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CLASSIFIED ADS
v4.3
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525 (33.6 USR v.everything)
(404) 705-9104 (33.6 USR v.everything)
(404) 256-9518 (VOICE: 9am-9:30pm EST) any day
FIDO 1:133/6003
(EMAIL) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
Copyright 1992 - 1996, Al Lawrence
All Rights Reserved
Table of Contents
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Overview.......................................................... 1
Installation...................................................... 2
Configuration File Description.................................... 3
Restrictions...................................................... 4
Modify an Ad...................................................... 4
Download Ads...................................................... 4
Reading Ads Offline............................................... 5
NEWS Option (CLNEWS.TXT).......................................... 5
Topics File (CLTOPICS)............................................ 6
Usage Log......................................................... 6
Category File..................................................... 7
Welcome and Goodbye Files......................................... 8
'Pay to Advertise'................................................ 9
Purging Ads, Messages............................................. 10
Database Exchange................................................. 11
Setting up a Hub to Exchange files................................ 13
Non-Standard COM Support.......................................... 15
Multi-Node Setup.................................................. 16
File Transfer Protocols (PROTOCOL.DAT)............................ 17
File Compression (COMPRESS.DAT)................................... 18
Limiting Exports by Category (CLEXPORT.DAT)....................... 19
Maintenance Program (CLMAINT)..................................... 20
PrePaid Ads....................................................... 21
Credit Card Data Collection (CLCREDIT.TXT/CLCREDIT.DAT)........... 22
PICTURE File Compression (CLEXCMPR.DAT)........................... 22
Legalities........................................................ 23
Distribution...................................................... 23
Registration...................................................... 23
Misc.............................................................. 24
Page 1
OVERVIEW
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The CLASSIFIED Ads Door is designed to allow callers to post Classified Ads
in any of the unlimited categories you have set up. You can designate each
category to be "FREE" or "PAY". "PAY" categories give you the option of
charging businesses/individuals for posting their ads; similar to your
local newspapers.
Optionally, electronic pictures of the products being posted, can be
attached to an Ad for the caller to access. Please note that this option
requires an additional registration.
NOTE: Most errors will be logged to a file called DFRAME.ERR which is
created in the Classified Door directory.
Page 2
INSTALLATION
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Installation is fairly easy and straight forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
(if required by your BBS software) are described.
**** SHARE.EXE is REQUIRED! Place the word SHARE on a line by itself ****
**** in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, anywhere after your PATH statement. ****
1) Create a directory to hold all CLASSIFY files
2) Unzip CLASFYxx.ZIP into the the above directory
3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or modify
the supplied CLASSIFY.CFG file. You can do this manually with an editor
of your choice OR you can use the configuration option in the
Classified Ads Maintnenance program (CLMAINT). The configuration file
layout/description can be found further on in this document
4) Create a batch file or modify the CLASSIFY file supplied (if your BBS
software requires the use of a batch file to execute the door). A
description of this file follows:
ECHO off
cd\BBS\DOORS\CLASSIFY Location of CLASSIFY files
CLASSIFY CLASSIFY.CFG EXE filename and CFG filename (Name
used in creating file in #3 above)
CD\BBS
BOARD
5) When running more than one node, read MULTI-NODE SETUP further on
in this document.
6) Unzip CLBATCH.ZIP, which contains working batch files examples for
some popular protocols.
Page 3
CLASSIFIED ADS CONFIGURATION FILE
** Location of system file (See Below)
SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
Al Sysop's First name
Lawrence Sysop's Last Name
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| READ! 1 CommPort \ These 2 lines are required |
| READ! 1 Node # / ONLY for GTUSER.BBS |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
00000000 Registration Number
# 2 Keyboard timeout value in Minutes
# NONE Drive:\Path\Filename to contain the ASCII Bulletin
summarizing all Ads in the database
# NONE Drive:\Path\Filename to contain the COLOR Bulletin
summarizing all Ads in the database
Y Y=Display the Originating BBS Name, N = Do NOT
N Y = Use European Date Format (DDMMYY)
N = Use Regular Date Format (MMDDYY)
0 Minimum Logon Security Level required to use the new
AD option. Zero(0) will allow access to everyone.
0 Minimum Logon Security Level required to use the
DELETE option. Zero(0) will allow access to everyone
0 Minimum Logon Security Level required to use the
MODIFY option. Zero(0) will allow access to everyone
0 Minimum Logon Security Level required to use the
MESSAGES option. Zero(0) allows access to everyone.
00000000 Ads Exchange Program Registration Number
SUN80 Name of the EXPORT file that is generated by the
CLEXCH program. We suggest that it be a unique name.
DO NOT include an extension! Maximum of 6 characters
WELCOME Name of the WELCOME file. CAN contain an extension.
GOODBYE Name of the GOODBYE file. CAN contain an extension.
(Any Info You Wish) Additional information about your BBS, that will be
displayed with each Ad posted