Download TOP-5000 version 1.1 and install the files in a new folder somewhere on your Hard Disk.
- [F1] - Get the Help Menu.
- [DEL] - Delete Song from the List.
- [INS] - Add a new Song to the List.
- [F2] - Edit Song.
- [F3] - Mark Song and move it up (or down).
- [F4] - Save Changes.
- [F5] - Append Songs to the current Song Database from another text-file. This is a very powerful function, you for instance can add the songs of your friends made with TOP-5000 or even add songs from external formats such as Winamp-Playlists (see wimamp.txt) or the Dutch Top-2000 list of 2006 (see 2006.txt). Doubles are skipped, either manually or automatically.
- [F6] - Sort the List on Artist.
- [F7] - Sort the List on Song.
- [F8] - Sort the List on Number of Votes.
- [F9] - Sort the List (back) on Ranking (Original State).
- [F10] - Configuration Menu. Technical Stuff, see below.
- [F11] - Import Email Votes. Technical Stuff, see below.
- [F12] - Quick Vote Overview.
This basically is all you need to know to operate TOP-5000.
Technical
- The HTML pages that are generated are using a so-called template. If you are familiar with HTML programming you can make your own layout by creating your own HTML template. TOP-5000 uses 3 templates, these are: base.htm, base2.htm and formbase.htm as defined in the Configuration Menu [F10].
- Alternatively you can use: example.htm, example2.htm and
form.htm for a total different outlook.
- TOP-5000 does 2 things when creating a HTML overview, it fills in the TITLE of a page and inserts data on the location where it finds the key-word: TEXT HERE, so leave these 2 items unchanged.
- You are not allowed to remove the copyright message from the footer.
Technical
- One of the most challenging features of TOP-5000 is to create your own web-site where people can vote on their favorite songs and create your own All Time Best Song Chart. Here is how to do it.
- Goto (B)and, set the minimum to 1 using the (-) key, press (M) to sort the List on Alphabet and then press
(S)cript. It will store all the Songs of the Song Database to the Voting Script (vote.htm). Upload vote.htm to
your web-page and let the voting start.
- Make a filter in your email program that stores all received email with the subject: TOP-5000 in a separate mailbox. This step is not obliged but highly recommended.
- Copy the mailbox with the votes to the TOP-5000 folder, set the filename in the Configuration Menu (option-6) and press [F11] Import Email Votes, creating a new Song Database automatically sorted on the Number of Votes. Your first All Time Best Song Chart has been created!! Give the new List a Chart Number (Configuration Menu) and save your work with [F4] as a New File.
- Contributed User Songs are stored as a regular Song Database called newsongs.txt which means you can import them to the Main Song Database using [F5].
- That's it!
- When you are using Outlook Express as your email client you will need to follow another procedure to copy the votes to the TOP-5000 folder. Download OEView.zip and with this freeware program copy all the votes (CTRL-A) to the sub-folder OUTOOK in the TOP-5000 folder. Then press (O)utlook Conversion, it will convert all the Outlook emails to one file TOP-5000 can handle. Trouble finding the Outlook Mailboxes? Open Outlook Express, Click Right on Inbox and then on Properties.
- If you want to avoid the trouble with Outlook consider Eudora and run it in Light Mode as freeware. You can set a filter and collect all the email votes in one file.
- The TOP-5000 Program and its components although distributed as freeware in no way might
become subject to any form of commerce. Permission must be asked first.
- The TOP-5000 Program and its components come as is and can only be used as such. It's forbidden
to change, add, delete any of its components and only can be distributed in original form.
- Always check the matador website for the correct version.
- To get rid of the intro music run the program as TOP5000.EXE S