Re: [mv] Really Dumb Newbie Question

[Barry Treahy <treahy@mmaz.com>]

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John, another point that I was real slow to pick up on is that if you alter any of these:
        ## Set some menubars and headers
        ConfigDir pages
        Variable      LEFTSIDE   <leftside
        Variable      RIGHTSIDE  <rightside
        Variable      NO_RIGHT   <no_right
        Variable      MENUBAR    <menubar
        Variable      MENUBOTTOM <menubottom
        Variable      LOGOBAR    <logobar
        Variable      COPYRIGHT  <copyright
        ConfigDir config
 you will need to restart the server because these are cached at startup time.

Barry

Hans-Joachim Leidinger wrote:

> ******    message to minivend-users from Hans-Joachim Leidinger <jojo@buchonline.net>     ******
>
> John Carroll wrote:
> >
> > ******    message to minivend-users from John Carroll <jjc@groveton.com>     ******
> >
> > Last weekend I downloaded and installed MiniVend 3.14-4 on my old 486,
> > with the idea of modifying assorted pages to fit the needs of a catalog I
> > plan to put together.  The "simple" catalog worked perfectly (and slowly)
> > on the first try.  I read all the docs I could find, subscribed to
> > this mailing list, and roamed over every directory and file in the
> > minivend-3.14-4 and mvend directories trying to figure out how to go about
> > making changes.  This is embarrassing, but I'm lost.  The only way I can
> > figure out to modify the "simple" catalog is to start with the
> > /minivend-3.14-4/dist/simple directory, make changes there, then reinstall
> > the whole minivend program from scratch.  Not good for fine-tuning. :(
> > There's gotta be an easier way.  I'm sure it's obvious, but I don't see
> > it, and could definitely use a hint at this point.  I realize there are a
> > million things to learn before I can field a catalog, but getting a
> > starting point would help.  What file, directory, or other thing does one
> > start with, say, to change the image "artstore.gif" to "crmlogo.jpg" on
> > the splash page?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > John Carroll
> > jjc@groveton.com
>
> Hi John,
>
> welcome to the minivend world. ;-)
>
> You donīt need to install minivend from scratch every times.
> If you have installed minivend to (for example)
>
> /home/john/minivend
> /home/john/minivend/bin
> /home/john/minivend/lib
> .
> etc.
> there are a directory like
>
> /home/john/minivend/simple
>
> too. This is the simple catalog to edit. Make any change there.
> Have you a file like /home/john/minivend/simple.cfg ?
> If yes, type
>
> "cd /home/john/minivend"
> "bin/makecat simple"
>
> Maybe this can show you the right way. Good luck!
>
> Regards,
>         Joachim
>
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