====== XRouter Tour - Sysop Interface #4 - "Full-Fat" HTML ======

The [[packet:xrouter:htmlinfopage | "legacy" HTML interface]] dates from the days of Windows 95 and Netscape, when "amprnet" was proper **IP over RADIO**, not just another internet-based VPN, so HTML had to be lean and mean.

The world, and browser technology, has moved on. The legacy interface is old-hat now, and most sysops no longer have the skills or desire to roll their own HTML.

So a second, (slightly) more modern, HTML interface has been added. This interface, nicknamed the "full-fat" interface, is 100% inbuilt and requires no additional HTML pages. It is a work in progress however. What follows is just the beginning...

The name "full-fat" started as a joke, but has stuck! By default it looks like this //(note most of the screenshots on this page got truncated at the bottom edge)//: 

{{htmlinfopage.jpg}}

The colours and fonts can be tweaked using CSS. A few seconds work, can produce something much better than the default, or something truly awful like this :-)

{{htmlcss.png}}

Ok, delete that CSS file, and let's look at some of the available pages, starting at the bottom of the protocol stack with PORTS.

{{htmlports.png}}

The text isn't supposed to be centred, that's a bug :-(

Moving up the protocol stack we have AX25 LINKS...

{{htmllinks.png}}

At the next step up the stack we have Layer 3 neighbours (Routes)...

{{htmlroutes.png}}

There's a lot more to show, so we'll skip the sub-pages and move up to the NODES page...

{{htmlnodes.png}}

Clicking on a node opens up its info page like this:

{{htmlnode.png}}

Moving up, we have STATS...

{{htmlstats.png}}

At session layer, USERS shows the current and recent sessions:

{{htmlusers.png}}

Thw pages thus far have been both read-only, and available to everyone. Now we get to the pages which allow writing, and may require authentication, depending on whether the user is on a local LAN or not. Firstly, the TERMINAL page, which gives access to the node's command line...

{{htmlterminal.png}}

You can connect to the chat server from the terminal, but there's a better way, which is to use the CHAT tab:

{{htmlchat.png}}

The PMS tab accesses the... now what's it called?... oh yes the PMS (Personal Message System). Although it's really a BBS, that's a closely guarded secret - don't tell anyone ;-)

{{htmlpms.png}}

Click on a message to display it...

{{htmlbull.png}}

Creating or replying to a message...

{{htmlreply.png}}

Next we have the (optional) "Message Wall" or just WALL - a sort of guest book cum scribble pad, like the Facebook wall of years gone by, but without the poking and sheep-throwing LOL

{{htmlwall.png}}

Then there's the (optional) sysop's BLOG, a place to post whatever you like, as long as it's not binary...

{{htmlblog.png}}

Finally, for now, there's the sysop's manual, where you should be able to find the answers to life, the universe and everything else:

{{htmlmanual.png}}

Typical manual page:

{{htmlansi.png}}

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