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██╗ ███╗ ███╗ ██║ ████╗ ████║ ██║ ██╔████╔██║ ██║ ██║╚██╔╝██║ ██║ NTER ╚═╝ ██║ ALL ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ InterBBS Shopping Door Version 1.0 Copyright 1994, 1995 Jerry Woody. All rights reserved IMALL1 ┬┬ ┌┬─┐ ┬ ┌┬──┐ ┌─┬┬─┐ ┌┬──┐ ┬┬─ ┬┬─ ┌┬──┐ ┌─┬┬─┐ ┬┬ ┌┬──┐ ┌┬─┐ ┬ ││ ││ │ │ └┴─┬┐ ││ │├──┤ ││ ││ │├──┤ ││ ││ ││ │ ││ │ │ ┴┴ ┴┴ └─┘ └──┴┘ ┴┴ ┴┴ ┴ ┴┴──┘ ┴┴──┘ ┴┴ ┴ ┴┴ ┴┴ └┴──┘ ┴┴ └─┘ ┬┬──┐ ┬┬──┐ ┌┬──┐ ┌┬──┐ ┬┬──┐ ─┬┬──┐ ┬┬ ┬ ┬┬──┐ ┬┬──┐ │├──┘ │├─┬┘ ││ │ ││ │├─ ││ │ ││ │ │├─┬┘ │├─ ┴┴ ┴┴ ┴─ └┴──┘ └┴──┘ ┴┴──┘ ─┴┴──┘ └┴──┘ ┴┴ ┴─ ┴┴──┘ ┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌┌ ┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘┘ O N L I N E I N T E R B B S S H O P P I N G M A L L D O O R FIDONET- 1:3607/20 BBS Number 1-205-739-1469 Licensing Agreement =================== You are hereby granted a license to use, share, copy, and distribute IMALL1 and its documentation, provided that this notice, and the copyright information is not removed and/or altered in any way form. No fee or consideration is to be charged for the distribution. IMALL1 is provided on an AS-IS basis without warranty of any kind expressed or implied. The entire risk as to quality and performance of InterMall rests solely with the user. In no event will the author be liable to you for any damages, consequential or inconsequential. By operating IMALL1 (InterMall DOOR) you acknowledge you have read and understand this agreement and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. Features Overview ================= o Supports the following BBS drop file formats: - PCBoard.Sys , Users.Sys - 52 line Door.Sys - Callinfo.BBS - SFdoors.Dat - GTUser.Dat - TriBBS.Sys - Dorinfox.Def o Com ports 1-4 With Standard IRQ's, ports 5 - 15 w/ support for non standard IRQs o Speeds up to 115K baud o Multi-Node o Internal OR Fossil Routines / Multi-Port boards using a fossil o Auto-Detect Ansi graphics o Ansi or Ascii operations o Auto-Detect Baud Rate with locked speeds. o Can be run in stand-alone single site OR in INTERBBS / NETWORKABLE mode. o Offline Store Manager for updating and creating stores/businesses offline. o Store Owners can UPLOAD their Stores and Products to InterMall. o Store / Product updates are sent InterBBS to other BBSes that participate in a mall! o Orders can be sent in by the user or downloaded by the store owner. Orders are sent via InterBBS Network to Store Owners HOME BBS. o Up to 100 stores (2 in Unregistered Mode) can be located in a mall o Up to 10 departments per store. o Inventory control is available and InterMall automatically deducts from inventory when a product is ordered. o Items can be placed on SALE for x amount of days! After the sale InterMall Automatically puts the REGULAR price back! o Tax and State Tax Definable PER STORE. o Methods of Payment Available: Credit Cards, Checks, Money Orders. All are Store Owner Definable. o Credit Cards that are accepted are definable by Store Owner o Methods of Shipment Available: U.S. Mail, U.P.S. Ground, U.P.S. Other and Federal Express o Base and Per Ounce Shipping Charges Definable per type of shipping o Extra handling charge definable for credit/check/money orders o Credit Card Number "Bogus Number Check" on major credit cards o Offline Check Manager allowing Online Checking o Online Store Manager in InterMALL allows Store Owner to: Upload Store information and Product information, Download Store Information and Product Information, Delete store, Download Orders, Send Store updates via interBBS. o Offline Store Manager has mouse support And.... MORE! Changes from Version .90 to Version 1.0 ======================================= * Fixed Many mathematical bugs * Fixed a few display and order output bugs + Added ansi/ascii menus that can be defined by the sysop + Added Bogus credit card number check + Added online Checking module * Fixed small logic bug in Smail InterBBS Protocol Driver ! Rip was not added this version. The statement as to why below is not to spark a "pro" or "con" rip debate, it