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#     Dream Catchers CGI Scripts               Feel free to modify 
#     Menu                                     this script to your 
#     Created by Seth Leonard                  needs, but please
#     for Dream Catchers Technologies, Inc.    keep this portion so
#                                              that I get credit.  
#     http://dreamcatchersweb.com/scripts      The same goes for 
#                                              distribution.
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#     (c)1996/1997 Dream Catchers Technologies, Inc.,
#     All Rights Reserved
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Dream Catchers Technologies, Inc. provides this script free of charge.  However, if you do use this script, a $1.00 donation is appreciated to help support this free resource.  Please send $1.00 to:

Dream Catchers Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 8600
Kirkland, WA 90834
(make payments payable to Dream Catchers Technologies, Inc.)

Step by step instructions for Menu

CONTENTS:

menu.cgi - the cgi script which operates your menu link program
whatisit.txt - a text file outlining what the script does
readme - this file
menu.html - a sample html file showing how your menu should look

Follow these easy steps:

1.  Please read the whatisit.txt file included to understand how this script works and for instructions on how to use it once it is installed.

2.  Contact your server.  Ask them to create a cgi-bin directory for you.  Also ask them how one can access a file in that directory from WWW.  Usually this is "http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/you/".

3.  If you have telnet access to your server, log onto your server.  At the command prompt, type "which perl".  Write down the line given to you.  Usually this is /usr/local/bin/perl.  If you do not have telnet access, ask your server where the perl program resides.

4.  Using your favorite text editor, open the menu.cgi file included in the files you downloaded from the Dream Catchers CGI Scripts page.

5.  The first line of menu.cgi has the line: 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

If the line you recieved from your server when you typed "which perl" is different, replace the one there.  Keep the #! and don't change anything if it is the same one you were given.

6.  You are done changing this file.  Save the file as menu.cgi.

7.  Open the menu.html file that came with the menu.zip files you downloaded off of Dream Catchers CGI Scripts Page.

This is an example of the html that you will need.

Change the line:

<FORM METHOD="GET" ACTION="http://server.com/cgi-bin/menu.cgi">

by replacing "server.com/cgi-bin" with the address that your server gave you to access your cgi-bin from the WWW.  Usually this is "www.server.com/cgi-bin/you".

The only things you need to change are the 

<OPTION></OPTION>

lines.  So let's take the example:

<OPTION value=http://dreamcatchersweb.com/scripts/>Dream Catchers CGI Scripts</OPTION>

What will appear in the select box is "Dream Catchers CGI Scripts".  If this is the value of the box when the "GO" button is hit, then the visitor will go to http://dreamcatchersweb.com/scripts/.

So follow this pattern:

<option value=url>description</a>

8.  Save both files.

9.  Upload all .cgi files into your cgi-bin and .htm or .html files to any directory that can be accessed via the web (many servers require that you upload these types of files in ASCII format, check with your server administrator to be sure).

10.  You now need to set the permissions of the files you've uploaded.  You can do this one of two ways.  

	1. TELNET - telnet into your server and go to the directory which holds the files.  Type chmod [permission] filename.  For example: chmod 755 file.cgi.

	2. FTP SOFTWARE - you'll need to find out how to change permissions of the files using your specific program.  Using WS_FTP (recommended), select the file you want to change permissions of and click your right mouse button and select CHMOD (UNIX).  A box will appear with the option to select any number of 9 separate boxes (top row for read, middle row for write, bottom row for execute).  These translate into actual unix permissions.  If the file needs to be a+rx or 755, select every read box and every execute box (that is every box on the top and bottom rows).  If the file needs to be a+rw or 666, select every read box and every write box (that is every box on the top and middle rows).  These are the only two permissions you need to worry about.

The files included need to following permissions:

menu.cgi  a+rx or 755

If you have telnet access, you can also check your scripts for errors by going to the directory they reside in and typing either perl filename.cgi or filename.cgi (depends on your server).  If you get an error, you most likely edited the script where you shouldn't have or forgot to put a " or ; on one of your variable definitions.

11.  Load the menu.html page from the internet, select a link and go.  You should be on your way.  Everything working?

12.  Smile, you're done...

All working?  Great!  You now have a menu box.  If there are problems, please consult http://dreamcatchersweb.com/scripts and chose the Frequently Asked Questions option.  You can also post a message on the User Forum asking for help from other users.  Please do not send email, it WILL NOT be answered.  I apologize for this, but there were just too many requests to be able to offer quality help for all as well as work on new projects.