Every Auction V101

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readme.txt

E v e r y A u c t i o n 1.01
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The Freeware Auction Solution

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EULA: READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING EVERYAUCTION
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EveryAuction is NOT shareware, GPL, or public domain...

You MAY NOT redistribute, give away, rent, lease, share or sell
this software. When you download or receive the files from a
valid source (either http://www.drizware.com/ or an authorized
redistributor), you are granted permission to use a single copy
of the script(s) free of charge on your own machine or server
ONLY. You may modify the software for your own use, but you may
not redistribute modified versions of the software. Any other
use of this software is in violation of the license agreement.

EveryAuction is distributed AS-IS, with no guarantees or
warrantees of any kind.

If you do not agree with this license agreement, please delete
this software immediately. By using the software in this
archive, you agree to accept all terms of this license agreement.
If you feel you have received this software from an unauthorized
source, please contact sales@drizware.com immediately.

By popular request, here are some FAQs about EverySoft's
policies and license agreement:

1. I am a site developer. May I install the software for my
clients?

You may install the software for a client as long as the client
has approached you and he/she has downloaded the software
him or herself from http://www.drizware.com/. You also must
make it clear to the client that the software is freeware and you
MAY NOT charge the client for the software. You must be sure
the client has this readme file and all source code.

2. May I sell web sites with EveryAuction pre-installed or
advertise auction installation on my site?

No. That is in violation of the freeware license agreement.
Contact us if you are interested in purchasing a redistribution
license.

3. May I sell the script to my clients?

No. That is in violation of the freeware license agreement.
Contact us if you are interested in purchasing a redistribution
license.

4. May I mirror the script (post it for download somewhere)?

No. EveryAuction can be downloaded at http://www.drizware.com/

5. May I modify the script?

Yes, but only for your own use on your own site.

6. May I remove the "powered by EveryAuction" link?

Please do not remove the link unless you give us credit and a
link elsewhere on your site. Links from auction sites are the
only way for us to keep EveryAuction freeware.

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EveryAuction (c)1998-99 EverySoft
REDISTRIBUTION IS PROHIBITED

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===QUICK START (UNIX)===

1. Make a directory that is given write permissions.
2. Open the script with a plain text editor and edit the
first line of the configuration section to point to the
directory you just made. Also, edit the first line of the script
to point to the perl executable on your system.
3. Put auction.cgi in your cgi-bin dir and give it executable
permissions.

===QUICK START (Windows, Mac, Other)===

1. Make a new folder.
2. Open the script with a plain text editor (notepad, etc.)
and edit the first line of the configuration section to
point to the directory you just made. Use forward slashes like
in the example. (ie: $basepath = '/auction/'; if it is in C:/auction/)
3. Put auction.cgi in your cgi-bin or cgi-shl dir. Read your server
docs about how to use perl scripts. You may have to rename it to
auction.pl.

===CONTENTS===

I. First Things First
II. Installation
III. Configuration
IV. FAQ/Troubleshooting
V. Support
VI. Version History

===I. First Things First===

A legal copy of this script will always be available free of charge
at http://www.drizware.com/ or the author's current web site.

If anyone is ever caught trying to sell this script or a modification
of this script, immediate legal action will be taken. Perl is free,
and so is this script.

===II. Installation===

1. Make a base directory somewhere on your server. It should not be
web-accessible, but the script should be able to read and write data
to and from the directory.

UNIX:
mkdir auction
chmod a+rwx auction (OR chmod 777 auction)

WINDOWS95/NT:
File->New->Folder

2. Install Perl if it is not already installed. Most ISPs/IPPs already
have Perl installed. Perl is also included with most flavors of UNIX.
You can also download Perl free of charge.

UNIX:
http://www.drizware.com/

WINDOWS95/NT:
http://www.drizware.com/ (get Perl for Win32)

3. Put auction.cgi in your CGI-BIN directory. Be sure it is executable.

UNIX ONLY:
chmod a+rx auction.cgi (OR chmod 755 auction.cgi)

4. Configure the script to run like you want it to! (see next section)

===III. Configuration===

Line 1: This should point to your Perl executable.

UNIX EXAMPLE:
#!/usr/bin/perl

WINDOWS95/NT EXAMPLE:
#!c:/perl/bin/perl

Line 77: This should point to the base directory (the one you just
made). It must be an absolute or relative path. Be sure to include
the trailing slash.

