Install (3): Install configuration
First, you need to make sure that the images
in the user "info." (help)
file will load properly, when users click on the "info."
link. These image file names are: ex_ex.jpg and
ea_ex2.jpg.
To find the lines that reference these image files, simply look for
three asterisks in the file ea_help.html on the board's
help subfolder. (This file is on the help subfolder within the
standard install zips.)
As with all HTML files, you shouldn't be editing this file in
a word processor, such as MS-WORD or
WordPerfect. You'll get the best results by using Windows Notepad,
with the Edit | Word Wrap option turned off.
There are three approaches to ensuring that the image files
load correctly. In the latter
two cases, you will have to modify this file.
You can put the images on WebBoard's main images folder, i.e.
C:\WebBoard\Images.
This is the best approach: if you are able to do it (i.e. if your
system administrator doesn't object), then no modifications are
required.
You can upload them (probably in a private conference).
This strategy is just fine for WebBoard 4, and it will work for
WebBoard 6, provided that you only wish to configure one board with this
system.
Simply look for the 3 asterisks ("***") in the file
ea_help.html on the board's help subfolder, and use this HTML
tag:
<img src="/upload/ea_ex.jpg">
(Note that there's a second reference to ea_ex2.jpg, which should
be handed in the same way ... to find this second
reference, simply search again for 3 asterisks.)
However, if you want to use this system on multiple boards for WebBoard
6, you'll have have to upload the JPEG files separately, for each
board that uses the system. As you may know, WebBoard will
rename the JPEGs ... for example, on the second board, they
will be called "ea_ex(1).jpg" and
"ea_ex2(1).jpg".
What if you're running WebBoard 6, you want this system to
be present on many virtual boards, and your system administrator
steadfastly refuses to let you put any files on the main images folder,
because s/he's overprotective of the server?
In that case, you'll have to load the image files off of another
site. If you have no other choice, you can do so off of
mine, although I implore you to do this only as a last resort.
The code is already in the file (in the previous HTML comment lines).
There are also three variables that you can set in topics.html.
Two of these variables are critical. Open up topics.html
in Windows Notepad (with the Edit | Word Wrap option
turned off).
Next, search for 3 @-signs ("@@@"). You'll see three variables
assigned after that.
For the moment, let's ignore TEST.
If DEFAULT is 0, and TOGGLEOK is 0,
then WebBoard will operate in "normal" mode, i.e. you will not
get the benefits of this system. Users will not have
the option of switching to "expand all" mode.
If DEFAULT is 0, and TOGGLEOK is 1,
then WebBoard will begin operating in "normal" mode, but users
will be able to switch to "expand all" mode, simply by clicking
on the link at the bottom of the topics page. This
will set a session cookie, i.e. a cookie that will expire at the
end of their browser session.
If DEFAULT is 1, and TOGGLEOK is 0,
then WebBoard will begin operating in "expand all" mode (i.e.
using this system), and users will not have the option of
switching to "normal" mode. Once you're satisfied that
the system works and your users are comfortable with it, you may
wish to set the variables in this manner.
If DEFAULT is 1, and TOGGLEOK is 1, then
WebBoard will begin operating in "expand all" mode (i.e. using
this system), and users will have the option of switching to
"normal" mode. This will set a session cookie, i.e. a cookie that
will expire at the end of their browser session. I've released
the system in this configuration.
The first variable in that list is called TEST. If you
set that variable to 1, you'll see a "dual display," i.e. one that shows
both the HTML code that WebBoard returns, and the
HTML code that this system returns. Obviously you'd only want
to set this variable to 1 if you were curious about how this system
operated, or you'd made modifications (see
section 4).
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