					PHPFootball readme file

				Contact : mancini@users.sourceforge.net
				Webpage : phpfootball.sourceforge.net



Description :

PHPFootball is a footbal management software written in PHP that use a MySQL database.
It has a modular design and by default comes with two free modules.

The PHPFootball league module :
Features wizards for managing a football league : fixtures , games , teams , results , divisions .. etc
League team statistics are automatically calculated and updated every time a game is played/entered.

The PHPFootball news module :
Features a HTML news creator/editor that can be used to post news
It has a email feature acesible only by admins that cen be used to mail news to specific users

The PHPFootball prediction module :
Features a prediction creator wizard for predicting existing fixtures 
Also comparing to other users's predictions and scoring wonce the game is played

Requirements :

1- Make sure you have a working Operating System
2- Make sure you have working Apache , Php and MySQL instalations

Instalation :

1- Copy the PHPFootball dir from the zip file under the webserver root directory
2- Open thie script install.php from your PHPFootball instalation with your browser
3- Use install.php to create the main administrator account , to configure and setup PHPFootball. 
4- Delete install.php from your server.
5- Open the dir where you installed PHPFootball in your browser and login with the admin account you created.


Usage :

Administrators can manage everything in the installed modules and the general configuration
Users are allowed to see all the league data that administrators enter
Registered users also have the ability to post news under their username
For more specific information see the help page link on the PHPFootball instalation

Configuration :

Personalization of the the color theme / look of the pages can be done via stylesheets
You just have to edit style.css to match your color theme

Known Problems :
league positions are calculated between all teams in a leaague even if they are in diferent divisions
backup and restore might fail under some conditions of remote access

by Alexis Mancini
Requires PHP 4.1 or later	 www.php.net
Requires MySQL 4.0 or later	www.mysql.com