How to setup your own gopherspace ================================= You can create an account on sdf ssh'ing into new@sdf.org. This will connect you to setup a new account. Login as 'new' when prompted. Follow through the steps and you should of made an account on sdf! You can now type 'mkgopher' and then 'setup' to setup your gopher page. You should see a new folder in your account called 'gopher', this is where all your files for your gopherspace should go. Any files you put in here will automatically be added in a directory tree to be accessed by anyone who visits. You can customise your gopherspace to include text on each page and rearranging the directories by making a file called 'gophermap'. To add text to your gophermap just type normally, to add a resource: Fname TAB path TAB host TAB port F = gopher filetype name = the name for the resource path = path to the file host:port = hostname and port of file Filetype and name are mandatory, if no path is specified it will use the name as the path. If no hostname and port is specified the current server will be used. Filetypes: 0 text file 1 directory 3 error message 5 archive file 7 search query 8 telnet session 9 binary file g GIF image h HTML file i info text I generic image file d document file s sound file ; video file c calender file M MIME file To end a gophermap and include the file listing simply type '*' without quotes at the end of your file.