UNIX EXAMPLE:
$basepath = '/home/hahnfld/auction/';

WINDOWS95/NT EXAMPLE:
$basepath = 'c:/auction/';

Line 99: List your categories here. Follow the examples. Be sure
it is in the correct format.

All other lines in the configuration section are optional and heavily
commented. If you want e-mail notifications to work properly, you
must edit line 117 and line 128.

===IV. FAQ/Troubleshooting===

Q. My users keep getting the error message:
Something is wrong with the NEWREG field. Hit back to
try again!

-or-

Something is wrong with the NEWREG field. Hit back to
try again!

A. This is usually caused when a user is trying to bid on an
item or post an item and the server permissions are not set
correctly. Be sure the folder you made has write permissions
and the path is correct in the script. You also should not
put any files or directories in the folder you created. The
script will create them automatically.

Q. Mail is not sent to the user when the auction closes. Why?

A. This is probably caused by a bad smtp server definition.
Be sure line 117 of the script points the IP ADDRESS of a valid
SMTP server. If it still doesn't work, visit the home page and
download the sendmail add-on.

Q. How do I make new/different categories?

A. Edit line 54 of the script to point to new categories.
The directories listed will be automatically created by the
script. Each category should be listed like:

[dir] => [category name],

Q. How do I delete entries from the auction before the auction
closes?

A. The system administrator may remove items from the auction
at any time. Just use the URL:

auction.cgi?[category]&[number]&r&[adminpass]

The easiest way to do this is to go to the item you want to
remove and append "&r&[adminpass]" to the end of the URL.

The administrator password is defined on line 109 of the script.
If it is not set, anyone may remove any item.

Q. Do users need accounts to post a product or place a bid?

A. Maybe... If the $regdir variable is defined in the configuration
section then users will be required to register. Random passwords
will be sent via e-mail and user data will be stored in the regdir
you specify. If $regdir is undefined, then users will be presented
with the "classic" interface where registration is not required.

Q. Are closed items retained on the server?

A. Maybe... When an item closes, e-mail is sent to both the winning
bidder and the seller explaining the results. If a closed item
directory is specified, the item will be copied to that directory
upon close, otherwise it will just be deleted. Users can view closed
items using the closed item viewer utility included.

Q. When is e-mail sent out?

A. E-Mail is sent out when auctions close. If $scripturl is defined,
then outbid e-mails will also be sent. If $regdir is defined, users
will receive passwords via e-mail when they register.

Q. I clicked on an item and it displayed the list of items or
I clicked on a category and it displayed a list of categories.

A. When the script is executed, it automatically determines
whether the item/category exists. If it does not, it displays
the list. Maybe the item you tried to access was closed or
the item was deleted? Maybe you didn't give your base
directory write permissions so the script could create its
directories?

Q. How does the command line for the script work?

A. When called from a web browser, the script can be called
with many different options. They are listed in the header
of the script.

Q. I do not want users to be able to post new items, but I
want to be able to. Is this possible?

A. Yes, set $newokay = 0 (or leave it undefined) and the link
to post a new item will not be visible. Users who are supposed
to post an item may post items using the command line:

http://www.drizware.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?1&1&n

Q. What is file locking, and how can I enable/disable it?

In version 1.01, file locking is included to eliminate the
risk of data corruption on high-traffic sites. If two users try
to post a bid at the EXACT SAME TIME, file locking will delay
the second poster until the first poster is finished posting. File
locking should be enabled unless your server does not support it.
If you get weird flock errors or your script crashes, try setting
$flock = 0. If it complains about not finding a flock definition,
you should delete line 966 (use Fcntl...) and change line 967 to say:
flock (NEWITEM, 2);

===V. Support===

Free support is available via our online forums located at:

http://www.drizware.com/

Commercial support, installation, and customization services are
also available at:

http://www.drizware.com/

===VI. Version History===

This is EveryAuction version 1.01.

Version 1.01 - Fixed reposting (quotes bug), fixed e-mail
and closed item viewing for items that did not meet the reserve
price, minor cosmetic changes (corrected link to EveryAuction
home page, added site name to config section).

Version 1.0 - First non-beta release. Added numerous new
features and a new look. EveryAuction is now professional, reliable
auction software being used by over 50 Internet auction sites.

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