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- FDSITE Version 1.03
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- for Frontdoor Version 2
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- Copyright (C) 1995 Donald Kerr 2:259/88@fidonet
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- Released 28th February 1995
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- FDSITE is a program that changes the site information stored by Frontdoor.
- You can configure FDSITE to change the name field, the location field or
- both.
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- This is the ideal way to advertise some aspect of your BBS, or display
- a witty comment, to all mail callers!
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- FDSITE was designed to be run as part of you daily BBS maintenance i.e. as
- part of your BBS batch file. An example is given later in this document.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Disclaimer ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- I am responsible for nothing! The program has been throughly tested and
- should present no problems when used as described.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Installation ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- Installation is straightforward. Just unzip the file FDSITE.ZIP to a
- directory of your chosing e.g. "C:\FDSITE". See 'Distribution' below for
- a list of files included in the archive.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Operation ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- FDSITE uses one of two list files namely "NAME.LST" or "LOCATION.LST".
- These are plain ASCII files and must be located in the same directory as
- the file "FDSITE.EXE". They take the following format :-
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- ; --- NAME.LST or LOCATION.LST ------------------------------------------
- ;
- ; Lines starting with a semicolon or a space are ignored
- ;
- ; Line 1 and all subsequent lines contain the text that you
- ; want to display. Names can be up to 49 characters long
- ; and locations a maximum of 39 although only 30 and 32
- ; characters respectively are displayed on Frontdoor's screen.
- ; The remaining characters are transmitted and can be viewed in
- ; Frontdoor's log file.
- ;
- Firelink Glasgow Scotland
- Firelink - General and Fire Brigades BBS
- Firelink - for Pascalnet
- Firelink BBS
- ;
- ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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- FDSITE takes one of three command line parameters i.e. either "NAME",
- "LOCATION" or "REG". These can be shortened to "N", "L" or "R" if you
- prefer. Additionally, a numerical parameter in the range 1 to 32767
- can be added after the parameter Name or Location e.g. "FDSITE NAME 6".
- This would cause FDSITE to use the given line number and will move the
- internal 'next line' variable to that number plus one. 32767 is the
- maximum number of lines your list file can have and I challenge you to
- exceed it!
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- The parameter "NAME" will cause FDSITE to change the contents of the
- name field as displayed by Frontdoor according to the contents of the list
- file "NAME.LST". "LOCATION" will cause FDSITE to change the location
- details. "REG" displays a short screen which gives information on
- registering the program. There is also registration information below.
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- Ideally, FDSITE should be run from your BBS batch file. Just add the
- following lines to your batch file as part of your daily maintenance:-
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- REM -----------------------------------------
- C:
- CD\FDSITE
- FDSITE NAME
- FDSITE LOCATION
- REM -----------------------------------------
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- The following line is required in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to allow FDSITE
- to locate the file SETUP.FD :-
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- "SET FD=C:\FD" where "C:\FD" is the location of your version of SETUP.FD.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Distribution ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- You are encouraged to copy this program and share it with others. If you
- can personally pass this program to another BBS I would be most grateful.
-
- Please ensure that the archive contains the following files:-
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- FDSITE.EXE - The main program.
- FDSITE.DOC - This documentation file.
- NAME.LST - A sample name list file.
- LOCATION.LST - A sample location list file.
- FILE_ID.DIZ - A description file.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Registration ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- Registration is not a requirement for non-commercial sites but would be
- appreciated if your financial situation permits. Commercial sites must
- register if they use this utility in any regular way i.e. as part of a
- daily or weekly maintenance routine. Non-commercial sites may send a
- postcard of their home town as an alternative to the registration fee.
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- The cost of registering this version is only five UK pounds or equivalent.
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- Send your registration fee to - Donald Kerr
- 2 Rowans Gardens
- Bothwell
- Glasgow G71 8BE
- United Kingdom
-
- The use of other small utilities written by the author is included in the
- fee.
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- │ ▒▒▒▒ Support ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ │
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- Help is available by Netmail from the Fidonet address 2:259/88 A short
- list of other programs written by the author may be freqed as "PROGS" from
- the same address, or you may call the Firelink BBS on +44-1698-854685 and
- download the File "PROGS.TXT".
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- If you have any ideas for short utilities connected with Comms or BBS then
- please let me know.
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