Installing TAKE THIS!

Follow these steps to install and configure TAKE THIS!:

  1. copy the "take_this" directory in the desired HTML path on your server.

  2. copy the "takethis" directory into your cgi directory. Set these variables in take_prefs.pm :


    • $target - Specify the file path to the root upload directory.

    • $target_url- Specify the URL to the root upload directory defined as $target.

    • $plate- filepath the the response.html template file.

      $users - Specify the file path to the user information file.

    • $home (takethis.pl) - Specify the URL to the take_this directory.


    • $administrator - email address to receive upload notification.

    • $subject - subject of email notification message
    • $platform - NT or UNIX
    • $mailer - Which supported mailer? All mailers require a filepath. Some require more info.

  3. Download cgi-lib and place it in the takethis directory. Also, verify that the path to PERL is correct in the first line of each script.

  4. Modify links in the "index.html" file to reflect the location of the takethis.pl.

    • Modify the users.info file. Replace name@domain with the email address; password with the password; and directory with the user's subdirectory within the upload root directory.

  5. Set file permissions. The scripts must have execute permission. The upload directories and subdirectories must have read/write/modify permission. (chmod 777).

  6. Modify the "extensions.txt" file to include the allowable file extensions for uploads.

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