- CONFIGURING THE CGI FILES -

FIRST: Unzip the SoftSite v1.0 file (ss10.zip) to your hard drive. You should see a cgi-bin folder within the main folder...

(1) Files in the cgi-bin folder and how to configure them...

INDEXER.CGI (This file is used to index the contents of the database - (more on this later). In the upper-left corner of this file, change the path to reflect the location of the Perl program on your host (ie; #!/usr/local/bin/perl).
LIB.TXT(This file is used to store the indexed listings and requires no modification).
RESULTS.HTML (This file is used to display search query results). Using an HTML editor, locate the following line in this file...

<FORM action="/cgi-bin/share.cgi">

Replace this line with the correct URL to share.cgi on your host.

SEARCHER.DAT (This file is used to store search data and requires no modification)
SHARE.CGI (This is the main file). In the upper-left corner of this file, change the path to reflect the location of the Perl program on your host (ie; #!/usr/local/bin/perl).
YOURINFO.DAT (This is where the variables are set). Locate the following lines in this file...

$basedir = "/home/sprite/www.spriteworks.com/htdocs";

Replace this first line with the correct path to your root directory

$BaseURL = "http://www.spriteworks.com";

Replace this second line with the correct URL of your site.

(2) After editing and saving, upload all six of the above files (in the ASCII mode) to your cgi-bin folder and chmod them to 777. Done.

- HTML FILES AND IMAGES -

(1) Change the email address and 'thanks.html' values (in cursive, below) to reflect the correct information...

<INPUT type=hidden name="recipient" value="support at spriteworks dot com">

<INPUT type=hidden name="redirect" value="/thanks.html">

And these are the pages you will make these changes in (A-L)...

(A) The "Enjoying Your Visit?" poll (located in the lower-left corner of each page).
(B) The "Subscribe To Our Newsletter" form (located at the bottom of the main page).
(C) The resource/software submission form(s) - submit.html or sub1, sub2, sub3, etc (depending on the script you purchased).
(D) The contact form - contact.html.
(E) The "Visitor Satisfaction Survey" form - takepoll.html.
(F) The "Tell A Friend" form - friend.html
(G) The "Advertise" form - sponsor.html
(H) The "Multiple Recipient Newsletter" form - admin.html
(I) The "Comments" form - message.html
(J) The "Write a Review" form - review.html
(K) The "Premium Listings" form - paidlist.html
(L) The "Full Review Service" form - fullrev.html

(2) After you have finished editing all of the HTML files, create a folder on your host (it can have any name) and upload all of the HTML files and images to this folder. If you don't wish to create a folder, simply upload them to your root (main) folder. It is recommended that you set your ftp client to the "auto-detect" mode in order to insure proper file integrity during the upload. You do not need to chmod these files.

(3) Next, download the small FormMail script and configure it using the included instructions (there are actually only a few variables that need to set in the FormMail script). Upload it to your cgi-bin folder (in the ASCII mode) and chmod it to 777. If you don't wish to use FormMail, you may use another form-processing script instead. In fact, it is likely that your host will already have a preinstalled mail script configurable from your control panel (as most hosts do).

(4) After you have completed these steps, simply bring up your web browser and in the address form, type the following...

http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/indexer.cgi

This will index all of the pages (including the database). You should repeat this process at least once a week to insure that all of the pages are up to date and searchable. Your finished!.

- ADDING NEW SUBMISSIONS -

Each software listing is situated within a 4-part table (shown below). There are 5 of these per page. This page is called a 'template' and is what you will use to create additional pages once the first one has been filled to it's limit of 5 software listings...

Thank's to our new template-based system and other enhancements, it is now easier than ever to manage your software listings and completely customize the scripts. However, if you do run into any problems, please use our support form to drop us a line.