only explains our current position as to a graphical interface. Over the past few months there has been much uncertanity as to where the major online graphical interface will go. Unisys and CompuServe have started charging royalties on software authors that use the LZW compression scheme. Rip 2 will probably not have the gif display and rumors are that rip 2 will also require a licensing fee from the software developers. I believe already for Rip 2 the end user must purchase the Rip Terminal for $10 ($25?). Perhaps in the future when the dust settles we will again look at installing rip screens; or we are looking at a possibility of our own terminal that will display pcx and/or bmp files while the user is in InterMall. R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N TO ORDER YOUR REGISTERED INTERMALL PLEASE FILL OUT COMPLETELY AND MAIL IN THE ENCLOSED ORDER.FRM. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive Contents ================ IMALL.ZIP........ Contains ONLINE SHOPPING MALL DOOR AND SUPPORT FILES IMALL1.EXE....... Online InterBBS Shopping Mall DOOR1.CFG........ A SAMPLE node 1 Door.Cfg file (edit to your needs) DOOR2.CFG........ A SAMPLE node 2 Door.CFG file (edit to your needs) *.ANS............ Display files - MUST BE IN SAME DIRECTORY AS IMALL1 *.ASC............ Display files - MUST BE IN SAME DIRECTORY AS IMALL1 *.BAT............ Example Download/Upload batch files NODE.DAT......... A SAMPLE uplink/downlink nodes list SMAIL1.EXE....... Networking Exec MAIL.CFG......... A SAMPLE config file for SMAIL1 CHECK1.EXE....... Online Checks Module OFFLINE1.ZIP..... Contains OFFLINE SHOPPING MANAGER FOR STORE OWNERS OFFLINE1.EXE..... Main Offline Shopping Manager Executable O1.EXE........... OverLay for Offline1.exe *.HLP............ Help Files used by Offline1.exe README.NOW....... File to read BEFORE running offline1.exe THE CONCEPT: ============ Welcome to the Future of Online Shopping.. INTERMALL! InterMall combines the BEST features of other online shopping doors (that cost more than TWICE what InterMall does, I might add) with InterBBS networking of Stores. The OFFLINE Store Manager (contained in the archive OFFLINE1.ZIP) is used by each store OWNER(s) to create and update their Store Information and Product Line. Once They have completed their work they can simply upload it to the Mall via the store manager menu on INTERMALL. SUPPORT FILES THAT YOU WILL NEED: ================================= PKZIP.EXE and PKUNZIP.EXE DSZ.EXE or DSZ.COM (see *.bat files for explanation) SETTING UP THE DOOR (INTERMALL) FOR THE FIRST TIME: =================================================== 1) Make a directory where the door will be run and go to it 2) Pkunzip IMALL.ZIP into that directory. HOW TO RUN THE DOOR: -------------------------------- 1. To run IMALL1.exe locally, use this on your command line: IMALL1 LOCAL 2. ALWAYS include the name of your .cfg file when calling up IMALL1 as an online door: IMALL1 DOOR.CFG 3. For non standard IRQs, you can use this for an example: IMALL1 DOOR.CFG /5 * PLEASE don't write and ask what IRQs to use on your non-standard systems. I've run comport 1 for 5 years and I have no idea in the world what your IRQs or system setup might be. That's -your- responsibility to know the setup of your system. Thanks. 4. It is highly recommended you use the internal communications routines but if you must you can call IMALL1 with a fossil driver. For Example: IMALL1 DOOR.CFG /FD Notice to use the fossil driver you put a /FD on the command line. * PLEASE NOTE: -Only- use the /FD command if the door's internal communications routines don't work on your system. The door utilizes it's own communications routines which are more reliable then the fossil driver selection available with the door. Remember- even if your mailer and / or BBS requires a fossil to run, this door doesn't require a fossil. * When IMALL shells to DSZ, I've had reports of QEMM, yes, once again "out of memory" errors. You may need to 'tweak' your system if you get a QEMM error. I'm running QEMM and DV and have had no trouble whatever