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.
To upgrade to v1.00g you should first install the program as decribed in the installation section. You should then:-
- The configuration file has changed from skwhosonline.cfg to skware.cfg. You will need to edit the configuration file skware.cfg as per the section on the configuration file transfering you registration code across. Also please note that that v1.00g has two new parameters namely ShowOpenDialUp and ShowOpenTelNet. Please check the section on configuration to see what these are used for.
- If you have made changes to the old header/footer templates you will need to apply these changes to the new template file called http\skware\template\whosol\main.htm as we now only have one template.
- Once you are happy with the new version you can delete the following files as they are no longer used:-
- data\skwhosonline.cfg
- http\skware_templates\skwhosonline_html_footer.htm
- http\skware_templates\skwhosonline_html_header.htm
To install skWhosOnline you should follow these steps.
- Unzip the package skwo100g.zip into a temporary directory with a 32 bit unzip program such as unzip as shipped with WildCat.
- Move the following files to your default WildCat directory (eg: d:\wc5).
- html-skwhosonline.wcx
- The rest of the files supplied in the package are in relative directories and should be moved as follows:-
Source Directory Example Destination Directory data d:\wc5\data http\skware\ol_docs\whosol d:\wc5\http\skware\ol_docs\whosol http\skware\template\whosol d:\wc5\http\skware\template\whosol - Next you should edit the configuration file skware.cfg as explained in the section on the configuration file.
- Add one or more links to the game on the pages that you want. An example of the link required is as follows:-
<a href="/code/html-skwhosonline.wcx"<b>Skware's HTML Whos Online</b></a>
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.
Parameter Description 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.
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.
To Register skWhosOnline print the file register.txt fill it in, and send it and the required amount to the following address:-
skWareIf 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.
PO Box 9559
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
You can also register online at skWare Online - Online Registration.