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- ▐▐ ▐▐ ▐▐ │ Program Name: Donations Encourager │
- ▐▐ECCA▐▐ │ Release # : 1 │
- │ Release Date: August 1993 │
- ▐▐ ARE▐▐ │ Software : Maximus, Maximus/2 │
- ▐▐ ▐▐ ▐▐ │ Author : Chris Dornfeld │
- ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- ■ Overview
-
- The Donations Encourager is a program designed to assist SysOps in getting
- donations from their users. I know what SysOps go through to keep their BBSs
- online, and sometimes users need a little extra encouragement to contribute to
- the cause. Hence this program, Donations Encourager. With it, your users will
- see a message highlighting their name as a non-donator and then a delay for a
- SysOp-specified amount of time, or if they have donated they will receive a
- special thank-you message. There is also an option to make a user "exempt" from
- seeing either message, for people like the SysOp who don't want to waste their
- time waiting for the delay to run out and don't want to see a message of
- thanks.
-
- ■ Setup
-
- DE is easy to setup. The following files were included:
-
- DE MEC - The MECCA program displaying the donation message
- DEPAUSE BBS - Sample 5-second delay linked after DE
- DESETUP MEC - The DE SysOp control program for customizing & maintaining DE
-
- The *.MEC files above should be compiled using MECCA and then all 3 files
- should be moved to your main BBS directory (usually \MAX). Next, install the
- two main files as shown below:
-
- ─ End of WELCOME.MEC ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- ...
- [link]\Max\DE
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- ..and..
-
- ─ MENUS.CTL ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- Menu SysOp
- ...
- Display_File \Max\DESetup SysOp "*DE Setup"
- ...
- End Menu
- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
- Then compile your WELCOME.MEC with MECCA, and your MENUS.CTL with SILT, and
- DE is all set. You can also insert DESETUP as a Function-key macro if you wish.
-
- ■ Warranty
-
- None. This software is free, so why should I support it? What you do with
- it is your business; I am never held responsible for any problems "caused"
- by use of this program.
-
- ■ DESetup Commands
-
- [1] Set Donations Msg Delay Time - Change pause length after DE
- [2] Thank a Donating User - Remove Delay/Msg from a User & Thank
- [3] Make a User Exempt - Remove Delay/Msg from a User w/o Thanks msg
- [4] Test out DE - View sample DE screen
- [?] Help - Online summary of commands
- [Q] Quit - Exit from DE Installation
-
- ■ About Option [1]: Set Donations Msg Delay Time
-
- This option allows you to change the length of the pause given to the user
- after displaying the donations screen (i.e., after displaying DE.BBS). Valid
- times are from .5 - 10 seconds. Examples: 0.5, 1.0, 7, 9.5, 10. This creates
- or overwrites the DEPAUSE.BBS file, linked by DE.BBS when finished displaying
- the message. A sample DEPAUSE.BBS, included in this package, is set for the
- default pause time of 5 seconds. Change it if you wish.
-
- ■ About Option [2]: Thank a Donating User
-
- When a user of yours finally catches on and decides to send you a contribu-
- tion, they no longer deserve the annoying message and frustrating delay. They
- also deserve a message of thanks commemorating them for their donations. So
- when you receive their money, fire up DESETUP and enter either their name
- WITHOUT SPACES (Examples: JOEUSER instead of Joe User), or their user number
- where the SysOp's number starts at 0. Then when they log on, the message and
- delay are gone and in their place is a special thanks.
-
- ■ About Option [3]: Make a User Exempt
-
- Then there are the special occasions where a user isn't required to donate
- (such as for CoSysOps or something) and therefore don't want to see either
- the msg/delay OR the thanks msg. When this is the case, follow the same
- instructions here as with option #2 and when they log on, they will not even
- suspect DE is passing them by. Another method of removing either message from
- the "authorities" is to put a line like [abelow link]DE in your WELCOME.MEC
- and only those Asst-SysOp or below will see the message.
-
- ■ About Option [4]: Test out DE
-
- This simply loads the DE.BBS screen for a test-drive of how it will look.
- Note that if the user you are on as is marked as Exempt or Donating, you
- will either see nothing or the thank-you message.
-
- ■ About MecWare
-
- MecWare is my software "company". I, Chris Dornfeld, am the only member as
- of now. I produce programs written in Maximus MECCA language for the
- convenience of Maximus SysOps and for the needs of myself. Many of my
- programs, such as this one, were written with release into a major file
- network such as SDS in mind. Many of my previous programs can be found in
- the SDS still. I don't run my own BBS as of yet, but by October when I have
- a new computer my BBS (which is finished now as for software) will go online.
- I may or may not choose to support MecWare on it.
-
- ■ Note from the Author
-
- Thanks for taking the time to view this doc. I worked rather hard on the
- program included here, and your support is appreciated. If you have any
- problems or suggestions, leave me a note in most FidoNet Maximus-related
- echoes. And watch for future releases!!
-
- * You are free to modify this program to your liking, as long as it is only
- distributed in its true, unmodified form!
-
- ■ Donations Encourager is by Chris Dornfeld, 1993
-