html-node is a node manager that does much the same thing as wcnodew.exe that comes with WINS. It also shows information about the callers, including speed/connection type, time on, time remaining, and node status. It has now been modified to work as an alternative to html-who that is a part of WINS. The ability to manage nodes is not available to anyone who does not have Master Sysop Access. Otherwise it just looks like a more attractive version of html-who.
Since I do a lot of my sysoping remotely, I designed it so I could use the features of wcnode to kick annoying users from remote, without having to leave what I was doing in the terminal client. It also supports bringing nodes up and down.
It also makes a neat sysop's alternative to html-who, as node status is color coded using html table backgrounds.
History
In its first release, it was downloaded 566 times, and even loaded on Mustangs own BBS (now they can update it so that it works :). For all those who downloaded it, thanks, it feels good to do something useful for all the other sysops out there.
This version was released since the old one no longer works after WINS went up to build 443. I thought I'd throw in a few more features at the same time.
Security:
Any user who does not have the master-sysop flag set will not be able to see full details or access this utility interactively. They will simply get the equivalent of html-who.
Installation:
Copy html-node.wcx to your c:\wc5 directory (or wherever you keep your wcx files) and then simply use the URL:
http://myserver.com/code/html-node
To use as a html-who out on the internet, link to:
http://myserver.com/public/code/html-node
If you want to see the sysop detail, you must login to your system.
Its as simple as that! Since its all point and click, you dont really need to know anything else!
Known bugs:
If you kick a user off, then refresh the page, you could inadvertantly kick off the next user who dials into that node, as the cgi command to kick node X will still be the URL.
This has been remedied by adding a META tag that takes it back to the start after 20 seconds, clearing out the html parameters.
