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- So I bet you just got this great new BBS program called Cyberlink
- huh? It looks like it was designed very well, but you want more options.
- You probably have a lot of suggestions for Arthur in the future. I too
- had many thoughts for the future. To my surprise many of the mods I
- wanted to add(better logon sequence, multi-pfiles/text files, etc) were
- already designed to be implemented. The genius in the way this program
- was designed is easy to overlook. I have wrote many mods for Cyberlink
- in both arexx and using the Scripting/Module programs built in. I can
- easily .lha the arexx mods, but the others are done through the menuprefs
- etc, and so I decided to write a file to help those of you who have
- overlooked the option of those mods.
-
- In v2.0 a games section has already been implemented, so I figured I
- would take it one command further. Currently you can have many sub-dirs
- in the games area, and if you QUIT it takes you back to the last sub-dir.
- I decided to add a command to let you go back to the main menu. By doing
- so, I renamed the QUIT option to Backtrack to last dir, and changed the
- command to '/'(like in CLI/C-net). The new command I substituted as (Q)uit
- and for the default I used 'RUNMENU'. This takes you to the main menu.
- This is a very easy program, that no doubt Arthur had already thought
- of in it's design. But I overlooked it at first, and I figured to document
- it so noone else would. haha...
-
- Next I added a text file area. This is basically the same as the games
- area. Add all of the same commands(logoff, backtrack, quit, help). But
- where in the games you use a 'RUNREXXDOOR' or 'RUNCLIDOOR' etc, instead
- here you use 'SHOWTEXT <file>'.
-
- The easiest way I chose to implement the two of these were to assign
- doors: to a sub-dir called doors, and text: to a sub-dir called text.
- This is also very helpful because all the mods I use run out of the
- doors: directory(all Rexx mods that is).
-
- The other benefit of having a text: directory is that you can create
- a logon, login, logoff, etc pic and store it there. Then by modifying
- the scripts/session file for example you can change the logon sequence.
- To place a pic before it asks you your handle simply make the first
- line of scripts/session = 'SHOWTEXT text:logon.txt', etc. Then place
- another one after login that = 'SHOWTEXT text:login.txt'. You can
- also place mods(I placed a graffiti wall and auto-message there) at
- the login using the RUNREXXDOOR commands.
-
- I added my BBS lister mod into the main menu, simply with a RUNREXXDOOR
- call also, and it fits in very nicely. I also added a 'Time and Date'
- command from the main menu(included in this file). This program was
- written for BBBBS, and by changing a few lines I easily converted it
- to Cyberlink and it fits right in.
-
- Using the BBSIDENTIFY REXX command I was able to write a simple
- logon stats program for the time being. I have it in my logon script,
- you can do whatever you want with it.
-
- Another REXXDOOR you might want to add to your session script is the
- last10.rexx... In reality I changed it to be the last 5 callers, but you
- can modify it to however you like... This is always nice to have on your
- board, let the users know who has just got off etc...
-
- I have always liked the USER INFORMATION mod on C-net and before so
- the User Bios mod on Image... So I wrote my own simple User Bios mod for
- Cyberlink. You will probably want to make the users edit their bio when
- they first call so you should add 'RUNREXXDOOR doors:bios/userbios.rexx'
- to your NEWUSER script.
-
- I wrote a very primitive voting booth for the time being. I was going
- to make it more sysop friendly, but it was late and I did it kind of
- sloppy as you have to manually change the topic etc, and can only have
- one topic at a time for now. I will release a better version of it in
- the near future, but in the meantime you can use this(I have it in my
- main menu).
-
- These have been examples of how to implement mods into your Cyberlink.
- I have also included several PFiles(some that I wrote, and some that
- I converted from other programs). I hope you enjoy them, and I would
- love to see some of your own. I give my regards to Arthur Choung for
- the great BBS program he has written, and look forward to more
- great updates in the future.
-
- - The Instigist
- Snake Pit BBS
- (310)863-3754
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