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DEVELOPER: Payne-Mennie Computing Services
PROGRAM: FilePage v3 Beta 4.
DATE: July 16, 1998
DISCLAIMER:
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This release of FilePage v3.0(beta 4) is yet another beta release
of the FilePage software package.
This beta "does not" expire, and is being made available to the
public as FREEWARE.
Please note that even though this beta is being made available to
the public, we offer no warranties, expressed or implied, to the
operation of this program. The internal code is such that NO HARM
can be caused to your system, although if you run this software
against your existing web site, please be aware that the default
output filename created/overwritten is INDEX.HTM. If you wish
to change this, edit the FILEPAGE.CNF and change the output
filename.
All attempts have been made to limit the ability of FilePage to
ONLY be able to write/create the requested html output files.
Please report any bugs to PLANETWIDE@BMTMICRO.COM
What is FilePage?:
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FilePage is a standalone program that creates html file-lists. To take this
a bit further than the basic idea; FilePage will index your file distribution
directories on your web server, and created customizable html output for your
web visitors to use as a navigating tool.
The HTML output is linked such that your web visitors may traverse your
web directories without using their browsers BACK BUTTON. For a sample
demonstration of the capabilities of FilePage, visit our OS/2 shareware
download site and experience it first hand at:
http://www.pr.uoguelph.ca/_01_/index.htm
FilePage is totally configurable, meaning that you can make alterations to
the foreground and background colours, table cell properties, file exclusions,
even choose your graphical icons, and much much more.
Once you have FilePage configured to your liking, let it loose on your file
directories and let it do the hard work of maintaining your web site. What
would take the webmaster several hours is completed in seconds. No kidding!
If this sounds interesting to you, read the rest of the documentation to
discover more about one of the best web tools for OS/2.
Best Regards,
Chris Payne
planetwide@bmtmicro.com
http://www.pr.uoguelph.ca/cpayne/planet.htm
Payne-Mennie Computing Services
CONTACT US:
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We encourage feedback from the public. Please email us if you
find any problems with the software running on your hardware,
or if you just wish to say "Hello".
Watch our web site for periodic updates.
URL: http://www.pr.uoguelph.ca/cpayne/planet.htm
EMAIL: planetwide@bmtmicro.com
[ What's NEW in Beta-4 ]
- Cleaned up some code to speed up sub-directory indexing.
- Removed expirey code.
- Released the software as FREEWARE.
[ What's NEW in Beta-3e ]
- Descriptions file entry length limit extended to 1,256 characters.
255(long filename)+1000(description)
- All byte values written to the html output are now comma delimited for
easy reading.
(eg: 1000 bytes == 1,000 bytes
123456 bytes == 123,456 bytes
1234567 bytes == 1,234,567 bytes
123456789 bytes == 123,456,789 bytes, etc...)
- Updated routines to allow for deep subdirectory indexing.
- Updated the html output routines to support (3)three levels of html
formatting detail; configured in the filepage.cnf file:
(eg: FORMAT FULL = full formatting
FORMAT BASIC = 1/2 detail of FULL
FORMAT PRE = 1/8th detail of FULL(utilizes html <PRE> tags)
- Beta release expiration is extended to APRIL 30, 1998.
[ What's in Beta-3d ]
- New KEYWORD in FilePage.cnf:
FORMAT full - instructs filepage to use full formatted table
information in the html output file. Could get
very large if hundreds of files are processed
in the directory.
FORMAT bare - instructs filepage to use basic formatting
table information in the html output file. Icons
and descriptions are excluded from the output.
Table size is 1/2 the size of full formatted
output when all features are counted.
- New connamd line parameters added:
FILE:filename.ext - supply a new output htm/html filename on the fly.
The specified filename will be created throughout
the entire directory tree if the SUB option is
enabled.
Filename must be at least (1)one character in
length, AND it MUST have the file extension, .HTM,
or .HTML. If the filename is invalid, the setting
associated with FILENAME in the FILEPAGE.CNF will
become the default output filename.
Failing this, INDEX.HTM becomes the output default.
SCHEME:filename.scm - supply a (.scm)SCHEME filename, and each of the
attributes stored within the (.scm)SCHEME file will
be used to configure the html output.
All (.scm)SCHEME files must reside in the directory
specified by the SET FILEPAGE= environment
variable.
A (.scm)SCHEME filename must be at least (1)one
character in length, AND it MUST have the .SCM
file extension.
If the SCHEME file does not meet this criteria,
settings are read from the FILEPAG.CNF file.
