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• A great calendar program by Jann Linder (this version was freeware, but later versions have been developed and presented with license fees attached.
• Another great calendar program, added in Sept. (set for "view" only)--from RCBowen, listed in links below...can also be set with an "admin" view setup.
• Another great calendar program...By Matt Kruse. Again, "flock()" is disabled here, so that it will run on a win95 system. An alternate flocking routine would be useful (such as the one from Selena Sol).... just haven't had the time to figure out how to fit it in here...

• Powerful (and nice-looking!) database manager This is by Alex Krohn at Gossamer Threads and it has gone through a number of key revisions. The look of this is quite customizable, and it is useful for fairly large flat-file databases. An SQL version is also available (see link below for Gossamer Threads).
• A guestbook from Erik Strom's book on Perl programming (Original from Strom needed modification as it did not run as listed in the book, nor as available online through Sybex.) Changes are commented in the script.
• A wonderful guestbook from Andrius Kliauga, that uses an Access97 database to store and retrieve entries. Included in the original is an admin page that can be used easily to edit and/or delete entries. This setup demonstrates things like forms validation, Sambarscripting etc., as well as ODBC connectivity. This setup requires the use of the Sambar server, v. 4.2 beta 4 or later. (Andrius' version is an adaptation from Austin Ziegler aziegler@vnet.net Andrius and Austin are two of many participants who have worked with the Sambar server, and have participated in a listserve discussion about its effetive use. See: www.sambar.com for further details.)
• A simple glossary "search" page using Sambar script and ODBC (with Access97)
• The same glossary "search" page, also returning images and links...
• A Database Program, Promising a fairly sophisticated user-authentication and data-management utility, this is now functional on my server. Its source can be found here, for further details and information.

• This script has been modified from a further example developed by Sandi Galloway (for School cardrack)

• A bulletin board page
• CeilidhPro web bulletin board. This is a professional version, licensed by the script providers. It allows multiple-board setup, with no advertising banners.
• Discus ...a bulletin board system
• "Dialogue Forum"...For non-profit use only. Wonderful, powerful dialogue forum script using an Access database for message storage, user registration etc.

Variety of Others

• A Chess game By John Watson (see link to his site, below)
• An online voting page
• A Links-sharing page By Dave Palmer (see link below)
• An Image "Slideshow"
• A picture database from Lincoln Stein's book How to Set Up and Maintain a Website. Script needed modifications to run under a Win95/Activestate-perl setup.

PHP Based

• A Groupware Package PHP based, using a back-end database (MySQL)
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• A Threaded Discussion Phorum Based on PHP, and has a Sophisticated admin. setup.
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Sources:

• Schwartz, Randal, Olson, Erik and Christiansen, Tom.

  Learning Perl on Win32 Systems. Cambridge, MA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1997.

• Stein, Lincoln.
  • How to Set Up and Maintain a Website. Second Edition. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1997.
  • Official Guide to Programming with CGI.pm: The Standard for Building Webscripts. N.Y.: John Wiley and Sons. 1998.
• Strom, Eric.

  Perl CGI Programming. San Francisco: Sybex. 1998. (At least one reliable source-- a professional perl programmer-- has given me a "caution" on this book, that it is not technically accurate. I refer to it here with this caution, but mainly as the source of at least one of the scripts above--as well as the source for information about the Sambar server, through which this "website" is now served.)

Web Sources:

• Tod Sambar: Tod is the creator and developer of the Sambar Server software for Win95/98/NT. His site provides the latest version(s) of his freeware server, as well as links to online discussions, mailing lists etc. connected with its use.
• Lincoln Stein: Author of the CGI.pm module; several of his key pages on the internet provide useful background resources (including the module itself); a number of pages are also linked as online resources for this books.
• David Roth's Win32::ODBC Pages: David is the author of the Win32::ODBC module for perl, and his site makes it available, along with key documentation
• Selena Sol: This site is a wealth of resources for learning about effective and practical perl-scripting. Numerous original scripts are found here, as well as links to other scripts. This site also has a variety of other resources for learning cgi/perl. It is UNIX oriented, but for those familiar with Win95/98/NT most scripts and information can be easily applied in their particular environment.
• Matt's Script Archive: At the "Worldwidemart"... Key source (well indexed) for perl/cgi and other types of web scripts
• Script Search: A page for searching for a wide range of perl/cgi and other types of web scripts
• Philip Kallerman:...is the source for the "Dialogue Forums" conferencing software noted above.
• John Watson's Perl Scripts: The chess program above, and a great perl tool for creating indexes for graphic files, can be found here. Well worth a look.
• Kristina's Scripts for Educators: This is the source for the WebBMail script above, that is licensed for non-commercial/educational use. This site provides other useful scripts as well.
• RCBowen This is the source for the HyperCal calendar script above. This site provides other useful scripts as well.
• Alex Krohn ...is the source for the database manager script above, from Gossamer Threads. Apparently there is an SQL based version of this db manager, as well.
• WebBBS This is the source for the Web Bulletin Board script above. This excellent site provides other useful scripts as well.
• Peter Sundstrom ...is the source for the Slideshow script above. This script was slightly adapted from its original, to run in a Win32 environment. I am still "in progress" working on "details" for some other parts of the script, but as of 9/98 it is basically functioning well.
• Ray Chan ...is the author of the Voting script above. This script was slightly adapted from its original, to customize its "look and feel". Meanwhile, during the late summer of 1998, Ray made some changes in parts of the script to improve its function. His "Perl Reunion 98" page is a good resource.
• Dave Palmer ... the source for Links Sharing script above. This is a versatile script, and it would be well worth staying in touch with its developer's site.
• StepWeb This is the source for the "autoresponder" script above. A basic, useful script, from a practical site, with other related resources.
• Jann Linder's Calendar: Jann's calendar above is a modification of a program found previously at the Selena Sol's Archives