Subj : Welcome.ans discoveries
To   : All
From : Patch #1@142.Wwivnet
Date : Tue Apr 30 2024 10:50 am


Here is what I was able to deduct regarding the welcome screen when you connect 
 to a WWIV system:

Platform: Debian Linux / KDE desktop
WWIV latest release

Objective: How to replace the default welcome screen/ANSI in WWIV

Image Format: ANS

Source Location: %root%/<bbs directory name>/gfiles/

Filename: welcome.ans/WELCOME.ANS
    * Upper-case letters only matter with Linux-based Operating Systems

Process:  It is considered 'best practice' before modifying any files to back  
them up to a secured location.  For this part of the process, create a new  
folder in 'gfiles' and name it something like ansi-backup.  Then issue the  
following command:

sudo cp welcome.ans /home/<username>/wwiv/gfiles/welcome.ans

Once the file has been copied succesfully either rename the original file or  
remove it, whichever you prefer to do.

Copy the welcome ANSI that you want on your BBS to the gfiles folder:

sudo cp /location/to/file/filename.ans /home/<user>/wwiv/gfiles/welcome.ans

Open a telnet BBS client of your choice and connect to your system, ensure that 
 the new welcome screen is displayed prior to logging in.

After thoughts: I tried to initiate a randomization of the welcome screens that 
 I have by naming them weclome.1, welcome.2 respectfully.  I also renamed them  
to welcome1.ans, welcome2.ans, etc. and that still did not work.

Prognosis: Keep researching and experimenting to see how we can incorporate  
WWIV random welcome screens.

More to come soon.



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