Changing Your "Members" Listing

The "Members" list (located at http://www.lionking.org/members.cgi is a script which generates a real-time, dynamic listing of all the users of lionking.org who have websites. By default, the appearance of the link for someone named John Doe, whose username is "simba", would be this:

You can alter the appearance of the link to your site by placing certain control files into your home directory. Here's how!

Changing the Title of the Link

By default, the title of the link is your full name, as reported by your account information in the system. You can always change your full name info by using the chfn command, but here's how to change the title of the link without messing with your account info.

To specify the title of your link, place a file called .title into your home directory. This should be a plain text file, and should be limited to just a few words.

If you use telnet to connect to the server and interact with the system through the command line, you can use the following command:

echo "Simba's Web Cave" > .title

Use the title of your choice between the quotes. This example will give the following result:

Note: The "(username)" will always appear after the title of the link; this is because the links are alphabetized by username, and I want there to be at least some way for people to look up pages. :)

You can also create this file on your own computer and upload it using an FTP program. Note: If you're using Windows, you probably won't be able to create files with "." at the beginning of the filename. In that case, you can create these files under other names, upload them, and then rename them through your FTP program.

Also, you can later edit this file by using the pico command (i.e.: pico .title, or by uploading a new one.

Adding a "Description" Line

To add a line under your link describing the site, place a file called .description into your home directory. This should be a plain text file, and can be up to a couple of lines long. (Technically, it can be as long as you want, but be considerate! :)

If you use telnet to connect to the server and interact with the system through the command line, you can use the following command:

echo "This is the description of my website." > .description

Of course, put the description of your choice between the quotes. :) This example will give the following result:

You can also create this file on your own computer and upload it using an FTP program. Note: If you're using Windows, you probably won't be able to create files with "." at the beginning of the filename. In that case, you can create these files under other names, upload them, and then rename them through your FTP program.

Also, you can later edit this file by using the pico command (i.e.: pico .description, or by uploading a new one.

Adding an Image or Icon

To place an "icon" image to the right of the title and description, place a file called .image into your home directory. This should be a plain text file, and contain a single line: the URL of the image. Of course, this means the image has to be on the web somewhere.

If you use telnet to connect to the server and interact with the system through the command line, you can use the following command:

echo "http://www.lionking.org/~simba/linkicon.gif" > .image

This example will give the following result:

You can also create this file on your own computer and upload it using an FTP program. Note: If you're using Windows, you probably won't be able to create files with "." at the beginning of the filename. In that case, you can create these files under other names, upload them, and then rename them through your FTP program.

Also, you can later edit this file by using the pico command (i.e.: pico .image, or by uploading a new one.

Preventing Your Site From Being Listed

Of course, you might also choose not to have your site listed at all on this page. No problem! Just place an empty file called .nolist into your home directory.

If you use telnet to connect to the server and interact with the system through the command line, you can use the following command:

touch .nolist

You can also create this file on your own computer and upload it using an FTP program. Note: If you're using Windows, you probably won't be able to create files with "." at the beginning of the filename. In that case, you can create these files under other names, upload them, and then rename them through your FTP program.

To re-enable the link to your site, just delete the .nolist file. :)

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