--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/06 17:00:30	1.398
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/08/12 19:46:04	1.399
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.398 2003/08/06 17:00:30 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.399 2003/08/12 19:46:04 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1284,6 +1284,34 @@ sub get_course_adv_roles {
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Frontpage Announcements
+#
+#
+
+sub postannounce {
+    my ($server,$text)=@_;
+    unless (&allowed('psa',$hostdom{$server})) { return 'refused'; }
+    unless ($text=~/\w/) { $text=''; }
+    return &reply('setannounce:'.&escape($text),$server);
+}
+
+sub getannounce {
+    if (my $fh=Apache::File->new($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/announcement.txt')) {
+	my $announcement='';
+	while (<$fh>) { $announcement .=$_; }
+	$fh->close();
+	if ($announcement=~/\w/) { 
+	    return 
+   '<table bgcolor="#FF5555" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">'.
+   '<tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><pre>'.$announcement.'</pre></td></tr></table>'; 
+	} else {
+	    return '';
+	}
+    } else {
+	return '';
+    }
+}
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Course ID routines
 # Deal with domain's nohist_courseid.db files
 #