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78 lines
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Creweb is a set of CGI scripts written in LPC that
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together with the mud web server allow creators to
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view and edit their files from the internet, using
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their browser.
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A creator simply visits the mud home page and clicks on
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the CreWeb link, then uses their mud name and mud
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password to login.
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The interface is primitive, just plain old black-on
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white and HTML form controls. Perhaps a better way to
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look at is is "clean and uncluttered".
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Creators can upload files, and edit files. However,
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they cannot navigate beyond their home directory. This
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is for security reasons, and probably will not change.
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To enable CreWeb on your mud:
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1) Choose a port for your web server. In this example
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we'll use port 8001
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2) Issue the following commands:
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mudconfig http port 8001
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mudconfig http disable
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mudconfig cgi enable
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mudconfig dirlist enable
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mudconfig creweb enable
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mudconfig http enable
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3) Use your favorite browser to go to port 8001 on your
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mud computer. For example:
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http://your.mud.address:8001
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4) Click on the CreWeb link, log in, and have fun!
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Important things to keep in mind about CreWeb:
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* This is an experimental system. It probably contains
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bugs or problems.
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* It requires cookies and javascript enabled.
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* It was built with security as a priority but it is
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still a web-facing file modification system, meaning it
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is not and never can be 100% safe.
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* If you decide not to use it, just use the following
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command to disable it: mudconfig creweb disable
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* It is intentionally limited to home directories
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only. You are strongly advised not to try to change
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CreWeb to circumvent this.
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* If you need to use CreWeb to edit files outside your
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home directory, simply copy them into your home directory
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while logged into the mud, edit, then copy them back.
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* Users of Microsoft Internet Explorer may have occasional
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difficulty when editing files. This is due to IE's default
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cache behavior. Change your preferences to reload pages:
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Tools->General->Settings->Every visit to the page
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Then logout of creweb and restart IE.
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* Despite my best efforts, users of IE still sometimes have
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problems. If you keep getting weird stuff like not being
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able to write to a file, or being unable to display the
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page, try using Firefox instead. And complain to MS. :(
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