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#  project           	: phpListPro                                                                                   
#  filename         	: INSTALL                                                                             
#  last modified by  	: Erich Fuchs
#  nullified by		: TNO - (T)he (N)ameless (O)ne                                                                               
#  e-mail            	: erich.fuchs@netone.at                                                                     
#  purpose           	: INSTALLATION                                                                                 
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IMPORTANT !!! PLEASE LEAVE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE INTACT !!! THANK YOU !!!

Note: Please read the LICENSE file included in the distribution to get the license
      this program is subject to.

Intro:
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phpListPro is a PHP script that allows you to run a fast, nice looking 
rating TopList on your website.

To see this script in action, you can browse the following websites :
- http://www.netone.at/products/listpro		(Developer and Demo-Version)
- http://rated100.com 				(Live-Version !!! PLEASE NO TESTPOSTINGS HERE !!!)

Requires:
- PHP3.x/PHP4.x or higher.
- mySQL 3.22.xx or higher.
- Apache

    NOTE: Micro$oft IIS is NOT supported, there is a major BUG inside

Not required but VERY useful:
- phpMyAdmin (http://www.phpwizard.net) would be a very good idea for db-handling

Changelog:
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1.75	(23/10/2001):	DB-Install/Upgrade-Tools added                                                                                   
			HTML-Newsletter added                                                                                                  
			Search Function added                                                                                                 
			$outexiturl Array and random selection added                                                                     
			FIX </form> missing, style.css form {} added                                                                     

1.74	(13/08/2001):	some minor Fixes

1.73	(19/07/2001):	Spanish Language added
			Cookie-Support BugFixed
			renamed ./admin/reset.php to ./admin/schedule.php

1.72	(03/07/2001):	Break_0 (Site_of_the_Moment) added
			Send E-Mail button in AdminPanel added
			French Language added
			Add Site with Category-BUG fixed
			minor BugFixes

1.71	(05/06/2001):	AutoAddFavorites for First-time-surfers added
			Frame-remover for Gateway added
			Webmaster Notify after Site-edit added
			minor BugFixes
			
1.70	(01/05/2001):	ATTENTION !!! mySQL-Tables changed (see update-section)
			Language Templates added
			Language select added
			NewIcon added
			Categories added
			RandomLink added
			Pagebreak added
			Exitwindow's added
			IP-Banning added
			IP-BanCookie added
			SetInactive on listreset added
			SetActive on listreset added
			some DB-Converter's added
			some Samplestyle's added
			some minor Bug's fixed

1.61	(19/04/2001):	BadWords-Fuction added
			E-Mail-Approval-Bug fixed
			some minor Bug's in list.php fixed

1.60	(07/04/2001):	ATTENTION !!! mySQL-Tables changed (see update-section)
			Cheating-Detection (TILT-Protect) added
			Cookie-Votes-ONLY-Detection (Hello Cheaters :-) added
			Newsletter added
			Webmaster-approval added
			User-E-Mail-approval added
			Listreset for cronjobs added
			Listsorting on votes or hits or ratings added
			minor Bug's fixed

1.51	(02/04/2001):	StyleSheet (Netscape4) Bug fixed.
			PHP3 Bug fixed (round()-replacement)
			addsite.php Bug fixed

1.50	(30/03/2001):	First public release.

Installation:
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-) unzip the distribution file into your http documents directory.                                                               

-) edit config.php to your needs                                                                                                 

-) install Database                                                                                                              
    AUTO:                                                                                                                        
    -) run Install/Update-Tool in your Browser                                                                                   
        Filelocation: ./admin/setup.php (e.g.: http://www.domain.com/listpro/admin/setup.php)                                      
    MANUAL:                                                                                                                      
    -) create the mysql database (usually phpListPro) with mysqladmin.                                                             
        mysqladmin  -u<your_mysql_user> -p<your_mysql_pass> create phpListPro                                                      
    -) create the mysql tables. you have 2 options :                                                                             
        1) COMMANDLINE: mysql -u<your_mysql_user> -p<your_mysql_pass> phpListPro<./admin/phpListPro.sql                              
        2) PHPMYADMIN: run the SQL file './admin/phpListPro.sql' to add the tables                                                 

-) SECURE the admin-dir!!!, e.g. httpd.conf or with .htaccess                                                                    

-) CHECK php.ini for this settings                                                                                               
    register_globals        = On                                                                                                 
    register_argc_argv      = On                                                                                                 
    magic_quotes_gpc        = On                                                                                                 

-) all should be ok at this point... Test it with your Browser                                                                   

Customizing:
------------

-) create and replace your voteimages (images/vote_imageX.gif)

-) edit lang_*.php to your needs (languages, categories, ...) 
   copy and translate lang_english.php to any language you need, eg. lang_spanish.php.

-) edit *.inc-Files to your needs

Administration:
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-) run the Admin-Panel in the /admin subdir. (Votelogs, Edit, Delete)

-) create a cronjob to execute "php /path/to/list/admin/schedule.php" with cgi-version of php

Support:
--------

-) Forum: http://www.netone.at (If protected, Thread-Password: 'listprosupport')

-) E-Mail: support@netone.at

phpListPro-Customer (Member) Area
-------------------------------

we have launched a Member-Area at 'http://www.netone.at/listpromember.php' .

There you can find:
-) Member-Data (Name, E-Mail, ...)
-) Updates (FREE for one year from purchase)
-) Invoice (view and print your Invoice) 

Update from phpListPro V1.50
----------------------------

-) !!! ATTENTION mySQL-TABLES CHANGED !!! YOU MUST RUN doc/updatetables_1.50-1.60.php

Update from phpListPro V1.6x
----------------------------

-) !!! ATTENTION mySQL-TABLES CHANGED !!! YOU MUST RUN doc/updatetables_1.6x-1.7x.php
-) delete file "categories.php" -> Categories are now defined in every "lang_*.php" File

Upgrade from phpList
--------------------

-) edit $site_log_file in /admin/convert_from_phplist.php file.
-) run admin/convert_from_listpro.php in your browser.

Upgrade from AutorankPro
------------------------

-) edit $site_log_file in /admin/convert_from_autorankpro.php file.
-) run admin/convert_from_autorankpro.php in your browser.

Upgrade from TurboTrade
-----------------------

-) edit $data_path in /admin/convert_from_turbotrade.php file.
-) run admin/convert_from_turbotrade.php in your browser.

Future Feature's:
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