General Instructions for installing Perl Cgi scripts: ------------------------------------------------------- 1.Find out the location of Perl on your server.You can do this either by telnet by typing "whereis perl" or by asking your system administrator. After you have found out the correct location,check and rectify,if necessary,the path in the first line of perl cgi script which usually is #!/usr/bin/perl 2.Find out the exact paths of server www root dir and subdirs containing your files. Substitute these paths in scripts as required. 3.Upload the scripts in ASCII format to server cgi-bin directory. 4.Chmod the script to world executable "chmod 755" ------------------------------------------------------- Specific Instructions for Web Calender script: ------------------------------------------------------- Various editable variables are: 1.$cgi_path='http://www.yourserver.com/cgi-bin/calender.cgi'; # Path to calender script 2.$file_path='holidays.txt'; # Path to file containing special days like holidays,birthdays To add to this file simply follow format like this month=5&year=2000&day=22&message=My Birthday and press Another CGI file named "webcalmanager.cgi" is included for adding,editing and deleting records via browser.It authenticates user by taking username and password from password.txt file. 3.$title="Sangra Millenium Calender"; # Title of Web Calender