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# Cliff's Never Ending Story Script Version 1.02                             # 
# Copyright 1998 Shaven Ferret Productions                                   #
# Created 10/21/98     Last Modified 10/30/97                                #
# Available at http://www.shavenferret.com/scripts                           #
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# and kill the pope, it's not my fault.                                      #
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Hello.  These are the instructions for how to install the message board.
You should have the following files...

        * story.cgi ----- the script 
        * story.html ---- the story
        * readme.txt ---- the file you're reading now

Okay, the first thing to do is to open story.cgi in a text editor.  If perl
is not located at /usr/bin/perl on your system, change the first line of
message.cgi to #! followed by the location of perl (no spaces).

Scroll down to line 24 and enter the server path (not the URL) to the
story.html file.  If you want to require people to use their names when
adding to the story, change the 0 in line 28 to a 1.  If you want to require
people to use their e-mail addresses when adding to the story, change the 0
in line 32 to a 1.  If you don't want the script to e-mail you whenever
someone adds on to the story, you're done configuring the script, and you
can skip to the next paragraph.  If, however, you do want the script to e-mail
you when people add to the story, delete the # in front of line 41.  Now
scroll down to line 44 and enter the path to your mail program.  Finally,
change you\@yourdomain.com to your e-mail address with a backslash before the
@ (clifftm@shavenferret.com would be entered as clifftm\@shavenferret.com).

Congratulations, you're done configuring the script.  If it isn't going to
have the URL /cgi-bin/story.cgi once uploaded, open story.html in a text
editor and enter the URL of story.cgi in line 19.

Now upload story.cgi and story.html.  Set story.cgi's permissions to 755, and
story.html's permissions to 777.  You're done!

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* Troubleshooting                                                            
* If you're having problems with the script, please read the following before
* asking me for help.                                                        
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* Script returns 500 Internal Server Error
        * Make sure you've changed the first line of story.cgi to #! and 
          then the path to perl on your system
        * Make sure you've uploaded story.cgi as ascii, not binary.
        * Make sure you've set the permissions for story.cgi to 755.

* Story is not updated
        * Make sure that you've entered the server path (not the URL) to the
          story page in story.cgi
        * Make sure that you've set the story page's permissions to 777.

* Script doesn't send e-mail.
        * Make sure that you've entered the correct path to your mail program.

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