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Build your own FOTW copy or mirror
Last modified: 2001-11-23 by rob raeside
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Warning: Before building a local copy or a mirror
of FOTW website, read carefully our copyright
rules
See also:
Building your own local copy of FOTW website
To build your own copy of the FOTW website:
- Click here to
enter the directory
/mirrors/monthlys/ on the download site
- Download all the files allimag1.zip, allimag2.zip etc.
and unzip them into the directory /fotw/images
(or c:\fotw\images) on your local hard disk.
- Download all the files allflag1.zip, allflag2.zip etc.
and unzip them into the directory /fotw/flags
(or c:\fotw\flags) on your local hard disk.
- Download all the files allmisc1.zip, allmisc2.zip etc.
and unzip them into the directory /fotw/misc
(or c:\fotw\misc) on your local hard disk.
Note that these zipped files are more than 1.44 MB in size. If you want to
transport them by diskette to a non-networked pc (e.g. to your home pc),
you will have to split the files yourself.
To look at your local copy of FOTW, open the file /flags/index.html
(or c:\fotw\flags\index.html)
Keeping your copy up to date
FOTW contents change almost every day. To monthly update your copy you
should download the monthly updating files:
- Click here to
enter the directory
/mirrors/monthlys/ on the download site
- Check the file read_me.txt
for the extact period of time covered by the monthly update, the name of
latest delete file, and other information.
- Download the delete file named in read_me.txt,
probably named 'del-xxnm.txt', where 'mn' stands for the
month-number of the month you try to update over (01= Jan, 02=Feb ...),
and delete the obsolete files named in it.
- Download the file mn-image.zip (or the files mn-imag1.zip,
mn-imag2.zip etc. if they exist) and unzip into the directory
/fotw/images (or c:\fotw\images) on your local hard disk.
- Download the file mn-flags.zip (or the files mn-flag1.zip,
mn-flag2.zip etc. if they exist) and unzip into the directory
/fotw/flags (or c:\fotw\flags) on your local hard disk.
- Download the file mn-misc.zip (or the files mn-misc1.zip,
mn-misc2.zip etc. if they exist) and unzip into the directory
/fotw/misc (or c:\fotw\misc) on your local hard disk.
Note that these update files are no more than 1.44 MB in size. If you keep
your mirror on a non-networked pc, the updates can be transported on
standard 3.5" HD diskettes.
Building a mirror site of FOTW
Once you have an up to date local copy of FOTW website, you may make it
available to the Internet community as a mirror site of FOTW.
You can put your banner (or the banner of the organization that
hosts the site) on all the FOTW pages as follows:
- Prepare your banner as a gif file.
- Name it linea2.gif.
- Put the file in the /images directory.
- Change the text of host.html file so that it tells the visitor about
your site and includes a link to your homepage.
You can not
- modify the contents of FOTW pages and images;
- put third-party advertisement on FOTW pages (e.g. you cannot put
third-party logos and advertisement in linea2.gif file);
- sell the access to FOTW pages and images.
Making your mirror an official one
After your mirror site is set up and freely visitable, you might like to
have it added to the list of FOTW official mirror sites: Send a message to
the FOTW Director and you will
receive monthly updates of pages and images through e-mail. Your only duty
will be to keep the mirror up to date.