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** HTML Today!, version 1.0
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Description
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This program creates an HTML file with date information. The one and
possible only use for it is to create a web page to which one can 
have a link from another web page.

One could do the same thing with CGI programs, but as everyone might
not be familiar with the CGI interface I wrote this program for these 
people.

Features
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-> Choice of displaying 
     1. Date
     2. Day of week
     3. Time when the file was created
   in any combination
-> User customizable comment that is displayed on the page
-> User customizable URL for a link pointing at another page.
   One common use for this would be to have a link to the web server's 
   homepage.
-> User selectable output file
-> All options stored in INI file

Installation
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It can't be any simpler. Just unzip the files (TODAY.EXE, TODAY.INI and 
README.TXT) into any desired directory. All files must however be 
in the _same_ directory!

How to use it
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HTML Today! can be run in either manual or automatic mode.
The first time you use it you should run it in manual mode, in order
to customize it according to your needs.

-> To run in manual mode, simply start the TODAY.EXE program. Play with 
   the programs and menus to get a feeling for it. Be sure to check out the
   "Help | Postcardware" menu command!
-> To run in automatic mode, add a command line parameter of "-a" (no quotes).
   HTML Today! will use the options stored in the INI file, so its important 
   that these options are correct! The HTML file will be created without any
   need for user intervention.

In order to be useful, HTML Today! must be run once every day. This means
having some kind of timer program running. There are several around (WinCron
is a good one available from the CICA and SimTel FTP archives).

Copyright
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HTML Today! is copyrighted by Gradient Software, 1995. All rights are 
reserved. No transfer of ownership is implied or intended by the distribution
of the program.

Distribution policy
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This version (1.0) of HTML Today! may be copied and distributed freely, as
long as no modifications are made to any of the included files (except the
TODAY.INI file). Please do not charge more than 5 US dollars for it!


Upcoming features
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-> Specification of a bitmap to be used as background for the web page 
   (NetScape specific feature)
-> Saving the date and time LED's (made by Tim Noonan. Thanks!) show in 
   manual mode  as GIFs, and then include them in the web page. It will be 
   a neater way to display date/time than just using text.

Contacting the authors
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As of August 1995 the authors can be reached at

Gradient Software
Mjrdevi Science Park
Teknikringen 1A
S-583 30 Linkping
SWEDEN

Phone: +46 - (0)13 - 21 13 21
email: goran.sander@gradient.se
WWW  : http://www.gradient.se

Revision History
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1.0    First relsease. Probably full of bugs....

