
It is an 'ini' type file the contents for the [skwhosonline] section are described in the following table.
ParameterDescription
RegCode Once registered this parameter should contain your registration code as supplied by skWare. In the shareware version this should contain the word "SHAREWARE" without the quotes.
ShowOpenDialUp If this parameter is set to 'YES' the program will display free nodes that are open for dialup connection. If this parameter is set to 'NO' then free nodes open for dialup will not be displayed.
ShowOpenTelNet If this parameter is set to 'YES' the program will display free nodes that are open for telnet connection. If this parameter is set to 'NO' then free nodes open for telnet will not be displayed.
HomePageLink This is the link to your home page. It is used by the Home button so that the user can return quickly to you home page.
BackPageLink This is the link used by the back button so the user can return quickly to the page that called the query program.

HTML Template Customisation

The template used by the program is totally customisable. The template supplied is in the http\skware\template\whosol and can be edited by any text editor to suit your needs.

Registration

To Register skWhosOnline print the file register.txt fill it in, and send it and the required amount to the following address:-
skWare
PO Box 9559
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
If you want to pay by Credit Card (either Mastercard or Visa) to can either print the file ccreg.txt fill it in and send to the address above or fill in the form and email it to
skWare.

You can also register online at skWare Online - Online Registration.

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