    HOT POTATOES v6
    by HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE
       Readme.txt file
     (Windows version)

 CONTENTS

1. What is HOT POTATOES?
2. History and Previous 
   Versions
3. Licencing and Distribution
4. LIMITED WARRANTY AND 
   DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
5. Registration
6. Installation


 1. What is HOT POTATOES?

HOT POTATOES is a suite of six 
programs for creating interactive 
educational exercises for the 
World Wide Web. These are the 
programs included, along with the 
types of exercise they create:

 JQuiz: multiple-choice, true-false,
           text-entry or short-answer 
           quizzes
 JCloze: gap-fill exercises
 JCross: crosswords
 JMix: jumbled-sentence exercises
 JMatch: matching and ordering 
         exercises

All of the exercises use JavaScript 
and HTML for their functionality. 

The version 6 output will work only in 
Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla 1.2+ 
and Netscape 7+. This output can also 
be automatically uploaded to the 
www.hotpotatoes.net hosting service. 
This output format will be the core 
format for the future. It is fully 
XHTML 1.1-compliant.

You do not need to know JavaScript 
or HTML in order to use these programs 
-- all you need to do is to enter your 
data (questions, answers etc.) and 
press a button, and the programs will 
create Web pages for you automatically. 
It couldn't be easier!

HOT POTATOES was created by: 

 Stewart Arneil (Mac and Web programming)
 Martin Holmes (Windows and Web programming)
 Hilary Street (Graphics).

Commercial aspects of Hot Potatoes (such 
as licencing) are handled by Half-Baked 
Software Inc:

http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com


 2. History and Previous Versions

Five of these programs were originally 
written for Windows95 by Martin 
Holmes, and released as freeware 
in 1997, under the names JBC, JQuiz and 
MiniTools. Version 2 of Hot Potatoes was 
released in August 1998, with a 
maintenance release of 2.01 in the 
following weeks. Version 3 was dated 
December 1998, with a maintenance release 
of 3.01 for all six of the applications 
in January 1999. Version 4 was released 
in beta in December 1999, with a full 
release in February 2000. JMix was updated 
to 4.01 in March 2000. Version 4.1 was 
released in June 2000.

Version 5.0 was first released in BETA in 
December 2000, and the final release 
was in February 2001. Version 5.1 was 
released at the beginning of March. 
Version 5.2 was released at the end of 
March, and updated to 5.2.0.1 in early
April 2001, and then to 5.2.0.2 and 5.2.0.3 
in early May. A further minor update to 
5.2.0.5 was released in June. 5.3 was 
released in beta in December 2001, then 
put on full release in January. 5.3 is 
the first version to include the Masher. 
Version 5.4 was released in early March 
2002. Version 5.5 (the first with support 
for www.hotpotatoes.net) was released in 
September 2002.

Version 6 betas began appearing in spring 
2003.  The first full release of version 6.0 
was in December 2003.

Visit The Hot Potatoes Web site for 
updated information, new versions, and 
other downloads:

 http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/


 3. Licencing and Distribution

The HOT POTATOES suite is distributed 
as shareware. If you are a non-profit-
making state-funded educational 
institution, and you post all 
materials made with Hot Potatoes 
on a public Web site where everyone 
can use them freely, then you may 
use Hot Potatoes free of charge. 
You will need to buy a commercial 
licence if you are not in compliance 
with these conditions. Information on 
commercial licensing is available at:

http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hotpot/licence.htm  

Copyright laws apply to both commercial 
and freeware software, and the copyright 
holder retains all rights. You may 
distribute HOT POTATOES to other users 
free of charge, PROVIDING THAT YOU PASS 
ON THE WHOLE SUITE IN ITS ORIGINAL 
ARCHIVE FORM, DO NOT ADD OR REMOVE 
ANY FILES FROM THE ARCHIVE, AND DO 
NOT MAKE ANY CHARGE FOR IT, AND THAT 
YOU OBTAIN THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF 
THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA AND 
HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE FIRST. We do not 
usually give permission for distribution 
online or on CD-ROM.


 4. LIMITED WARRANTY AND 
    DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY 

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING WRITTEN 
MATERIALS (INCLUDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR 
USE) ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY 
OF ANY KIND. FURTHER, THE AUTHORS DO NOT 
WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY 
REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE, OR 
THE RESULTS OF USE, OF THE SOFTWARE OR 
WRITTEN MATERIALS IN TERMS OF CORRECTNESS, 
ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, CURRENTNESS, OR 
OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE 
RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE 
IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IF THE SOFTWARE 
OR WRITTEN MATERIALS ARE DEFECTIVE YOU, 
AND NOT THE SOFTWARE'S AUTHORS OR ITS 
DISTRIBUTORS, ARE LIABLE FOR ANY COSTS 
INCURRED. HALF-BAKED SOFTWARE AND THE 
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ASSUME NO 
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT, INDIRECT 
OR CONSEQUENTIAL.

BY USING ANY VERSION OF HOT POTATOES 
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ 
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, UNDERSTAND IT, 
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS. 

This Limited Warranty shall operate in 
accordance with the laws of Canada.


 5. Registration

In order to unlock all the features of 
the HOT POTATOES suite, you will need 
to register the programs. You can 
register directly from the home 
page at:

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/ 

Just click on "Register". 
You will be able to get your code 
instantly (by email), and go into our 
database of users. Then start one of 
the potatoes, click on "Register" on 
the Help menu, and enter your user 
name and key.

REGISTRATION IS FREE, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY 
NEED TO PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL LICENSE: 
SEE THE TERMS EXPLAINED HERE:

http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_pot_licence.php

 6. Installation

This version of HOT POTATOES is 
distributed as a zip file 
(winhotpot60.zip) and as a self-extracting 
file (winhotpot60.exe). For the zip file, 
simply copy the file into an empty directory and 
unzip it using WinZip or any other 
zip file utility. The setup files 
will be extracted. Then run 
"setup_hotpot_xxxx.exe" ("xxxx" is the version 
number) to install it. For the self-extracting 
file, just double-click the file and follow the 
instructions you see. You can safely uninstall 
the suite by using the "Add/Remove Programs" 
utility in the Windows Control Panel. 


The HOT POTATOES suite is copyright 
Martin Holmes, Stewart Arneil, 
Hilary Street, Half-Baked Software, 
and the University of Victoria 
Humanities Computing and Media 
Centre 1996-2003. 