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
CHMOD all language packs, conf.php, connect.lib.php, paBox.css, and bannedusers.php to 0666.
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