About WebCALENDARTM

By John Weeks

Red Bullet  What Is WebCALENDAR?

Have you ever gone shopping around Christmas time and noticed how many stores sell calendars? At the Mall Of America near where I live, entire stores pop up in late autumn just to sell calendars, and then they are gone by mid January.

WebCALENDAR is just like the calendars you buy in a store, except for a few cool differences...first, WebCALENDAR never runs out, so you don't need to keep buying a new one each year. Second, if you get tired of the photos, simply scan new ones in, and you have a new calendar. Finally, it doesn't cost $12 to enjoy.

Red Bullet  Who Wrote WebCALENDAR?

WebCALENDAR was written by John Weeks, computer geek, Internet guru, and life-long Green Bay Packer fan. You see, I wanted to publish a calendar to feature some of my aircraft photography, but I am too cheap to spend $12 on a calendar, let alone the thousands of dollars that a print shop would charge for a traditional calendar press run. WebCALENDAR is the next best thing...or perhaps, the next better thing!

Red Bullet  How Can I Get My Own WebCALENDAR?

WebCALENDARTM is Copyright © 1996 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.
WebCALENDARTM Version 2.0 is Copyright © 2003 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.
WebCALENDARTM Version 2.1 is Copyright © 2004 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.
WebCALENDARTM Version 2.2 is Copyright © 2004 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.
WebCALENDARTM Version 2.3 is Copyright © 2005 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.
WebCALENDARTM Version 2.4 is Copyright © 2008 by John Weeks, all rights reserved.

WebCALENDAR is available as shareware. It may be freely copied and installed for personal use, provided it is not modified, and original credit is given to the author. If you install WebCALENDAR on your web site and find it useful or enjoyable, then you are obligated to pay a $5 shareware software registration fee. Corporations and Internet service providers may obtain a site license for WebCALENDAR for a $99 initial fee, and a $45 annual renewal. Installation and customization support is also available on a per-hour basis.

Please send shareware license fees to John Weeks, 1438 McAndrews Road East, Burnsville, MN 55337. To contact me by E-mail, use the address john@johnweeks.com.

Download WebCALENDAR Rev 2.3 now, and a sample GIF file if needed.

Red Bullet  What Are Those Funny Little Messages On The Bottom Of WebCALENDAR?

Those are fortune cookies, which are printed out by the UNIX fortune command. Fortune is usually located in /usr/games or /usr/local/games. If you are running on a box that doesn't have fortune, the code for many O/S's, plus numerous cookie files, can be obtained by FTP from UUNET.

Red Bullet  What Do I Need To Run WebCALENDAR?

You need to have your own web page running on a UNIX server. The UNIX server needs to have the standard UNIX date and cal utilities, plus Perl version 4 or 5. Linux and UNIX Services For Windows will work, too. Finally, you need to be able to run CGI programs on your web site.

Red Bullet  How Do I Change The Images In WebCALENDAR?

Look in the webcalendar-v2x4.cgi file near the top for a variable called "@imagelist". This variable is a list of image file names. You can also put in Web URL's here. Edit this list of images to put in your own gif or jpeg files. Just be careful to keep the syntax correct—each file name in double quotes, and a comma after each file name (except the last one in the list). WebCALENDAR automatically adjusts if you change the number of images—you don't need to have exactly 12 pictures.

Red Bullet  How Do I Install WebCALENDAR?

First, copy webcalendar-v2x4.cgi into your web page directory. Do this with an FTP program. Next, make WebCALENDAR executable by running the UNIX command chmod +x webcalendar-v2x4.cgi.

The next step is to set up your images. If you don't have any GIF files handy, download the sample that is available above. If you do have your own GIF files, edit the image list to use your file names. BTW, a JPEG or PNG image will also work.

Finally, make a link from your home page that calls the WebCALENDAR program. Use the following as an HTML template for your link:

<a href="http://www.xyz.com/~username/webcalendar-v2x4.cgi">My Calendar</a>

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