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# Cliff's Voting Booth Version 1.0                                           #
# Copyright 1998 Shaven Ferret Productions                                   #
# Created 6/26/98                                                            #
# Available at http://www.shavenferret.com/scripts                           #
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# COPYRIGHT NOTICE                                                           #
# Copyright 1998 Shaven Ferret Productions All Rights Reserved.              #
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# This script can be used\modified free of charge as long as you don't       #
# change this header thing.  By using this script you agree to indemnify     #
# me from any liability that might arise from its use.  In simple English,   #
# if this script somehow makes your computer run amuck and kill the pope,    #
# it's not my fault.                                                         #
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# Redistributing\selling the code for this program without prior written     #
# consent is expressly forbidden.                                            #
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Hello.  These are the instructions for how to install and use the Voting Booth
script.  You should have the following files...

        * vote.cgi ----- the script
        * readme.txt --- the file you're reading now

If you're missing any of these files, you can download them from
http://www.shavenferret.com/scripts/vote/

Open vote.cgi in a text editor.  If perl is not located at /usr/bin/perl on
your system, change the first line to #! and then the location of perl.
Scroll down to line 24 and change /server/path/to/votedata to the path of
the directory where you will keep the data files.  Do not include a trailing
slash.  If you don't want anyone except yourself to be able to add topics,
delete line 28.  Scroll down to line 32 (31 if you deleted 28) and change 13
to the maximum number of choices when adding a topic.  Scroll down to line 35
(34 if you deleted 28) and change My Voting Booth to the name of your voting
booth.  Scroll down to line 40 (39 if you deleted 28) and change
shavenferret.com to the password you want to use.

Now upload the script in ascii, and create the data directory.  Chmod the
script to 755, and the data directory to 777.  Congratulations, you're done!

    If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, etc, email me at
                          clifftm@shavenferret.com


