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[coldfused]

1. INSTALLATION
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a)

SETTING PATH TO PERL:

- Open "admin.cgi" and "guest.cgi" in a text editor and set the
path to perl. This is generally:
#!/usr/bin/perl
or
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
or any another variation.
If you dont know your path to Perl, contact your server Admin.


b)

CREATING FOLDERS:

- Create a folder on your server for your Fresh Guest Book.
Named to whatever you want.
(In the following example we simply name it "guestbook&quot

- Create a folder named "smilies" inside "guestbook".
(The folder must be named "smilies&quot

- Create a folder named "data" inside "guestbook".
(The folder must be named "data&quot


c)

UPLOADING FILES:

- Upload "guest.cgi" and "admin.cgi" into the "guestbook" folder
in ASCII mode.

- Upload all files from the "data" folder into the "data" folder
on your server in ASCII mode.

- Upload all files from the "smilies" folder into the "smilies"
folder on your server in BINARY mode.


d)

SETTING FILE PERMISSIONS:

- Chmod "guest.cgi" and "admin.cgi" 755 (rwxr-xr-x).

- Chmod all files in the "data" folder 666 (rw-rw-rw).
(or 777 (rwxrwxrwx) if you have problems).

ok guys i have made it up to d.
this is the part that i don't understand..can someone please explain or walk me through this part..

carlsatterwhite@endangeredgraphics.com

 

[davdesign]

Carl

if you're using an FTP program, when you've uploaded just Right-click the relevant file and select CHMOD, then type in the numbers above for the relevant files. It basically just lets the server know which files can be written to by the user.

dave

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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[coldfused]

ok dave got ya..now the data folder has about ten files in it ..do i have to do each one?.

carlsatterwhite@endangeredgraphics.com

 

[davdesign]

yes

dave@pinkzeppelin.com

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[coldfused]

ok thanks for your help man..back to the game!

carlsatterwhite@endangeredgraphics.com

 

[coldfused]

dave are you still around?

carlsatterwhite@endangeredgraphics.com

 

[goBoating]

what's up virt2001? Dave may be napping, but, there are others listening.


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