The Post-It script is a tool for webmasters to post updates and/or messages to a page via their web browser. There are many applications for this script such as using it for a "What's New" page or as a technical notes page. The script is identical in functionality as the WWWBoard script except that it doesn't allow people to respond to the posted messages. If you can install Matt's Script WWWBoard you can install Post-It.

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The Variables

$basedir = "/path/to/post-it";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This variable should contain the absolute system path to your post-it directory. So if you keep all of your files in /home/yourname/public_html and you make a directory under there called 'post-it', then $basedir would be set to: /home/yourname/public_html/post-it

$baseurl = "http://your.host.xxx/post-it";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the base URL to the directory where post-it is kept. So staying with the example above, if your main directory is called by: http://your.host.xxx/~yourname/, the $baseurl would be set to: http://your.host.xxx/~yourname/post-it/

$cgi_url = "http://your.host.xxx/cgi-bin/post-it.pl";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the URL that points to post-it.pl in the post-it.pl script and in the post-it-admin.pl script, change the file's name to reflect http://your.host.xxx/cgi-bin/post-it-admin.pl

$mesgdir = "messages";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the name of your messages directory which will be appended to $basedir. All of the messages for post-it will be created and held in this directory in HTML format. You will need to make sure that you have chmod 777 this directory.

$datafile = "data.txt";
This is the name of the data file which will also be appended to $basedir. It will hold the current filename count, and the script will read this in and determine the message filename from this file. You will need to create a text file with the name you give it and the contents of this file should be the number .... 1

$mesgfile = "index.html";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the name of the post-it's main subject file. It will be appended to both $basedir and $baseurl to determine the URL and the absolute path to this file, both for URL references by the script and for editing of this file by the script.

$ext = "html";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the ext with which all individual files will be created with. Most of the time it should be left as html, but on the occasion when you may be suing this on a DOS based platform you can switch it to 'htm'.

$title = "Post-It Message Board";
(Both post-it.pl and post-it-admin.pl scripts)
This is the title of your post-it page, which will be used on the individual message pages. Call your post-it board whatever you like, but I do recommend changing the above to something a little more catchy.

$backgrnd = "http://your.host.xxx/images/background.gif";
(post-it.pl script only)
This variable allows background images to be integrated into Post-It messages.

$bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"; # Background Color
$text = "#000000"; # Text Color
$link = "#990000"; # Unvisited Link Color
$vlink = "#009900"; # Visited Links Color
$link = "#000099"; # Active Link Color
These variables are used in configuring the color scheme of Post-It messages.

Using The Post-It Script

To post a message on your board, you just run the script from your web browser. A Post-It data entry form will appear with instructions appearing below the form. Upon completion of the form your message will be stored as an html formatted page in a messages directory.

The Post-It subject file (index.html) file is where the subject lines of the messsages is displayed with the date of the post-it message. You can view our working example and then [F]ile Save [A]s the main index file and modify it to meet your needs. The ONLY requirements for the main subject file is that it contain the following tags:

<UL>
<!--begin-->
<!--end-->
</UL>

You can use any of the indenting HTML tags, such as <OL>, <DL> or <UL>. When a new post-it message is created you'll see the following source coding, or similar to it, appear in the main index file.

<UL>
<!--begin-->
<!--2--><LI>Most Recent Post-It Subject. - 11/13/97
<!--1--><LI>The First Post-It Subject. - 11/13/97
<!--end-->
</UL>

You don't need to create an HTML file used to post your messages. Running the post-it script will automatically bring up your data entry form. As a special note to security, you might want to place the post-it.cgi file in a protected directory on your server so that others cannot post to your Post-It board. In the above working example, use username WebAdmin and password WebBoard to access.