paBox V1.6 Readme |
Welcome to the paBox Installation Guide! This guide will walk you through the entire script, in the following categories: About, Notes, Requirements, Files, Uploading, Installing, Contacting & Support and Copyright. |
About |
paBox is a PHP/mySQL shoutbox script. You can add it to your site and visitors can post new messages, it is sort of like a guestbook. |
Notes |
The text in red are file names and text in blue are directory names. |
Requirements |
To use paBox you will need a *NIX or IIS web server, (has been tested with these) with PHP 4 and 1 mySQL database. Also, cookies must be enabled. |
Files |
Your zip file should contain the
following files: Docs Docs/readme.html (this file) UPLOADS UPLOADS/connect.lib.php UPLOADS/boxcode.lib.php UPLOADS/conf.php UPLOADS/swearfilter.lib..php UPLOADS/smilies.lib.php UPLOADS/lang-english.lib.php UPLOADS/help.php UPLOADS/installer.php UPLOADS/thebox.php UPLOADS/thebox.css UPLOADS/admin.php UPLOADS/bannedusers.php UPLOADS/smileys/ UPLOADS/smileys/*.gif |
Uploading |
Step 1 Upload the paBox folder from inside the local UPLOADS to a new directory in your public_html area. Note: You dont really need to upload all smiley folders. Just the one you plan on using. Then if you decide to use another one upload that then change the option in the admin cp. Step 2 |
Installing |
Once you have
uploaded all of your files, simply run installer.php. To do this, open up a new browser window and type in
the URL to the installer.php (ie: http://www.domain.com/thebox/installer.php). This
will create the table and set up all other settings. Once the installation is complete, you can start using
your copy of paBox.The best method of using paBox is probably to create an iframe on your
homepage and set the iframes src to http://www.domain.com/thebox/thebox.php. Then to maintain your Box, use the admin.php to edit your settings, language attributes, CSS and any other items. Please note: Once you have installed the script, MAKE SURE you remove the installer.php from your web server. Leaving it there is a big security risk. |
Contacting & Support |
If you have any queries or feedback please mail them to matt@phparena.net |
Copyright |
paBox V1.6 is Copyright 2002 - PHPArena
You may edit the code but please keep the copyright intact, and if you
do decide to modify the code or make a hack, please email them to matt@phparena.net or post them in the paForums. Enjoy paBox! Matt aka PHPAlien |