/** * * INDEXU Deluxe 1.2 * Copyright(C), Nicecoder, 2008, All Rights Reserved. * */ *** Please refer to INDEXU Deluxe User Guide (www.indexuguide.com) detail information *** Table of Content ---------------------------------------------- I. Introduction II. Features Highlight III. Installation IV. Upgrading from Indexu Deluxe 1.1 V. Template difference from INDEXU Deluxe 1.1 VI. Setting cronjob --------------- I. Introduction --------------- IndexU is a portal solution script that allows you to build a powerful Web Indexing site such as yahoo or dmoz.org with easy integration & many unique features such as; Integrated payment system (Paypal, e-gold, Authorize.net, 2checkout) 3 levels of listing with customisable pricing and discounts available advanced template engine or SMARTY based Search Engine Friendly URL (SEO) RSS Feeds Integrated Google pagerank Sitemap for Google, Yahoo, Live and Ask Advanced custom fields Set multiple editors Six free templates Multiple category submission. The most powerful Admin Area to manage your directory. Some new features are; Plugin System Forum Integration Cronjobs We offer community support, direct support (helpdesk and livechat) and offer complete manuals. You'll see it's simply the strongest & most mature script on the market with more than 7 years of active development ---------------------- II. Features Highlight ---------------------- - User defined data field - Build in payment system and discount coupon - Multilanguage - Plugin system - Ping sitemap to search engines - CMS and forum integration - User management - Request user validation code - Alertpay payment gateway - Custom Field support Rich Text Editor - Many new free plugins, they are contact us, latest_searchs, power_search and youtube video - Hook place listing - Support Dutch and Spanish language ----------------- III. Installation ----------------- 1. Unzip the distribution file in your local PC to a new directory. You can use your own preferable program like WinZip. 2. Upload all files in upload folder to your server. You can use your preferable ftp client such as WS_FTP or CuteFTP. 3. CHMOD 777 the following files and folder - .htaccess - application.php - page_caching.txt - backup - cache - payment/paypal.inc.php - payment/paypal-subscriptions.inc.php - payment/2co.inc.php - payment/egold.inc.php - payment/authorizenet.inc.php - sitemap - templates_c - themes and its subfolders and files - upload_files 4. Open you web browser then run 'install.php' on your browser (eg.: http://www.domain.com/install/install.php). 5. Go to the INDEXU Deluxe administrator control panel (eg.: http://www.domain.com/admin/). Enter administrator username and password: username : admin password : admin 6. Insert Indexu Deluxe License Key, please refer to 'Inserting INDEXU Deluxe license key.pdf' for detail instruction. 7. It’s all done. Now you can start creating categories and adding links. If you have seen and sure that everything goes well, don’t forget to delete “install” folder. If you forget to delete it, it’s possible for someone else to try hacking into your administrator area. 8. Make your system more secure by set password protect your /admin and /backup folder using your webhosting control panel. 9. If you feel everything work well, it's a time for customizing. You may need to change: - /themes/kosmos/header.html and /themes/kosmos/footer.html to suite with your web design - /themes/kosmos/setting.php 10. It is an optional that you can use sample database so you can play around with INDEXU Deluxe. ------------------------------------ IV. Upgrading from Indexu Deluxe 1.1 ------------------------------------ **Make sure to make backup everything (files and database) before you upgrade*** 1. Upload all files except template files and application.php 2. Run "install.php" (eg.: http://www.mydomain.com/install/install.php), and follow the step until "Create/Upgrade Database Tables" section. Select "Upgrade from Indexu Deluxe 1.1" 3. You may still use the old template files, but the new features may become available. To make it available you need to rework you template files. --------------------------------------------- V. Template difference from INDEXU Deluxe 1.1 --------------------------------------------- Almost of all templates had modificated by add many new hook places, but this is not influence the default kosmos template display. ------------------- VI. Setting cronjob ------------------- In order to get cronjob/task manager to work, you need to run one file in your webhosting control panel. To set daily cron job to update the sitemap 0 0 * * * GET http://www.domain.com/runcronjob.php > /dev/null If you need indexu to check cron schedule every hour, you should set it to run hourly. 0 * * * * GET http://www.domain.com/runcronjob.php > /dev/null If you have any problems, please post to community forum http://www.nicecoder.com/community/ or email our helpdesk at support@nicecoder.com