How to install and how to use Simple Blog PHP.
How to install the Blog script
1) Unzip the .zip file received from us.
2) Upload all files onto your website either in your root directory or in a folder(directory) of your website for example named "SCRIPTFOLDER" which is then placed in your root directory(recommended).
3) Open http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/SCRIPTFOLDER/installation.php
4) Installation wizard will ask you to complete the form below:
- PHP/MySQL installed on your server
- MySQL server name which is usualy 'localhost'
- MySQL username - when you create a database you need to assign minimum one user
- MySQL password - this is the password of the user assigned to database
- Server path to script directory, Full URL to script directory, Script directory name - they will appear automatically. You can change if they are different.
- Admin Username - this will be username to protected page for the administrator
- Admin Password - this will be password to protected page for the administrator
5) After you select 'Install Script' you will see next screen:
6) Click on the link - 'Login here', which will redirect you to the administrator login form.
How to use the Blog Script PHP
First you need to enter Admin username and password
When you login, you will see the administration page.
First, go to 'Options' menu -> 'Admin options' and set Administrator email where all new comments notification emails will be sent. You can also set the number of entries per page.
Go to 'Put on Webpage' page and choose one of two ways to put the blog on your website.
Then copy the code, go to your page and paste between <body>code</body> tags. If you choose second install option you should put this line of code <?php session_start(); ?> at the top of the php page (first line).
Then go to admin page Posts->New Post page and publish a sample post with status "Posted" and "Allow comments posting" checked.
Go to your page where the blog is placed and see how it looks. Then leave a sample comment.
Next, go back to the admin page 'Options' menu -> 'Visual options' where you can pre-define the visual style of the blog.
You can translate the blog in your own language.
As you will find you have several options available in which you can alter the visual appearance of your blog. You can set the number of characters that will appear on each post of the homepage; set the approve option - admin approve comments before having them listed; set comments order - descending or ascending; you may even create a list of banned words - Example: word1, word2, word3.
If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@simpleblogphp.com.
