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[citadel.git] / webcit / README.txt

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@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
                         WEBCIT for the Citadel System
-                               version 6.10
+                               version 6.25
  
-   Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by the authors.  Portions written by:
+   Copyright (C) 1996-2005 by the authors.  Portions written by:
        Art Cancro
        Nathan Bryant
+       Wilifried Goesgens
        Nick Grossman
        Andru Luvisi
         Kevin Roth
        Dave Lindquist
- 
-This program is free software released under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License.  Please read COPYING.txt for more licensing information.
- 
+       Martin Mouritzen
+
+   This program is open source software released under the terms of the GNU
+   General Public License.  Please read COPYING.txt for more licensing
+   information.
+ 
+   WebCit bundles the Prototype JavaScript Framework, writen by Sam
+   Stephenson [http://prototype.conio.net].  These components are licensed to
+   you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
+
+   WebCit bundles the script.aculo.us JavaScript library, written by
+   Thomas Fuchs [http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us].  These
+   components are licensed to you under the terms of an MIT-style license.
+
+   The Citadel logo was designed by Lisa Aurigemma.
+
  
  INTRODUCTION
  ------------
  
- Citadel is a sophisticated BBS and groupware package which allows multiple
+ Citadel is a sophisticated groupware and BBS package which allows multiple
 users to simultaneously access the system using a variety of user interfaces.
 This package (WebCit) is a "middleware" package which presents an HTML/HTTP
 user interface to the Citadel system.
@@ -83,13 +96,13 @@ the "webserver" program:
      available network interfaces.  Normally this will be the case, but if
      you are running multiple Citadel systems on one host, it can be useful.
  
-  -> http_port: the TCP port on which you wish your WebCit server to run.
-     This can be any port number at all; there is no standard.  Naturally,
-     you'll want to create a link to this port on your system's regular web
-     pages (presumably on an Apache server running on port 80).  Or, if you
-     are installing WebCit on a dedicated server, then you might choose to
-     use port 80 after all.
- 
+  -> http_port: the TCP port on which you wish your WebCit server to run.  If
+     you are installing WebCit on a dedicated server, you can use the
+     standard port 80.  Otherwise, if port 80 is already occupied by some
+     other web service (probably Apache), then you'll need to select a
+     different port.  If you do not specify a port number, WebCit will attempt
+     to use port 2000.
+     
   -> tracefile: where you want WebCit to log to.  This can be a file, a
      virtual console, or /dev/null to suppress logging altogether.
  
@@ -121,7 +134,7 @@ the "webserver" program:
  GRAPHICS
  --------
  
- WebCit contains a small amount of graphics (buttons, etc.) which are kept
+ WebCit contains graphics, templates, JavaScript code, etc. which are kept
 in its "static" subdirectory.  All site-specific graphics, however, are
 fetched from the Citadel server.