with it. * On 486DX Cpu's the math co-processors can't handle the floating point math. To fix this in your autoexec.bat file put in SET NO87=ON . ABOUT YOUR DOOR CONFIG FILE ---------------------------------- Your config file is ascii file that has on the first line the path to your BBS drop file AND the name of your BBS drop file. On the second line is the name of your BBS. On the third line is your First name and on your Fourth line is your last name. Example .cfg file: c:\sbbs\node1\door.sys Compu<>Link Online Jerry Woody DOOR*.CFG =MUST= reside in the same directory as IMALL1.EXE! IMALL1 MUST BE RUN FROM IT'S OWN DIRECTORY; NOT THROUGH A PATH STATEMENT, ETC. ABOUT RUNNING THE DOOR ---------------------- IMALL1 can be run from your bbs with either a shell or drop to dos, if your memory is large enough. For example, to run it as a type 7 shell to dos for quickbbs the command line would be: command.com /c JOB.bat or command.com *C JOB.bat ABOUT *.BAT ----------- Enclosed are sample .bat files to call dsz up/down load for Store/Product Updates and Order Downloads. You can edit these to custom configure your system. Ymodem, Xmodem and Zmodem is supported. The %1 passed to the batch is the comport number, the %2 the actual file name. NETWORKING: =========== The heart of the Networking is the file SMAIL1.EXE file, which is the interbbs driver. It uses 2 files: NODE.DAT and MAIL.CFG. ABOUT NODE.DAT ---------------- This file lists your uplinks/downlinks for networking your Stores. It must be in the following format: ZONE NET NODE POINT etc. For example: 1 324 120 0 1 3607 21 0 REMEMBER THIS IS THE FILE FOR YOUR UP/DOWNLINKS FOR IMALL. DO NOT PUT YOUR OWN NETWORK ADDRESS HERE. IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON NETWORKING STORES THEN YOU CAN DELETE THIS FILE. ABOUT MAIL.CFG -------------- This config file is read by SMAIL1.EXE which is the heart of the networking part of IMALL1. It must be in the following format: YOUR NAME YOUR ZONE YOUR NET YOUR NODE YOUR POINT PATH TO YOUR IMALL1 DIRECTORY PATH FOR OUTBOUND .MSG MESSAGES PATH FOR INCOMING FILES AREA For Example: Jerry Woody 1 3607 20 0 c:\sbbs\xtrn\imall c:\fd\mail c:\fd\file IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON NETWORKING YOUR STORES THEN YOU CAN DELETE THIS FILE. RUNNING SMAIL1.EXE ------------------- You should run smail1.exe during nightly maintenance. NO users should be in the INTERMALL door when smail1.exe is run or serious errors may occur! To run SMAIL1.EXE do the following from the command line: SMAIL1.EXE Smail1 will handle all outgoing Store and Products Updates and all Incoming Store and Product Updates plus check for incoming store orders and send outgoing store orders. IF YOU DO NOT PLAN ON NETWORKING YOUR STORES THEN YOU CAN DELETE THIS FILE. HOW TO ADD NEW STORES TO THE MALL: ================================== Very simple :) . From the dos command line do: IMALL1 ADD Then just supply the needed information. ABOUT CODE AND PASSWORD: ======================== When adding a new store, you must assign a CODE and PASSWORD for that store. You must also give the code and password to the store owner. CODE: This is the "heart" of the file management. The code must be a 1-8 character VALID FILENAME . The code you give the store will be used to create all of it's support files. For example, if a book store was opening a store, you MIGHT give it a code of BOOK. Thus, the support files created would be: BOOK.INF BOOK.STR BOOK.DPT BOOK.ORD [BOOK.INF would be the Network info and some other stuff, BOOK.STR would be that store's information file, BOOK.DPT would be a product listing for that store and all orders sent to the store would be in BOOK.ORD ] IMPORTANT!!!! : DO NOT ASSIGN THE SAME CODE TO MORE THAN ONE STORE. THIS WILL CAUSE THE STORE FILES TO OVERWRITE EACH OTHER. DO NOT ASSIGN THE SAME CODE TO MORE THAN ONE STORE. EACH STORE MUST HAVE AN UNIQUE CODE!! PASSWORD: This is a 1-8 character (no high ascii characters) word that is used by the store owner to access the Store Manager Menu on INTERMALL. SETTING UP STORES SIMPLY MADE