• NEW USER UTILITY AND MORE

    From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to KK4QBN on Mon Jul 17 08:47:00 2017
    Tim,

    I believe that was in the BAJA script and was taken out for the JS, should'bt K>be hard to put in I presume

    I did'nt know if smm was depracated or not.

    sbl will be changing to js pretty soom thogh

    you can put all you want in you newuser.js, etc. though.

    The problem is that while I can write a batchfile for the BBS, my
    programming ENDS at setting the clock on the microwave oven. If I forget
    how to do that, I'm going to starve to death!! :P

    I'm using the AceMatrix Baja deal for the Login module, the EZLogon
    Baja deal for the Logon module (it goes to the default Logon module upon
    exit), and the New User Logon Module for new users. At logoff, while not
    in the "Loadable Modules", I'm running HARMBYE -- where a user has these options:

    1) Send Feedback To The Sysop
    2) Send Email
    3) Write Auto Message
    4) Logoff Normal (with the logoff screen showing other telnet BBS's)
    5) Logoff Fast (without the logoff screen noted above)
    6) Return To BBS

    I did note that they can use the "Logoff Doors" that I have...these
    will log the user off once they start playing the door...which are:

    A) Don't Wake The Sysop -- The user has 10 tries, and 4 ways to wake the Sysop...page him, call him on the phone, knock on the door, or yell
    outside his window...each one gets a higher number of points. If you
    wake him, you're disconnected.

    B) Spiked -- The user has to avoid getting impaled by the moving
    Spiked Walls. The longer you avoid them, the higher your score. If you
    get "spiked", you're disconnected.

    C) Plinko -- I had to use the "Intercept I/O Console mode" for this one.
    The game is similar to what you see on "The Price Is Right". But, once
    you "lose", you're disconnected.

    D) The Complaint Department -- The user gets the message that "comments, complaints, etc. are welcome" and is told to "Press <ENTER> To
    Continue". Upon doing such, they're disconnected!!

    Items A and B above are from Shining Star Software and Nannette
    Thacker. She is no longer programming the doors, or releasing upgrades. However, you can register ALL 12 of her doors (including 3 of them which
    can be IGMs for L.O.R.D.) for $10 on her website. Just Google/Bing
    Shining Star Software.

    Item C was one I got from Doug Rhea at bbsfiles.com -- I think it's $5
    to register most of them. On a side note, Plinko is also in the
    DoorMania door, but that one won't log you off the BBS when you're done
    with it.

    Item D is freeware. The ANSI screen can be customized for your BBS.

    I'm going to go in, and for the doors that require ANSI, I'll set it
    to require such in SCFG. There are some doors that have an option to
    turn off the ANSI, once you've entered the door...such as the ones from
    JNS Software, Trade Wars 2002, and Al Lawrence's Sunrise Doors.

    At one time, I had a visually impaired/blind user, who used ASCII
    (black and white text) for his BBS session. The Speech Synthesizers
    don't understand ANSI.

    Daryl

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