Subj : Splash screen in web telnet window?
To   : Riba
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 14:40:08

  Re: Splash screen in web telnet window?
  By: Riba to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Jul 24 2022 07:23 am

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 >
 > Need some help with changing the default splash screen in telnet window on
 > the web interface.
 >
 > According to wiki, by default it points to ../text/synch.asc
 >
 > I tried both replacing the synch.asc with my modified file (did not change
 > on web page), and also adding:
 >
 > [web]
 > ftelnet_splash = ../text/tvri.ans
 > (also tried ..\text\tvri.ans as it is a Windows host)
 >
 > ...but the moment I add this change to ..\ctrl\modopts.ini the web server
 > throws an error:
 >
 > !JavaScript c:\sbbs\webv4\root\index.xjs.ssjs line 6: Error: can't open
 > undefined/lib/init.js: No such file or directory

Do you have the the "web_directory" key set in the [web] section of modopts.ini? Compare you settings to the stock modopts.ini.

 > Removing the lines fixes it. So how can I change this splash screen and if
 > the default file/location is correct how come editing the file does nothing?

There's also a default base64-encoded splash screen defined in webv4/lib/ftelnet.js, perhaps that's where it's coming from.
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