$Id: 00README,v 1.3 2002/04/10 21:54:25 rv Exp $ --------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: feeder-stats was originally written by Iain Lea and was maintained by Brad Knowles up till version v3.101 NOTE: This is a modified version of v3.101 that is shipped with Diablo. Comments, patches etc. should be sent to the maintainers of Diablo. --------------------------------------------------------- To use: 1. copy feeder-stats.pl & diablo-stats.sh (or cyclone-stats.sh if you are running Cyclone) to your bin directory 2. edit diablo-stats.sh (or cyclone-stats.sh) to match your site requirements 3. check that feeder-stats.pl '#!/path/perl' points to your copy of Perl5 4. if you want graphs (PNG-format) you'll need the Chart and GD perl modules: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/GD/ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Chart/ (or get them at the nearest CPAN mirror) 5. copy the feeder-stats.conf to your /news directory 6. copy the logo.gif file to your $HtmlDir directory or put your own (not too big) logo.gif there. 7. install a crontab job to run diablo-stats.sh (or cyclone-stats.sh): ie. 59 * * * * /usr/local/bin/diablo-stats.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 Original additional notes from Iain kept for historical sake ;-) ----------------------------------------------------------- 8. send me money/pizza/your wife or anything you have handy Comments & patches to me but please 'Be brief, be blunt, be gone'. Enjoy Iain PS. please give credit where credit is due ie. don't say you wrote it!