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 ====== 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.
+[[packet:xrouter:tour|Back to Tour Index Page]]
-The world, and browser technology, has moved on. The legacy interface is old-hat now, and most sysops no longer have the skills 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...
+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 name "full-fat" started as a joke, but has stuck! By default it looks like this, although the colours and fonts can be tweaked using CSS:
+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}}
-(to be continued...)
+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}}
+Next: [[packet:xrouter:mqtt-iface | More Sysop Interfaces]]
+[[packet:xrouter:tour|Back to Tour Index Page]]