Setup Instructions

** Parts of this sample readme are hidden with xxxxx for security reasons** Thank you for purchasing Owen Registrar! You are only a few minutes away from having Owen Registrar ready for use. These are the instructions for setting up Owen Registrar to work on your server. You will need to have PHP and MySQL already set up and working. You will also need software that can open compressed (zipped) files.

Extracting Files

Extract the files to a folder of your choice. If necessary, upload them to your web hosting account

Run the Setup Wizard

If you want to use the easy wizard, then open the file xxxxxx in your browser, by typing something similar to the following in your browser's Address Bar: (Replace the path shown with the applicable path in your case) http://localhost/yourfolder/xxxxx/xxxxx.xxx OR http://www.yourwebsite/yourfolder/xxxxx/xxxxx.xxx

Step 1: Connection Settings

First, you need to specify the database connection settings on your server. This must be done first if you would like to automatically create your database and tables. Even if you will create the database yourself, Owen Registrar will still need this information to access data. Manual Setting You can very easily set the necessary information. Simply do the following: Open xxxxx.xx using Notepad or any PHP editor. Edit the following lines: xxxxx Click Skip this step to proceed to the next step. Automatic Setting You can automatically set the information needed in the file xxxxxx IF: You are installing the software on a local machine and have write permission or You are installing the software on a web server and have set write permission on the file xxxxxx If the above applies to you, then simply fill in the information in the appropriate boxes then click Create File. You will see a page informing you that the file has been created Click the link for the next step

Step 2: Creating the database

Manual Setting You may skip this step of the automated installation if you want to create the database yourself or if you want to use an existing database. Automatic Setting Note:This Step will only work IF: - you have correctly set the Connection Settings in xxxxxx above. - the user specified in the file has permission to create a database If the above is done, then click the link to create the database named in the connection settings. You will see a message that the database has been created Click the link for the next step

Step 3: Creating the tables

Using SQL If you know how to run SQL statements on your database, then you may run the following files that are in the xxxxxx folder: createdb.sql - this creates the database createtables.sql - this creates the tables. Automatic Setting Note:This Step will only work IF: - you have correctly set the Connection Settings in xxxxxxx above. - the user specified in the file has permission to create tables in the specified database. If the above is done, then click the link to create the tables used by the software. You will see a message that the tables were created Click the link for the next step After you run each file, you should see a message telling you that the table or database was created successfully. If not, you will see an error telling you what problem was encountered. Depending on which error you get, you may need to contact your web hosting service for help

Step 4: Creating Your Account

After completing the steps above, you may register as a member of your web site. Click the register link. You will need to come back to the current screen for the last step, so the registration page opens in a new window. Fill in your details in the Registration page, then click Register After registering successfully, click the Log In link and log in with the username and password that you registered.

Step 5: Activating Your Account As Administrator

After registering successfully, go back to the window that has steps 4 and 5. You now need to activate your account and to make yourself an administrator Enter the username that you registered with in Step 4 in the box provided. Click Activate and Make Administrator. If you have entered the correct username, then your account will be activated and you will be made an Administrator.

Done!

That's it! Owen Registrar is ready for use! Please delete xxxxxx from your live server. Please delete this readme file from your live server. Feel free to log in and explore how the features are used.

Customisation

Edit xxxxxx to change the top of your pages (banner or text). Edit xxxxxx to change the bottom of your pages. Edit xxxxxx to change the horizontal menu bar that members see. Edit xxxxxx to change the horizontal menu bar that admins see. Edit xxxxxx to change general appearance of all Owen Registrar pages see. To protect your pages: You will first need to save the page with a .php extension. After that, copy the lines in xxxxxxx to the top of the page.

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