__ __ __ ..... .---.-.-----.----.|__|__|.--.--.--.-----.| |--. .... ..::::::: | _ |__ --| __|| | || | | | -__|| _ | ::::::.. .:::::::::: |___._|_____|____||__|__||________|_____||_____| :::::::::. /::::::::::::::::::::::::-[ the web... in ascii ]-:::::::::::::::::::::: /:::::::::::::::://////////////////////////////////////////////////::::: /::'.::..::.:`::' /:::: /::=---------=:' Hello, and welcome to asciiweb. /:.: / ,-========-, /:.: /| NEWS | Asciiweb is a text-to-html formatting system that /:.: /| .________. | uses the <pre> tag to create innovative /:.: / :-========-: ascii-art web pages. /:.: /| ABOUT | /:.: /| .________. | The concept is simple -- hyperlinks and most /:.: / :-========-: other HTML formatting tags work within a pre- /:.: /| DOWNLOAD | formatted text block -- this means that /:.: /| .________. | elaborate web pages may be designed by /:.: / :-========-: combining old-school ascii art techniques with /:.: /| DOCUMENTS | a little HTML knowhow. /:.: /| .________. | /:.: / :-========-: Unfortunately, keeping all the HTML and /:.: /| LISTS | formatting and whitespace and everything /:.: /| .________. | inside the <pre> tag straight by hand is /:.: / :-========-: an incredible headache -- one wrong space means /:.: /| SITES | messed up (and possibly unintelligible) /:.: /| .________. | ascii art. Who wants that? Nobody. /:.: / :-========-: /:.: /| DIRECTORY | FORTUNATELY, asciiweb does all the difficult /:.: /| .________. | work for you -- keeping spaces and tags in line /:.: / :-========-: so that you can sit back and worry about being /:.: /| COMMENTS | creative. /:.: /| .________. | /:.: / :-========-: Additionally, asciiweb allows you to either /:.: /| CONTACT | generate your pages on demand, on command, or via /:.: /| .________. | a scheduling agent like cron. Nobody knows how to /:.: / '-========-' run your server like you do, and asciiweb isn't /:.: /::=---------=:: about to make you change. /:.: /::. . .:: /:.: /:: . . . :: Furthermore, those running asciiweb in an /:.: /:: . . . :: on-demand configuration will find all kinds of /:.: /:: . . . :: neat tricks and hacks available to them. For /:.: /::. . . . . .:: example, asciiweb is able to load files from /:.: /:: . . . :: the filesystem or via http -- including /:.: /:: . . . :: offsite html and "rfk"(asciiweb's custom /:.: /:: . . . :: format) files. /:.: /::. . .:: /:.: /:: . . . :: Additionally, asciiweb can be configured to /:.: /:: . . . :: embed the output from custom scripts for cool /:.: /:: . . . :: dynamic text widgets, data visualization or /:.: /::. . . . . .:: statistical information -- anything you code /:.: /:: . . . :: yourself that outputs text -- in whatever /:.: /:: . . . :: language you prefer -- Perl, Python, /:.: /:: . . . :: bash, you name it! /:.: /::. . .:: /:.: /:: . . . :: AND, asciiweb implements optional per-page /:.: /:: . . . :: configuration -- allowing you to set custom /:.: /:: . . . :: ascii-art surroundings to load with your /:.: /::. . . . . .:: content files. Make asciiweb change and /:.: /:: . . . :: contextualize for each page in your website! /:.: /:: . . . :: /:.: /:: . . . :: If that wasn't enough, asciiweb also /:.: /::. . .:: understands standard "Apache-style" /:.: /:: . . . :: directory listings -- so your users can browse /:.: /:: . . . :: the filesystem and still remain inside the /:.: /:: . . . :: asciiweb interface! /:.: /::. . . . . .:: /:.: /:: . . . :: Finally, asciiweb is Free Software, released /:.: /:: . . . :: under the terms of the GPL. What could be better /:.: /:: . . . :: than that? /:.: /::..::..::...::. .:::: /::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: /::::://///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////::::: /`:::: asciiweb is free software under the terms of the GPL /::::' /':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// copyleft 2002-04, Tastytronic Industries, Inc. ...looking for the other ASCIIWeb?