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- Last Revision: 1/31/95
- This PPD script (PHOME.PPD) will assist you in developing a simple,
- personal home page for the World Wide Web.
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-
- defaultusername=PPD User
- defaultuseremail=user@ppd.org
- defaultusereditor=c:\utils\qedit.exe
- defaultpagetitle=Personal Page Designer Home Page
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=Welome to the Personal Page Designer (Ver 1.0)
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- The Personal Page Designer will help you design a personal {World Wide Web}
- page without the difficulty of programming in the HTML or HTML+ languages.
- You will be asked a series of questions and your replies will be the basis
- upon which your home page is constructed.
-
- {PPD} will {automatically} create an HTM page named {HOMEPAGE.HTM} for you. You
- can then use this page on the Internet or as your own home page when running
- your favorite WWW browser. {If a file by the name of HOMEPAGE.HTM already
- exists in this directory it will be overwritten.}
-
- You will need to use your favorite MSDOS text editor to create portions of
- your home page. {PPD} will handle this for you if you {specify where your
- editor is located}. For example, if your MSDOS editor is located in the
- directory "C:\UTILS" and is named "QEDIT.EXE", you should specify your
- editor as {"C:\UTILS\QEDIT.EXE"} (without the quotation marks). The editor
- should also be able to be loaded with a filename as an argument.
-
- end/
- screencolor=white
- input=Press [RETURN] to continue:
- screencolor=lightgray
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=Checking Your Editor
- blankline=
- begin display
- OK, let's give your editor a try.
-
- At the next prompt enter the full path and name of your text editor.
- {PPD} will then try to open your editor with the filename "TEST.INC".
-
- Remember to enter the full path and filename, like:
-
- {C:\UTILS\MYEDITOR.EXE}
-
- If your editor happens to be {C:\UTILS\QEDIT.EXE} than all you need to do
- is press [RETURN] at the next prompt; otherwise you will need to specify
- your own editor's path and filename.
-
- Here we go . . .
-
- end/
-
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- usereditor=
- screencolor=lightgray
- edit=test.inc
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=Did Your Editor Load?
- begin display
- If everything worked OK you should have seen your text editor with the
- filename {"TEST.INC"} as the file being edited. If that is what happened
- you are on your way and you should answer {"Y"} to the next prompt.
-
- If your text editor did not appear than you should press {"A"} at the next
- prompt to cancel {PPD} operations until you can locate your text editor and
- get it to run properly. The most likely problem is that you did not specify
- the correct path and name of your text editor.
-
- Once you locate your editor, try {PPD} again.
-
- end/
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- confirm=Press "Y" to continue, "N" or "A" to cancel the program ?
- screencolor=lightgray
-
- forcefile=HOMEPAGE.HTM
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=Your Personal Information
- blankline=
- begin display
- We will begin by gathering some personal information about you.
-
- First you will need a {title} for your home page. Try to keep it short
- and snappy so that browsers can remember it.
-
- Your {name} will be used to identify you as the {Web Master} -- the owner
- and operator of your home page, while your {E-Mail} address will be used
- to allow others to contact you if you choose to put your home page on the
- Internet or elsewhere.
-
- end/
-
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- inputusername=
- inputuseremail=
- pagetitle=
- screencolor=lightgray
-
- writelinetofile=<html>
- writelinetofile=<head><title>Personal Page Designer</title></head>
- writelinetofile=<body><h1><img align=bottom src="home.gif"></a>
- writelinetofile= [pagetitle$]</h1>
- writelinetofile=<hr>
- writelinetofile=<i>Your Web Master is [USERNAME$] - [USEREMAIL$]</i><br>
- writelinetofile=<hr>
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=About Your Home Page
- blankline=
- begin display
- You can now tell your users about your home page. It's a good idea to keep
- this section {short and interesting}. Ten to fifteen lines would be best.
- {PPD} will let you use your text editor to create this section in a file named
- {"ABOUT.INC"}. When you have finished your home page you can always run {PPD}
- again to make changes. As long as you do not delete the file {"ABOUT.INC"} it
- will be available the next time you run {PPD}.
-
- Here are a few tips on creating {special effects}:
-
- If you want to highlight a word or phrase, begin the sequence with a {<b>} and
- end it with a {</b>}. If you want to seperate lines or paragraphs in your text
- just enter a blank line with your text editor. {PPD} will notice this and make
- the necessary conversion.
-
- end/
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- input=When you are ready to begin just hit [RETURN]
- screencolor=lightgray
- edit=about.inc
- writelinetofile=<h3><img align=middle src="notice.gif"></a>
- writelinetofile= About this page . . .</h3>
- readfile=about.inc
- writelinetofile=<hr>
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=What's New
- blankline=
- begin display
- Now you can tell the user what is new on your home page. You will use the
- editor just like you did in the last section.
-
- Try to keep this section short and interesting also.
-
- Your creation will be kept in the file {WHATSNEW.INC} is this directory in
- case you want to change it later.
-
- end/
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- input=When you are ready to begin just hit [RETURN]
- screencolor=lightgray
- edit=whatsnew.inc
- writelinetofile=<h3><img align=middle src="newsicon.gif"></a>
- writelinetofile= What's new . . .</h3>
- readfile=whatsnew.inc
- writelinetofile=<hr>
-
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=Other Web Hot Spots
- blankline=
- begin display
- Now you will be able to offer your browsers a few interesting places to visit
- on the World Wide Web.
-
- We have provided a file named {PLACES.INC} which contains a few of the more
- interesting spots to visit. This file is in the form of URLs -- addresses
- your browsers can click to be sent off to that page.
-
- You can add or delete lines from this file if you wish, just make sure you
- know how to properly construct a URL before you add or change any lines.
- If you are unsure, just save the file and the default URLs will be added to
- your home page.
-
- end/
-
- blankline=
- screencolor=white
- input=When you are ready to begin just hit [RETURN]
- screencolor=lightgray
- edit=places.inc
- writelinetofile=<h3>Other Web Hot Spots . . .</h3>
- readfile=places.inc
-
-
-
- writelinetofile=<hr>
- writelinetofile=Page designed by: [USEREMAIL$] with the help of
- writelinetofile=Personal Page Designer.
- writelntofile</body></html>
-
- screenclear=
- centerline=You've Done It!
- blankline=
- begin display
- Ok, your home page is now complete. You should move the file {HOMEPAGE.HTM}
- to the default directory for your Web browser to view it. You may also want
- to use this new home page on the Internet. To do so, you should upload this
- page to your service provider and rename it to {HOMEPAGE.HTML}.
-
- We hope you found using {Personal Page Designer} simple and fun. If you are
- interested in other scripts for use with {PPD}, or you would like to learn
- more about {PPD} and its scripting capabilities, please contact us at:
-
- { Satore Township
- P.O. Box 750836
- Petaluma, CA 94975-0836
-
- Our Web Page -> ftp://ftp.crl.com/ftp/users/ro/mikekell/html/satore.htm
- Our FTP Site -> ftp.crl.com/ftp/users/ro/mikekell/ftp}
-
-
-
- end/
- input=Press [RETURN] to return to your operating system:
- screencolor=lightgray
- screenclear=
- endfile=
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