Getting Autokeen lite working

[Deathbringer]

Hi, i downloaded autokeen lite so i could get my other large comic strip organised properly on some non-keen webspace, but i hit a problem, the readme file, and the .cgi itself, where a jumble of unformatted, unorganised text when opened in notepad!. If anyone has a real version that has the lines seperated out, could they post it here?.

Also i am wondering if its possible to run multiple copies of the script when i get it working, ie could i create a directory, then create a cgi-bin directory inside that one (along with all the other nessicary stuff), and have that directory (say http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/felney) as one comics site, and then do the same thing with another directory (say http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/omglolmegakomik) and have that as a totally seperate one with its own updating time, its own archive, workspace, index and templates?

[Sam_Charette]

Try opening it up in wordpad instead of notepad. Notepad tends to ignore formatting characters, I find.

Can't help with the rest, though.

[Faub]

i hit a problem, the readme file, and the .cgi itself, where a jumble of unformatted, unorganised text when opened in notepad!. If anyone has a real version that has the lines seperated out, could they post it here?.

Err... notepad is a piece of crap. It doesn't understand unix style carriage returns. This one will:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/

You will also need perl running on your webserver. If you're trying to use IIS you're in for some pain but other people have done it so there's documentation.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/8312/
Good luck.

If you have a linux/bsd server you should be all set.

Also i am wondering if its possible to run multiple copies of the script when i get it working

Run as many as you like. Just make multiple copies in your cgi-bin directory and name them differently. Change the settings to operate on the different comic directories.

http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/

You really don't want people to like you, do you?

[Deathbringer]

Oh bugger it, i tried it out, i think i have all the files in the right place but it doesnt wanna work!. Here's what i have in my setup section

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#
# SETUP VARIABLES
# ---------------
#

# The following is the absolute pathname to your account space where your
# html files are installed.
$path = "/kunden/homepages/39/d119317294/htdocs/omglolmegarcomik/";

# $webpath is the path relative to your home directory on your website.
$url = "http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$path", where your comics are stored,
# if stored locally. 
$comicdir = "comics/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$url", from where this program will be
# run.
$cgidir = "cgi-bin/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$path", where your images are stored
# for the "forward" and "backward" buttons, etc.  (See README.txt for more)
$imagedir = "images/";

# Here are some other options that can be customized if you really feel it's
# necessary.  See manual for further details.
$dailytemplate = "megdailytemplate.html";
$indextemplate = "megindextemplate.html";
$storylinefile = "storylines.txt";

# This is the number of hours by which your system clock will be adjusted
# if in a different time zone (Example: +3 will adjust from PST to EST).
$timeoffset = 0;

I used my host's CGI error checker and it told me this was wrong:

- 126 CGI returned nonzero status
/usr/bin/nice: /kunden/homepages/39/d119317294/htdocs/cgi-bin/megar.cgi: Permission denied
STDOUT OK STDERR OK

I've got no idea what i'm doing (what a way to begin, eh?) and would appreciate any help people can offer . That 'permission denied' seems ominous, are they trying to tell me i cant use cgi? (this is paid hosting, not geocities or something), or have i just buggered it up?

[Sam_Charette]

To be perfectly frank, I found iStrip to be much easier to set up than autokeen lite.

First I tried AKL, and didn't get it to work within a short amount of time (not that I couldn't, but it wasn't easy enough for my liking ) then I tried the drunk duck one, which was a lot easier and worked well enough, then I made my own to replace the drunk duck one, then I tried iStrip.

iStrip is a lot more flexible than either AKL or the DD solutions. Not only do you have a very similar tag-like replacement for the templates, but you can do far more, including logic and looping. It was also pretty much a breeze to install.

You have to have access to use PHP, though.

[Kisai]

Oh bugger it, i tried it out, i think i have all the files in the right place but it doesnt wanna work!. Here's what i have in my setup section

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#
# SETUP VARIABLES
# ---------------
#

# The following is the absolute pathname to your account space where your
# html files are installed.
$path = "/kunden/homepages/39/d119317294/htdocs/omglolmegarcomik/";

# $webpath is the path relative to your home directory on your website.
$url = "http://www.fagshategod.co.uk/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$path", where your comics are stored,
# if stored locally. 
$comicdir = "comics/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$url", from where this program will be
# run.
$cgidir = "cgi-bin/";

# This is the directory, relative to "$path", where your images are stored
# for the "forward" and "backward" buttons, etc.  (See README.txt for more)
$imagedir = "images/";

# Here are some other options that can be customized if you really feel it's
# necessary.  See manual for further details.
$dailytemplate = "megdailytemplate.html";
$indextemplate = "megindextemplate.html";
$storylinefile = "storylines.txt";

# This is the number of hours by which your system clock will be adjusted
# if in a different time zone (Example: +3 will adjust from PST to EST).
$timeoffset = 0;

I used my host's CGI error checker and it told me this was wrong:

- 126 CGI returned nonzero status
/usr/bin/nice: /kunden/homepages/39/d119317294/htdocs/cgi-bin/megar.cgi: Permission denied
STDOUT OK STDERR OK

I've got no idea what i'm doing (what a way to begin, eh?) and would appreciate any help people can offer XD. That 'permission denied' seems ominous, are they trying to tell me i cant use cgi? (this is paid hosting, not geocities or something), or have i just buggered it up?

You don't have it executable (chmod +x in unix)

[Deathbringer]

EDIT: Never mind, i worked out how to do it in an operating system that isnt used by 'rebels' (right click on the cgi file and tick the boxes for 'execute'. now, the pages have been generated but there is no comics..i probably just need to shift the files around a bit

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Where do i type that? in the address line after the address of the cgi file? (when i 'visit' the file to run it), or somewhere in the file itself?

Ah well, i'll give that istrip a shot too if i cant sort it out..now i need to find out however i disabled messenger service the first time and do it again