Title: Creating a Web-Based Bulletin Board (Mac Version)

Purpose: In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a bulletin board using your Fallon account. WebBBS is a web-based bulletin board system that stores messages as simple text files and allows users to respond to messages in a very organized fashion. By storing messages in strands, browsers can quickly and easily access full documentation on a topic.

1. You must have an account on fallon to use WebBBS. If you do not have a fallon account, you may obtain one by filling out the form at the following Web site: http://www.scs.nevada.edu/cs/internet/accounts.html. If you already have a fallon account, proceed to step #2.

2. You will need to know the following information to set up your BBS. You may wish to write your specific values next to each value listed below for easy reference throughout the setup process.

login: your fallon user name (everything before @ in your e-mail address)

password: your fallon password

bbsname: the name of your BBS (this is created on the BBS order form in step #3.)

3. In order for the BBS to be set up, you need to fill out the following form:

WebBBS Sign-up (for fallon server)

http://www.scs.nevada.edu/cs/docs/cgi/webbbs-signupr.html

Important! After you submit your form, a page will appear that lists the URL of your future BBS. Write it down or print it out!!! so that you can access your BBS after you have created it.

Once you've filled out the form, you should quickly receive an e-mail response verifying that you filled out the form. This verification letter will contain an install script that you will need for step #5.

4. Log onto fallon. If you don’t know how to do this, you may do so by following these directions.

a. Open your Telnet program.

b. Click File, then New Session. A telnet window will open.

c. Type fallon.scs.unr.edu into the Host Name dialogue box.

d. Type Fallon into the Window Title dialogue box.

e. Click on Connect.

f. At the login prompt type in your fallon login. This will be the first part of your fallon e-mail address before the @scs.unr.edu (emajor). Then type in your fallon password.

g. At the term = vt100 prompt, hit your return key.

h. Hit return one more time.

i. Now you should be logged into fallon and you should have a fallon prompt that reads something like this: fallon: 35%. (The percentage may vary. The important part is that you have a fallon: prompt.)

5. Now you need to create a program within fallon that will run your BBS. First, you will need to open the e-mail that you received by filling out the BBS Sign Up Form in step #3.

a. Open your e-mail message entitled WebBBS Sign-Up Confirmation.

b. Highlight everything in the message after the line that reads “*** (remove this line and everything above it, don't edit below) ***”

c. Click on Edit, then Copy.

d. Now return to Telnet by clicking on its window.

e. At the fallon prompt type cd ~. (Make sure you leave a space between d and ~ !)

f. Another fallon prompt will appear. Type pico inst-bbsname. Substitute your BBS name for bbsname.

g. In the pico window click on Edit, then on Paste.

h. Hold down the control key and press O to save the file. Make sure the file name is correct and press enter. If it is not correct, fix it simply by typing in the correct name.

i. Hold down the control key and press X to exit pico.

j. At the fallon prompt, type in chmod 711 inst-bbsname. Substitute your BBS name for bbsname.

k. At the fallon prompt, type in ./inst-bbsname. Substitute your BBS name (456656BB) for bbsname. If you saw no error messages, then the installation should have been successful! Check it by going to the URL that you wrote down in step # 3.