Post-it is a IP posting program written by Jason Carter for Windows 95/98 that inserts your IP address into a web page and then uploads it to your ftp server so that you, or anyone else can find your IP when needed. Post-it will update the web page according to the number of minutes that the user selects. Then when the user closes Post-it, Post-it will upload an off-line html file that the user creates in place of the original html file. If the user wishes, Post-it will also create a Post-it Stats web page containing the status of the current Post-it session. This way the user can check and see various things such as how often Post-it is updating the web page, or when Post-it started. The uses of Post-it include:
1. Personal web servers
2. Telnet servers
3. Ftp servers
3. Anything else you can think of
Post-it has an easy to use interface and should work with standard dial up accounts or cable modem access.
*NOTE*: Post-it has not been tested on AOL.
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*NOTE*: The current version of Post-it is being distributed as freeware. However, this does not permit the copying and redistributing of Post-it for profit or any other reason. Please help keep this software free. If for any reason you feel the need to help further the production of Post-it, you can register it or email me at jasonc@knology.net
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REGISTRATION:
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Please register this software!!!. This software is being distributed as freeware, but it is nice to no that people are using it. Because I am a nice guy, I haven't put any nags in the software to try and get money out of you. But, you must remember that this is not a full time job for me and I don't get paid for it. If you found this program useful, please register.
Price:
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$10 U.S.
What you get:
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1. Hard copy of Post-it.
2. Any new release of Post-it FREE!!
3. Extra support.
4. The satisfaction of doing the right thing.
How you get it:
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Send $10 U.S. to...
Jason Carter
110 Willowgreen DR.
Harvest, AL 35749
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Please include return mail address and email address. If you would like to contact me for additional information you can do so by email at jasonc@knology.net.
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INSTALLATION:
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To install Post-it do the following:
With Installer:
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1. Extract *.zip to whatever directory you wish.
2. Open up the file you extracted.
3. Click on Setup.exe.
4. Follow the installation instructions.
Without Installer:
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1. Extract *.zip to whatever directory you wish.
2. Open up the file that you extracted.
3. Keep all files in same directory!!!
4. Click on Post_it.exe and configure.
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INCLUDED FILES:
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README.TXT: This file.
Post-it.cnt: Help contents file.
Post-it.hlp: Help file.
Config.txt: Configuration file(not to be edited by user).
Opt.dat: Configuration file(not to be edited by user).
Post_it.exe: The main executable.
borlndmm.dll: System file(don't mess with this).
cp3240mt.dll: System file(don't mess with thes).
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CONFIGURATION:
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FTP Host:
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This is the name for the computer that host's your web space. An example of this would be ftp.user.com. Post-it will contact this computer and try to make a connection. If your not sure what this name is, then contact your systems administrator.
User Name:
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This is the name that you use to log on to your ftp space. This name is generally the same as your basic account.
Password:
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This is the secret password you use to log on to your ftp space.
Directory to change to:
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Once you have logged on to your ftp space, sometimes you may have to change directories to get to your public space. Your public space is the place that you normally put your web pages or any other documents that you wish to provide to the general public. Most of the time this directory will be public_html. That's all you have to enter.
*NOTE*--If you don't need to change directories then leave this blank or enter 0.
Minutes between posts:
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This box determines how often you would like your web page to be updated. For example, if you enter 30, then Post-it will update your page every 30 minutes.
Create Post-it Stats Page:
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Your Post-it Stats is a web page that Post-it creates containing your current IP address, time Post-it started, date Post-it started, how often the page is being updated, date and time of the last upload, and the number of uploads for this session. In this box you will simply just pick a name for the page. ex: IP.html. When you have the Post-it Stats page in your browser, it will refresh every minute.
Post-it Stats Page Name:
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This is the name that you will give your Post-it Stats Page. Just enter in a name that you would like to give your Post-it Stats page. e.g.--IP.html.
Insert IP into web page:
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If you check this box then Post-it will insert your IP into an existing web page.
IP Place Holder:
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The IP Place holder is a special character that you select that you put in your input HTML file. The IP Place holder will be replaced by your IP address when Post-it is run.
Input html file:
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This is your original web page that post-it will copy and insert your IP address into your output html file. This is the page that will contain your IP place holder. An example of this is if you're current page on your server is named index.html then you would save index.html in Post-it's main directory as indexbackup.html, or whatever you like. Then when Post-it is run it will copy this page into output html file and insert your IP address wherever the IP Place holder is.
*NOTE*--Post-it seems to work better if you keep your input html file in Post-its main directory.
Output html file:
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This is the file that will be uploaded to your server. Post-it will copy your input html file, insert your IP address wherever the IP Place holder is, and then create your output html file and upload your output html file to your web server. Following the previous example, if your current web page on your server is named index.html, then that is the name that you would give your output html file.
*NOTE*--For obvious reasons, you input html file cannot have the same name as your output html file.
Off-line html file:
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This is a page that the user creates and places in Post-it's main directory. This file can be named any thing the user wishes. When Post-it exits, this file will be uploaded to the user's ftp host, and then renamed to the name of the original output html file. This is provided for maximum configuration by the user. An example would be if the original outhtml file name was out.html, and the off-line html file was off.html. Upon exit, Post-it would upload off.html and rename to out.html.
Remember to click Save after changing the configuration.
