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- THE GRAFITTI WALL -
- VERSION 3.0a -
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- by Darryl L. Pierce -
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- The Vampyre Bar! BBS ■ GENIUSnet Headquarters -
- (609) 825-4996 ■ HST Dual Standard -
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- SysOp Documentation -
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OVERVIEW
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Grafitti Wall is a nice door program for users who love to express themselves
in more than just the message conferences. With the Grafitti Wall, they can
post simple one-lines one a wall filled with "grafitti" written by other
users!
When the wall becomes filled with grafitti, it will scroll the oldest lines off
and add the new ones. This saves you the trouble of having to delete lines of
text when there's too much grafitti in the wall.
Also, when the wall is updated as each user adds a line of text, Grafitti
Wall also adds the users name to the data file. Although it is not displayed
to the users when the wall is shown, it is nice for the SysOp to know who
left which line in case the users decide to use profanity or other undesirable
speech in their grafitti.
INSTALLATION
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Installation is very easy and straightforward. The following instructions are
designed to help you get this door up and running in the shortest amount of
time. It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up door programs for
your BBS, so only examples of the configuration files and batch files will
be shown:
1) Create a subdirectory to hold all the files for WALLxxxx.ZIP.
2) Unzip WALLxxxx.ZIP into the above subdirectory.
3) Create a configuration file with the filespec of your own choice. The
configuration file should follow this example:
INTERRUPT ; If this doesn't work, try BIOS.
00000000 ; Registration Serial Number
The Vampyre Bar! BBS ; BBS Name
Darryl ; SysOp's First Name
Basner ; SysOp's Last Name
110 ; Security Level for SysOp Access
50 ; Maximum number of lines for the wall*
C:\THEWALL\THEWALL.TXT ; Full path\filename for the wall data file.
Dracula's Front Door ; The Name You Want To Use For The Wall.
Officer Malone ; The Name you want to give the policeman.
10 ; Number of minutes to give lucky users.
* - Up to 200 lines may be defined by the configuration.
4) Create a batch file to call Grafitti Wall or edit the one supplied with
this archiver (THEWALL). A sample batch file is:
@ECHO OFF ;
CLS ;
D: ;
CD\DOORS\THEWALL ; Change To The Directory For The Door
THEWALL THEWALL.CNF C:\PCB ; Pass the name of the configuration
C: ; file and the full path the active
CD\PCB ; node of PCBoard (to PCBOARD.SYS)
BOARD ; Reload PCBoard
That's it! Now you're already to run THEWALL on your board!
ADOPT-A-DOOR
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I've been running a BBS for a few years now and know what a financial burden it
can be to constantly be expected to keep everything running smoothly without
a little financial support from the users. A friend of mine told me about the
ADOPT-A-DOOR concept for registering doors and utilities for BBSs.
With the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept, a user would send in a donation to the SysOp
that has the intended purpose of paying the registration fee for a specified
door or utility for the BBS. In return, most SysOps give the ADOPTive user
a special access level or patron membership. And, in this way, both the user
and the SysOp benefit from the ADOPTion.
Since I began writing doors, I've always liked the idea of ADOPTing doors. So,
I took that into consideration when programming and have implemented a simple
screen in the doors to advertise the ADOPT-A-DOOR policy to the users. This
way, the SysOp doesn't have to post tons of dull messages on ADOPTing doors
and will (hopefully) inspire the BBS' users who enjoy a particular door to
possibly ADOPT it for the BBS!
LEGALITIES
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION
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This package may be made available on your BBS or uploaded to any BBS that you
call provided that the contents of this archive are NOT in any way change,
either by adding or deleting files to the archiver. The archive and any of the
individual files contained therein may NOT be used by any service that charges
any money whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
REGISTRATION
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When you register this door, you will be given a unique registration serial
number that, when inserted into the configuration file of this particular
door, will cause your BBS' name to be displayed while the doors is opening and
also while it is returning to the BBS. In addition, all the built in delays
will subsequently be removed.
To register THEWALL, please fill out the accompanying REGISTER.FRM and send
the prescribed donation ($15) to the name and address at the top of the form.
Make sure that when you fill out the form you write the BBS NAME, YOUR FIRST
NAME and YOUR LAST NAME EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR IN THE CONFIGURATION.
^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Based on the information given in the registration form, I will set up and
pre-registered account on my BBS. That way, you could simply call THE VAMPYRE
BAR! BBS and pick up your registration number.
MISCELLANEOUS
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For the latest version of THEWALL and other great Vampyre Bar! Doors, call
THE VAMPYRE BAR! BBS
609 825-4996 ■ HST DUAL STANDARD
The Home Of GENIUSnet EchoMail Systems
South Jersey Node For ProgNet
Remember, if you have any problems, questions or suggestions, you can drop me
a line through your nearest GENIUSnet (GnetChat, DOORS or BBSing) or ProgNet
(Authors) node and I will gladly get back to you as soon as I receive your
message.