Re: [scoop] Newbie needs FAQ on iSiloWeb

[<jm...@jm...>]

"Matt Devlin" said:

> I have just joined the mailing list. I have downloaded Sitescooper iSilo and
> iSiloWeb. I am running Win98 and a Palm Vx. I have discovered
> http://jmason.org/software/sitescooper/ but that is as far as i've got.
> What's next? Is there a FAQ which is really basic?

Hi Matt --

Well, there isn't an FAQ, but I've tried to make the Windows install quite
easy.  If you run into something that isn't clear, be sure to provide
feedback so I can fix it.


Basically, here's what you need to do in total to run sitescooper on a
Windows machine with iSilo:

  * make sure you can unzip files, by getting WinZip.  However I think
  you've already got this sorted, right?

  * install Perl.  This is the big one I'm afraid, it's a hefty download
  at 5.4 Mb. Pick one of these URLs to download it:

    http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl/download/APi522e.exe
    ftp://ftp.ActiveState.com/activeperl/APi522e.exe

  * Run that to install it; install it in C:\Perl or whatever. I don't
  think it matters where you install it as it will add itself to the
  command path and so on.

  * Get iSiloC32.zip from the iSilo site; unzip it and copy the
  iSiloC32.exe file into your C:\Windows directory.

  * get sitescooper.zip from
  http://jmason.org/software/sitescooper/released ; unzip this whereever
  you like.

  * Get required_modules.zip from
  http://jmason.org/software/sitescooper/released ; unzip this into the
  same directory you installed sitescooper into.


  * run the PPM utility, from the ActivePerl group in the Start Menu, and
  install MIME::Base64.  Now this bit I can't remember I'm afraid and I
  don't have a Windows machine handy.  If you open the ActivePerl help, it
  will tell you how to install packages using PPM -- you want to install
  the package called "MIME::Base64".

  * Once you've done that, just set up a shortcut to run this command:

      perl C:\where\you\have\installed\sitescooper\sitescooper.pl


That's the lot.

--j.