Failing this, internal defaults are used.
Note: Keywords and option settings are NOT case-
sensitive.
Any attributes missing in the .scm file will
be set to default internally by FilePage
during initialization.
DIR - instructs FilePage to place the full output path above the
description header cell field.
NODIR - instructs FilePage not to place the full output path above
the description header cell field.
BANNER - specifying this command line option will force FilePage
to search the current working directory for a file with
the name BANNER and place its contents at the top of the
html output during processing.
This is just a simple way to have special notes from the
webmaster, or advertisement banners published at the top
of the file download page.
The user creates a file using plain text, or html tags
to format the information as required.
Simply place the banner file in each sub-directory which
you want to have the banner appear in the html output, and
it will be used during processing.
Note: DO NOT use the <HTML>, <BODY>, <HEAD>, or <TITLE>
tags. If you do include these tags in your banner
file, the html output created by filepage is not
guaranteed.
Be sure to add BANNER to your exclude.cnf if you
do wish to prevent banner file from being included as
a downloadable file.
EXCLUDE - instructs FilePage to use the EXCLUDE.CNF file exclusion
file, if one is located in the current working directory.
NOEXCLUDE - instruct FilePage not to use the EXCLUDE.CNF file exclusion
file; it will not search the current working directory.
LINK - specifying this command parameter will link the new indexes
being created to an upper level directory; a web link
of the same name(ie: index.htm ).
FilePage does not check to see if an upper level link
is available, so one must already exist.
Note: This option is great if you wish to update lower
level sub-directories without processing entire
directory structures. LINK will attach you page
being updated to an page of the same name on the
directory-level above the current working directory.
NOLINK - specifying this command parameter will disable the link
parameter in the FILEPAGE.CNF file.
[ What's in Beta-2 ]
- Corrected a bug which prevented sub directory links from linking to the
proper *.HTM or *.HTML when multiple sets of output are created in the
same directory tree. Fixed!
- Some Command Line options have been added which override settings found
in the FILEPAGE.CNF file. All command line parameters "ARE NOT" case-
sensitive.
MASK - enable file reference masking using the OnMouseOver= statement.
NOMASK - disable file reference masking.
SUB - enable subdirectory indexing.
NOSUB - disable subdirectory indexing. Quit once current directory
is processed.
FILE:filename.ext - supply a new output htm/html filename on the fly.
Output filename is created throughout the entire
directory tree if the SUB option is enabled.
Filename must be at least (1)one character in
lenght, AND it MUST have the .HTM or .HTML
extension otherwise INDEX.HTM becomes the
output default.
[ What's in Beta-1 ]
- Filepage requires an ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE added to your config.sys to
help locate its own files.
- Filepage uses the FILEPAGE.CNF configuration file and command line
parameters to work better for you.
There should only be (1)one copy of this file, and it should be in
the directory specified in the SET FILEPAGE= specified in config.sys.
- The EXTENSION.CNF file is used to control which ICONs are used with
each file processed. A new extension file is supplied with beta-1
which handles most file formats. Add more if you wish...go nuts!
There should only be (1)one copy of this file, and it should be in
the directory specified in the SET FILEPAGE= specified in config.sys.
- Filepage handles SUB direcotries. The enable/disable this feature,
change the setting in the FILEPAGE.CNF to yes or no.
- Filepage uses the EXCLUDE.CNF file to exclude processing of certain
files you wish to protect. A separate copy of this file should be
placed in each SUB directory as required.
- Filepage uses the DESCRIPTIONS file to obtain file descriptions for
each file processed. A separate copy of this file should be
placed in each SUB directory as required.
- Filepage gets individual TITLES for each level of web page from
within the DESCRIPTIONS file. Simply have the keyword TITLE=
somewhere in the descriptions file with the DESIRED TITLE text
beside it(separated by a blank space).
- Icons included in BETA-1 are duplicates and additions to the original
set provided with earlier versions of Filepage. Remove/replace
your original set of icons with the new collection. The new icons are
GIF89 transparent images which look better on backgrounds tiled with
images.
- Background images are now supported by filepage. Supply the relative
path to your X:\webserv\ directory and the Image filename in the
FILEPAGE.CNF file beside keyword: WEB_IMAGE.
It will then be included automatically in the html output during
processing.
(eg: WEB_IMAGE /images/blue.gif )
[ Installing FilePage v3.0 ]
See FILEPAGE.DOC for complete installation and upgrade information.
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