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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.