-*- kwotes install instructions -*- Thanks for trying kwotes. Please forgive how slim this INSTALL file is... at least there is one :) WHAT YOU NEED: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CGI/Perl enabled web server Mysql DBI DBD::Mysql INSTALLING DBI and DBD:Mysql: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At a console: perl -MCPAN -eshell In the CPAN console: install Bundle::DBI install DBD::mysql EXTRACTING THE TARBALL: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tar -zxvf kwotes.tar.gz SETTING UP THE DATABASE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add the required kwotes tables to the database (in the directory where you extracted kwotes): mysql -u database_user -D database_name -h database_host_name -p < kwotes.sql CONFIGURING KWOTES: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open kwotes.conf.pl in your favorite text editor and modify as needed. The only values that you MUST change are in the database section. They are: $DB_TYPE - the database type (Must be mysql for now) $DB_NAME - the name of the database on the database server $DB_HOST - the hostname or ip address of the database server $DB_USER - the username for connecting to the database $DB_PASS - the password for connecting to the database Other options that are cool for tweaking the functionality of kwotes can be found in the "GENERAL STUFF" section of the configuration file. SETTING PERMISSIONS: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setting everything to 755 (rwxr-xr-x) doesn't hurt: cd kwotes-directory; chmod -R 755 * You can come up with something more restrictive if you like. CUSTOMIZING: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kwotes can be easily customized by editing the files in the "html" directory directly beneeth the kwotes directory. You can change the "site name" and tagline (text that apears at the top of every page) by editing kwotes.conf.pl FEEDBACK: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's broken you mofos!": sux0r, well... submit a bug report at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=690836&group_id=121598&func=browse "Hey, you should implement [insert your idea here]!" sweet, submit a feature request here, and we'll see what we can do: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=121598&atid=690839