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## Personal Open Directory (POD)
## John M. Grohol
## Released: 25 May 1999
## http://grohol.com/
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## Copyright 1999 John M. Grohol and Checkpoint Computer Consultants
## Free to distribute, but you cannot charge for this work or any
## derivatives thereof. No warranties on this program are made or implied.
##
## Warning:
## Because of the dynamic nature of the ODP third-party provider we're
## using (Netscape), this script changes monthly to keep up-to-date
## with changes Netscape makes to the formatting of their site.
## Be prepared to update this script regularly. Starting with version 1.31,
## changes are noted also within the script itself.
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## Installation Instructions:
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## ftp pod.cgi into your cgi-bin directory.
## set permissions for pod.cgi (For unix this should be 0755)
##
## Check with your webmaster that your web server has GET and POST
## allowed.
##
## Note that when you download the footer and header files,
## that they may have the extension .txt -- Change this to .html
## You may also have to change pod to pod.cgi and podvars to podvars.pm
##
## Note that you need to have the following perl modules and libraries
## installed or this script doesn't work:
##     CGI, LWP, URI, HTTP, Fcntl
## Ask your system administrator or Webmaster to install these if they
## don't already exist on your system. The nature of perl is that you
## use pre-existing libraries as much as possible; they are quick and
## painless to install on any system. Download them from http://www.cpan.org
##
## I regret I cannot help with installing perl module son your system.
##
## Edit podvars.pm and change the following variables:
##
## $cgi-url - set to the path to your cgi-bin (ensure forward slash on end)
## $logging - set to 1 if you want to log searches 0 if you dont.
## $logdir  - set to the FULL path to the file.
## $logfile - set to the log file name you want searches logged to.
## $templatedir - set to the FULL path to the file where the header.html
##                and footer.html files are located
##
## $myhome   - set to whatever your Web homepage is
## $pod_name - set to whatever you want to call your Personal Open Directory
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## $ddj      - set to the path of your system date program (whereis date)
## $fontface - set font face other than default
## $fontsize - set font size other than default
##
## The below automated book-linking feature requires 2 things:
##     1. You have access to or have installed the MaxComm script 
##     2. You have an Amazon Associates ID
## If you do not have both of these, then leave $whichamazon alone.
##
## $whichamazon - set to the Amazon.com bookstore you'd like to link to
##                or set to "" to turn off this feature
## $amazon_ID   - set to your Amazon Associates ID
## $maxcomm     - set to the complete URL of where to access the MaxComm script
## $bookstorename - Name of your link to Amazon.com (default = Amazon.com)
##
## Problems? Post to the support forum on grohol.com and I'll try and
## reply to you in the forum within a day or two.
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