Message Board Component for Fusion 3.0

Requirements--
The Message Board components require a web server capable of executing files 
with the extension .cgi.  The .cgi files need to be published to a directory has 
executable permission.

Tested Web Servers--
The Message Board component for Fusion 3.0 is supported on the following 
servers:

	+Apache (Linux)	
 	+Netscape FastTrack 2.0 (NT 4.0)
	+Netscape Enterprise 2.0(NT 4.0)
      	+IIS 2.0/3.0(NT 4.0)
	+WebSTAR 2.0 (Mac)

The Mac version server-side files initially have .bin extension.  These files 
were stored as a Mac Binary file, with its entire content on the data fork.  
When publishing to a Mac server, the Mac server should convert and rename these 
files to .cgi.  However, if the server is not configured to automatically 
convert the files to a Mac Perl 5 executable, you may have to manually convert 
these files on the server with a utility, such as MacBinary II+.

The Message Board may not work on IIS4. IIS 4 sets the PATH_TRANSLATED variable 
differently than other servers or its predecessors.  The Message Board server-
side executables assumes the PATH_TRANSLATED to be the directory the cgi 
resides.  This is not true on IIS4.

On the client side, the Message Board requires a JavaScript browser compliant to 
Netscape JavaScript standards.  This was tested on the following browsers
	
	+Netscape 3.0, 4.0 (for NT/Win 95/Mac/Sun)
	+MSIE 3.0, 4.0 (for NT/Win 95) - with Script patch/Debugger patch.

The Message Board component does not work properly with MSIE on the Mac 
platform.


Restrictions--
The Message Board has the following restrictions
	+There should only be one Message Board per .nod file
	+The Message Board component may not work with IIS4, as stated above.
	+The user must access the Message Board with the full URL (complete domain 
	name and path).  For example:
		http://www.yourcompany.com/david/   (is correct)
     		http://yourcompany/david/           (is incorrect)


Setting up the Message Board Component--
There are 3 properties that need to be set in the layout view for the Message 
Board.

	+Page Title
	This is the title text that is going to appear on your Message Board 
	Window.

	+Publish to Unix/Window/Mac
	This property specifies the type of web server that the BBS is being to 
	published to. The Unix version of the Message Board Component sends a perl 
	5 script.  This script requires a Perl 5 interpreter from your Web Server.  
	The Windows version of the cgi is a executable which requires a web server 
	which allows .cgi execution and the environment variable PATH_TRANSLATED 
	be the directory the cgi resides.  The Mac version is a binary Perl 5 file 
	requiring Mac Perl 5 on the server.

	+Perl Path for Unix	
	This is the path where your Perl 5 CGI script can found the Perl 
	interpreter during any CGI access of your BBS.  The Perl script is written 
	and tested for Perl 5.  If you have access to a unix shell prompt, the 
	location can be obtained by typing "which perl" or "which perl5" at the 
	prompt.  The output of the command is the perl 5 path to put in for this 
	box. If you are unable to locate the Perl 5 interpreter on the server, 
	please contact your ISP/Webmaster/MIS staff.

Miscellaneous Notes--
	+The Message Board Component shipped with Fusion 3.0 handles quotation 
	marks in the name field correctly.