OJ looked like what I needed (I was going to use it as an open diary for users to read. A 'normal' diary was no good, coz most things in my diary are for church, every Sunday).

Downloaded OK.

Made the directories OK. Figured out that CHMOD was simply right click and change prefs.

Now what?

Found oj.cfg, configured my PC to open this in Notepad, away I go. Follow the installation instructions, hopefully correctly.

The 'sample' directory structures are long winded compared to my actuality. The CGI-BIN is in my main root, so the config file starts like this, with the $mydir string blank.

$mydir = "";
$progdir = "/cgi-bin/oj";
$ojdir = "/oj";
$cgi_url = "/cgi-bin/oj.cgi";
$baseurl = "http://www.chippingcampdenbaptistchurch.org.uk";
$title = "Church Diary and Events";
$mesgdir = "story";
$ext = "htm";
$mesgfile = "index." . $ext;
$multiuser = 0;
$daytoarchive = "5";
$timezone = "GMT";
$colors = qq~ bgcolor="#FFFFEE text="#000000" link="#000077" vlink="#884400" ~;
$background = qq~ background="" ~;
$font = "arial,helvetica";
$size = "-1";
$tcolor = qq~ bgcolor="#CCCCAA" ~;
$tbcolor = qq~ bgcolor="#005544" ~;
$tbfontcolor = "#FFFFFF";
$tbfont = "verdana,ms sans serif";
$linebr = "
";
$target_window = "";
$auth_time = 3600;
$db_use_flock = 1;
$auth_dir = "$progdir/ojauth";
$tplt_dir = "$progdir/ojtemplates";
$auth_pw_file = "$progdir/ojaccess.db";

Is the index file supposed to be the file where the OJ will load? Who knows.

NEway, what do I do NEXT. You say run the OJ.CGI file. How? What software do I need to do this. How do I tell it where to put the message.

Can you tell I'm new to CGI? I can write Java, C++, VB, etc, but this has got me stumped.

And tons of downstream questions. I'm really sorry about this, and that isn't helping my depression, or these **** constant Paroxetine withdrawal shocks in my head. I really think the execs at SKB should be sentenced to live in my head for a few days and then reply to the question, 'So you maintain Paroxetine isn't addictive?'

Apologies for all the English colloquialisms.

I know I'm depressed. You would be 9 days after coming of Paroxetine after taking for 9 months. SKB should die, die, die.