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#  Project           : phpVote                                                                                   
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#  Last Modified By  : Erich Fuchs                                                                               
#  e-mail            : office@smartisoft.com                                                                     
#  Purpose           : INSTALLATION                                                                                 
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Intro:
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!!! PLEASE LEAVE THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE INTACT !!! THANK YOU !!!

Note: Please read the LICENSE file included in the distribution to get the license
      this program is subject to.

phpVote is a PHP script that allows you to display a well looking Votepoll 
on your website in a very convenient way.

To see this script in action, you can browse the following websites :
- http://www.smartisoft.com

Requires:
- PHP v3.x OR v4.x
- mySQL 

Not required but very useful:
- phpMyAdmin would be a very good idea

Changelog:
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1.20    (10/26/2002):	Name change

1.10   	(03/30/2001): 	BugFixes.
			Netscape compatibility added.

1.01   	(03/10/2001): 	minor BugFixes.

1.00   	(03/09/2001): 	First public release.

Installation:
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-) unzip the distribution file into your http documents directory.

-) create the mysql database (usually phpVote) with mysqladmin.
    .) mysqladmin  -u<your_mysql_user> -p<your_mysql_pass> create phpVote

-) create the mysql tables. you have 2 options :
    1) mysql -u<your_mysql_user> -p<your_mysql_pass> phpVote<phpVote.sql

    2) use phpMyAdmin to run the SQL file 'phpVote.sql'

-) edit the variables in votes.php to your need's.

-) CHECK php.ini for this settings                                                                                              
    register_globals        = On                                                                                                
    register_argc_argv      = On                                                                                                
    magic_quotes_gpc        = On                                                                                                
    
Support:
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ONLY use our Support-Forum at http://www.smartisoft.com

Upgrade:
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Future Feature's:
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