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 +[02] HOW CAN I SETUP MY GOPHERSPACE?
  
 +     This document was written with 'mkgopher' in mind.  You may be
 +     managing your space from the UNIX shell, but since 'mkgopher'
 +     uses common UNIX commands, this should still be helpful.
 +
 +     SETUP
 +     ----
 +     This will create the directory for the top level of your GOPHERSPACE.
 +     Your URL will be "gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/1/users/username" (or
 +     "gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/username") where 'username' is your UNIX
 +     user id.  During your 'mkgopher' session, this directory will be
 +     present.  If you don't create anyfiles or directories, the space
 +     will be removed to keep our site clean.
 + 
 +     NOTE: Unfortunately, most web browsers do not render gopher pages
 +     properly, let alone grok Gopher URLs.
 +
 +     TITLE
 +     -----
 +     Your GOPHER URL is gopher://sdf.lonestar.org/1/users/login (or
 +     gopher://sdf-eu.org/1/users/login) where 'login' is the UNIX user id
 +     you use to login to SDF.  Your SITE name is your 'login'.  Since that
 +     is limited to 8 characters, you can use TITLE to set a 50 character
 +     or less title for your site.
 + 
 +     DESCRIBE
 +     --------
 +     For each directory you create in your GOPHERSPACE you can use the
 +     DESCRIBE command to create a detailed description.  This entry is
 +     limited to 9 lines of roughly 50 characters per line.
 +
 +     MKDIR
 +     -----
 +     Create a subdirectory within your GOPHERSPACE.
 +   
 +     RMDIR
 +     -----
 +     Remove a subdirectory within your GOPHERSPACE.
 +
 +     EDIT
 +     ----
 +     Edit and publish a document.  You can also use this as a way to
 +     cut and paste text from your computer terminal to SDF.  ASCII upload
 +     mode can also be used, just start sending text once you open the
 +     editing buffer.  
 +
 +     UPLOAD
 +     ------
 +     This should be used for large text files or binary data that cannot
 +     be transmitted via an ASCII transfer.  UPLOAD uses the ZMODEM file 
 +     transfer protocol which some terminal emulators support (TeraTerm ..)
 +</code>
 +
 +[[gopher|back]]