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- All you need to know about the ADDANADD.EXE program
-
- I found myself making two different programs to make BBS Advertisements
- well rounded for the SysOp. For example I thought that a SysOp would like
- the features of deleting old, or not wanted boards, as well as to add some
- to the program, or edit those boards that are already on the list but had
- changes done to the system (i.e. like higher speed modem or bigger hard drive
- added to the Bulletin Board System).
-
- This file will (as best as I can) describe how to use this program. What
- you (as SysOp) will need to worry about etc..
-
- First of all you will notice that when you load the program it will look
- pretty much like the Door version, except that keys will be different etc..
- This is so you will be able to check things out to make sure everything is
- running right before a user logs on and you find a problem through him..
- (problems that I am talking about are making sure the file is in place with
- the correct name, making sure the board is edited right, and making sure the
- ansi screen ends right itself).
-
- The following is what the ADDANADD.EXE file will do..
-
- 1) The program will display the ANSI adds on your screen the way
- they will be displayed on the callers screen when he uses the
- program.
-
- 2) will allow you to Add, Delete, Edit ANSI screens.
-
-
- Now onto what you need to know to do everything..
-
- ******* DELETING A BOARD FROM THE PROGRAM
-
- Ok the one thing you have to keep in mind is that the FILE???? files are
- in order of the menu that is displayed.. If you delete a board from the
- program you will have to delete the FILE???? file that went with it. and
- rename all the other that come after it..
-
- How do I know which FILE???? file goes with each menu choose? well your
- getting ahead of me.
-
- There are 24 boards listed on each menu (when the menu is full) The program
- will automatical make a new menu if you add boards to the program. The 1st
- menu is addressed like this.
-
-
- FILE0000 FILE0012
- FILE0001 FILE0013
- FILE0002 FILE0014
- FILE0003 FILE0015
- FILE0004 FILE0016
- FILE0005 FILE0017
- FILE0006 FILE0018
- FILE0007 FILE0019
- FILE0008 FILE0020
- FILE0009 FILE0021
- FILE0010 FILE0022
- FILE0011 FILE0023
-
- the list continues if the program makes more than one page.. going down
- the left side then filling the right.
-
- So if you deleted the board that was the 4th one down on the left side you
- would delete the file FILE0003 and then you would rename all the other
- files to FILE0004 to FILE003 and so on.. This was the easiest way I could
- do this at present time.. other releases may have that option built in.
-
- That should take care of deleting a board from the program...
-
- ***** ADDING A BOARD TO THE PROGRAM
-
- NOTE: ANSI screens on this program work better if they are no bigger than
- 23 lines. but if it has to be bigger can goto 25.
-
- Adding a program is the easiest part.. just change the name of the ANSI
- file you recieved to the next FILE???? number avaible..
-
- EXAMPLE the last file was named FILE0058 so the next one will be named
- FILE0059 and the next one FILE0060.. and so on..
-
- So as you might have guessed the program is able to handle up to 9,999
- boards.. I think that should be enough... But you never know..
-
- Now after renaming the file to the next FILE???? file. you must then load
- the ADDANADD program, once loaded just hit A for Add a board. This will
- then ask you What the name will be. This can be 30 Charaters in length.
- Then after you enter the name of the board, it will send you to what looks
- like the selection menu. you will go throw and hit your space bar on
- all options that the board can meat.. This way it sets it up for the caller
- to pick what he is looking for and be able to get the response he is looking
- for.
-
- After you are done with the first page, hit the PAGE DOWN key until you find
- the State, country, whatever you need to lock in the location. After you are
- done with all of this, hit ENTER (or RETURN depending on keyboard) and it
- will then save the changes..
-
- NOTE: all information is saved in the INIT file. If this file should become
- erased BBS Advertisements will not work!! It is STRONGLY suggested you make
- backups of the INIT file, if not the whole thing..
-
- ******* EDITING A BOARD
-
- This is probably the easiest thing you can do. just move your cursor to
- the board you wish to edit, then hit the E for edit key, it will ask you
- what the name of the board is. If there is no change in the name you can
- just hit the return or enter key to continue..
-
- NOTE: this may be the way to delete boards from the program. Instead of
- going through and renameing everything you can edit the switches from
- the last board in that place, change the name of the board also, and then
- delete that information from where ever it was you took it from. please
- remember you will have to rename the file???? file to where ever it is
- now located..
-
- EXAMPLE:
-
- board 3 (FILE0002) has gone down, and will no longer be availbe for callers.
- you don't want to rename all 100 boards, so you goto the last board listed
- in the program hit E and look at the settings that are set for that board,
- then goto the third board hit E but this time enter in the new boards name
- and information. Then hit return, exit program and copy FILE0100 to FILE0002
- and erase FILE0100...
-
- ****** Finial notes..
-
- I am not the best at documentations.. the next release will probably be
- better. However instead of waiting that long you can give my board a call
- and ask your questions you may have..
-
- Monty's Place BBS
- (801) 944-8636
-
- You will also see the phone number listed when leaving the ADDANADD.EXE
- program.
-
- I have made a standard FILE0000 file that explains to the user that they
- can add their add to the program. you may wish to edit this to your likeing.
- For example you may wish to tell them to leave all information needed to
- program your board into the program. This is what I ask of my Callers and
- SysOps that wish to add there ANSI add to my MAIN copy of BBS Advertisements.
-
-
- Questionaire for adding you ANSI screen to BBS Advertisments.
-
-
- Name of BBS:
-
-
- Location of BBS: (State, or provence)
-
- Number of BBS:
-
- Size of Hard Drive?:
-
-
- What type of File Directories do you have?:
-
- Shareware [ ]
- Freeware [ ]
- Operating System Utils [ ]
- Graphics / Music [ ]
- Programing [ ]
- Other [ ]
-
-
- What are all the Baud rates you support?:
-
- 1200 or lower [ ]
- 2400 [ ]
- 9600 [ ]
- 12000 [ ]
- 14400 [ ]
- 16800 [ ]
- 19200 [ ]
- 38400 [ ]
- other [ ]
-
-
- What type of ON-LINE doors do you have? (example, Games, Store, etc..):
-
- On-Line games [ ]
- Shopping Door [ ]
- Informational [ ]
- Call back validation [ ]
- NONE [ ]
-
- Is your board a techincal support for a software company?:
-
- Yes [ ] No [ ]
-
- Does your board Echo Mail?:
-
- Yes [ ] No [ ]
-
- Other Comments that will best help me add your board into the selection menu?:
-
-
- All that I ask from you, is ever once in a while you call my board check for
- new releases, and send all ANSI adds that you have on your door program that
- I don't have.
-
- This is so I can add them to the NON-DOOR version of this program. I would
- also like it if you sent your INIT file, or all of the QUESTIONS for each
- ANSI screen... I think it would be easier with your INIT, however if you
- keep all your QUESTIONS and ANSWERS that would be better for me.
-
- You may wish to put the QUESTIONS in the Script Questions (for those with
- PCBoard).
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