EVEN MORE SIMPLE: =============================================== Ok, we've discussed above how to actually put the door up and functional and what the meaning of each file is. Now we will discuss 2 ways of setting up a store. The first is if YOU are setting up your OWN store. The second is how to help others set up their stores. SYSOP SETTING UP HIS/HER OWN STORE IN INTERMALL: ================================================ * Assuming you already have intermall up, etc..... 1) Run IMALL1 ADD and answer all information. Be SURE to remember your code; you will need it when running OFFLINE1.EXE. 2) UNZIP OFFLINE1.ZIP into IMALL's Directory. 3) Read the help system in OFFLINE1. OFFLINE1 will ask for your CODE when you start (remember "code" from above?). 4) Create your store information and Product information file using OFFLINE1. 5) If you are Networking with other BBSes, go into the Store Manager in INTERMALL (do IMALL1 LOCAL if you wish and log on locally) and select UPDATE your store. This procedure will send your store Information and Products to all other BBSes in your network. 6) Run SMAIL1.EXE during maintenance or some event. And that's it! :) SYSOP SETTING UP STORE FOR OTHER USER(S) IN INTERMALL: ====================================================== * Assuming you already have intermall up, etc...... 1) Run IMALL1 ADD and answer all information for that store. Be SURE to give the CODE and PASSWORD to the store owner. 2) Be sure OFFLINE1.ZIP is in the IMALL1 Directory so they can download it. They cannot configure their store without OFFLINE1.EXE. 3) Be sure the store owner(s) download OFFLINE1.ZIP :) 4) Instructions are given to the Store Owner in OFFLINE1.EXE. The only other thing you need to do is if you're networking to run SMAIL1.EXE at least once a day. And that's it! :) HOW TO DELETE STORES FROM THE MALL: =================================== Deleting entire stores from the mall is very simple. Remember the CODE we discussed from above. To delete a particular Store just do a DEL "CODE".* In other words; for example, if a particular store's code was COFFEE, you would do a : DEL COFFEE.* This would delete the following files: COFFEE.INF , COFFEE.STR, COFFEE.DPT and any incoming/outgoing order. See.. it's all very simple. If you don't understand it at first re-read the sysop doc or... print it out and read it :) . It may seem overwhelming at first, but just think logically. Set up the door. If you have a store for intermall then configure your own store. Make offline1.zip available to other potential store owners. Remember, when adding a store always do a IMALL1 ADD and give the store owner their particular password and code. Then remember to run SMAIL1.EXE (if your're networking) at least once a day. That's it :) If you do have trouble you can call my business voice line at 1-205-737-1929. Netmail me (IF YOU HAVE A FIDONET NODE NUMBER) at 1:3607/20 or write to me (BE SURE TO INCLUDE AN SASE) at: P.O. Box 65 Cullman, AL 35056-0065. ABOUT BOGUS CREDIT CARD CHECKING: ================================= Imall will check for a bogus credit card number for most of the major credit card companies such as Amex, Discover, Diners, etc. HOWEVER it does NOT validate credit card numbers. No guarantee is given to the accuracy of this CC check. It merely sends up a 'red flag' that should be looked into more closely before processing a credit card order. PLEASE NOTE. THIS IS NOT FREEWARE BUT SHAREWARE. IF YOU USE IT THEN -PAY- FOR IT. If you don't you might save a few bucks now but in a few years when the shareware system doesn't work and most of the door authors have gone commercial you'll be wishing you'd registered your shareware material. 'Nuff said. Where can I find the latest version of INTERMALL ? =========================================================== The latest version of INTERMALL is available by requesting SHOP from my system. FidoNet 1:3607/20. WE CANNOT PROCESS CREDIT CARD ORDERS AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN IN THE ENCLOSED ORDER.FRM AS TO HOW TO REGISTER. Other Quality WoodyWare Products: