AlexNewsEngine V1.4.0 - Installationguidance

Installationguidance - Inhaltsübersicht

  1. About AlexNewsEngine
  2. Licence
  3. technical conditions
  4. Installation / Configuration
  5. Modifying Design
  6. Support
  7. Tips
  8. Versionhistory

About AlexNewsEngine

    AlexNewsEngine is for all those, who do not just search an simple newsscript. It's for those, who want to post regular greater arising of datas on their homepage. The simple administration and the different conformation allows you to integrate the script in existing sites.


Licence

  • AlexScriptEngine.de doesn't take on the software legal liabilty and guarantee
  • The scripts inside of the zip-archive are intellectuel property of his author. As far as not separate agreed, the copyrightnote is not allowed to changed, delete or in made unnoticeably any other way. If this happened we keep any juridical or other ways. It is allowed to swap the note with a button (88x31) that you can find on AlexScriptEngine.de.
  • You are not allowed to offer this scripts. The download happens unexceptional at AlexScriptEngine.de (or on specially sites that have a license).
  • It is not allowed to give the scripts to third. Please refer to AlexScriptEngine.de
  • We don't take on guarantee for the proper functioning of the called features respectively of the script.
  • AlexScriptEngine.de doesn't take on upgradecommitments or installationcommitments.
  • The use of AlexDownloadEngine is for private, not commercial functioning for free. A commercial utilization is just possible via a specially license that comes by e-Mail. Additionally we keep to elevate a pee for commercial utilizations.
  • With the installation of the scripts and also of the files you are unexceptionally agreeing with this licenseconditions.

technical conditions

  • PHP: Version 4.0.5 (tested, conflicts with earlier PHP-Versions doesn't exist)
  • MySQL: Version 3.23.32
  • Webserver: Apache, IIS or other PHP4-skilled webserver
  • Enough webspace at database and server.
  • PHP4 must pars .php

Installation / Configuration

  1. Put out the files of the zip-archive on your local hard disk.
  2. Open the file config.inc.php that you can find in include-folder with a standard texteditor (notepad).
  3. Name the first rows,

    $dbName = the name of your database
    $hostname = the name of your host (at a local installation usually localhost)
    $dbPasswort = the password to your MySQL-Database
    $dbUname = the username to your MySQL-Database

    The residuary datas have just to change if you want to repeatedly install AlexNewsEngine in the same database or if you want to use own header and footer.
  4. Copy all files from the news_engine-folder via FTP to a folder on your server (pay attention: the *.php files have to upload in ASCII Mode, and the pics in Binary Mode).
  5. Start the file install.php in your browser (e.g. http://www.yoururl.de/folder/install.php)
  6. Follow the instructions at your screen. Remember the login datas for the AdminCenter and name definitely the correct url's.
  7. After the successful installation delete unconditinally the file install.php and update.php (if you don't do this there would be a security risk)
  8. If you want to upload avatars, the folder avatar has to have CHMOD777 too.
  9. Login in the AdminCenter with your given AdminDatas and complete the points pagesettings, colorsettings and mainsettings
  10. After you resolved to do the employments you can make your first categorie with "create maincategory" and insert your first files.
  1. ATTENTION: The following paragraph is just needed if you want to show your news inside a existing site.
  2. If you want to show the newest News on your homepage, you have to open the file newsinfo.php. 
  3. This file you upload the file in the same folder, in which the file exists, on that the downloads should be forerun.
  4. Consequently you have to name this variable: $path2news with the search route to the NewsEngine (ATTENTION: The COMPLETELY search route, not the URL!!!).
  5. At the place where you can integrate the following command

    <?php
    include("path/to/file/newsinfo.php");
    ?>

     Important: The file where you integrate this little code must have .php as the ending!
  6. You can change the design optimally via templates. You find the files in the templates-folder. They consist of HTML and different definitions, that are depicted by $-signs and "{}".

Modifying design

  • After a successful installation you can change colors for the look of the NewsEngine in the Admin Center
  • Additionally you find a file named styledef.inc.php in the include-folder. This File is a CSS Definition and to any definition you find a little description, that you can change how you like. 
    For binding your colors that you defined in the Admin Center, you can name following variables:

    for font-family: <?php echo"$config[fontf]";?>
    for font-color: <?php echo"$config[textcol]"; ?> or <?php echo"$config[textcol2]"; ?> or <?php echo"$config[hovercol]"; ?>
    for main-color: <?php echo"$config[maincol]"; ?>
    for secondary color: <?php echo"$config[primcol]"; ?>
    and for background-color: <?php echo"$config[backcol]"; ?>


    At this way it is possible, that you can change the colors in the admin center without changing the completly CSS-file.

Support


Tips

    If you want to integrate a existing site in your News-Engine, you can do this with header- und footerfiles. The files haven't have to be in the same folder and haven't have to have the ending *.php. You had to name the both variables own_header and own_footer in config.inc.php. More information you find in this file.

Versionhistory

  • Version 1.4.0
    script supports language-files
    Templates can be edited online
    AdminCenter in english and german
    GZIP-Compression, script works faster
    background color can be changed in AdminCenter
    possibility to change the date of the news
    maximal length of comments adjustable in AdminCenter
    Sorting of the newsarchive can be changed in AdminCenter
    Notice how often a news has been read
    Improved help at BBCodes
    AdminCenter improved
    Template-name can be inserted as a HTML-comment
    further Bugfixes
  • Version 1.3.0
    BBCodes are avaiable
    BBCodes Translating improved
    Script operatice, if register_globals off (from PHP 4.1.0)
    Possibility of showing headlines in newsinfo.php
    Admin-Center improved
    Bugfix at newsarchive
    Bug of registered members in admincenter was cured
    further little bugfixes
  • Version 1.2.0
    Database-class improved
    Colorpreview in AdminCenter
    Changed templates
    including of news in site possible
  • Version 1.1.0
    Forgotten password-function,
    overworked User-Center,
    New profil-view,
    Upload Function for AdminCenter,
    changed database script
  • Version 1.0.0
    firs live-version
  • Version 0.9
    Bugfixes (Headlines, Link-Targets)
  • Version 0.8
    Modifying of design,
    Modifying of file styledef.inc.php
    Templates for NewsEngine