What is The Finger Server

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In short, The Finger Server is a web based, "pseudo" unix finger server with a nice browser oriented interface.

Users who have an account can logon and update their .plan files for other to see. Visitors to your site can check the plans of their favorite users for project updates, personal thoughts, etc.

The Finger Server also makes a great internal company project status board and is a wonderful tool for bringing together an internet community devoted to a particular subject.

Features:

Password protected user accounts.
Easy server and user administration.
Categories for different types of users.
Can mark one category as "Important" and those show up in the navigation bar.
Can display list of latest updates on your homepage ala QuakeFinger and WebDog.
Works well with banner advertisements.
Easy to customize everything from the logo, colors, fonts, categories, amount of information shown, etc.
Archives old plans for later lookup and retrieval.
Custom News/Announcement section that automatically adds new news posts for you and archives old posts. You never have to edit html...
Modular design allows for easy upgrading.
It's completely FREE!