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| ConPresso 3.3 - Content Management by Bartels.Schoene
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|             Company:  Bartels Schoene GmbH & Co. KG
|                       Corrensstr. 80, 48149 Muenster, Germany
|                 URL:  www.conpresso.de | www.bartels-schoene.de 
|              Author:  Tobias Musholt - musholt@bartels-schoene.de
|          Co-Authors:  Thomas 'Balu' Walter - walter@bartels-schoene.de 
|                       Stefan Heitmann - heitmann@bartels-schoene.de
|                       Steffen Schoene - schoene@bartels-schoene.de
|                       Ralf Margott - margott@bartels-schoene.de (grafic)
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| general information:  README_EN.txt
|             Licence:  LICENCE_EN.txt
|        Introduction:  CONPRESSO_EN.txt
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| Copyright (c) 2002 - Bartels Schoene GmbH & Co. KG - All rights reserved.
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  Welcome to ConPresso 3.3
  
  ConPresso is a registered trademark of
  Bartels Schoene GmbH & Co. KG, Muenster, Germany (Nr. 301 66 567). 

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  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  - table of contents
  - system requirements
  - setup
  - first steps
  - categories / creating new categories
  - search 
  - support
  
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  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  ConPresso can be installed on any current webserver. 
  A database and PHP-support is required.

  Datenbank: MySQL-database
  PHP:       PHP4
             Active 'Transparent Session ID Propagation' (--enable-trans-sid)
             Active 'register_globals' (php.ini)
             mail()-support
             mysql-support

  Suggested:
  Server operating system: Unix System (Linux)
  Webserver:               Apache
  Web-Browser:             Internet-Explorer (needed for extended-editing)
     
     
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  SETUP

  Note: Please use your settings for the placeholders <your-server> and
  <category> in the following examples.

  - To install ConPresso in your webspace you have to save the unpacked
    application into a sub-directory named "conpresso" on your server.
    
    Note: any other directory-name is possible likewise.

  - Now call the setup of ConPresso:

     * http://<your-server>/conpresso/_setup

     The setup checks the requirements, ask for your database-settings,
     etc.

  - Now you can log into Conpresso for the first time.
    Call the login-page in your browser:

     * http://<your-server>/conpresso/_admin or simply
     * http://<your-server>/conpresso/

  - log in using the username-/password-combination you've creating
    during setup

  - After the setup is finished, remove the _setup-directory to avoid
    unauthorized access to the setup.

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  FIRST STEPS
  
  - create new user-accounts using 'Create user'.

  - 'Change user' enables you to give users new rights and administrate all 
    user accounts

  - Create new categories (see below)

  - modify the look of your pages by changing the header- and footer-files.

  - Read the file 'CONPRESSO.txt'. You will find information about the 
    'Conpresso-Principle'. 


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  CATEGORIES / CREATING NEW CATEGORIES
  
  - For every category adminstrated with ConPresso a separate and accordingly
    named sub-directory exists in the ConPresso base directory. As examples
    the directories 'News' and 'Jobs' have been created. 
        
    Note: All system-directories of ConPresso start with an underline ('_'). 
    Therefore your category must not begin with an underline!

  - The file 'index.php' in the category-subdirectory is the main page
    of the category. You can call this file very easily in your frameset:
 
     * http://<your-server>/conpresso/<category>/index.php

    You can find the link to a category in the 'Category-settings' and
    use it per cut & paste.

    To change the global look modify the following files:

     * _cfg/global_header.php  (Global Header)
     * _cfg/global_footer.php  (Global Footer)
     * _cfg/article_style.css  (Stylesheet for articles) 

    These files are included in the conpresso-archive with the ending
    ".dist". To change them you sould copy them to new files with the
    filenames shown above. If you experience difficulties after changing
    a file you just have to copy the corresponding ".dist"-file as new
    file. This way you are also safe from overwriting your changes e.g.
    during an update of ConPresso, because ConPresso only gets delivered
    with the ".dist"-files.

    In case you want to go for an individual appearance of each category,
    please edit the following files:

     * <category>/_category_header.php (Header of Category <category>)
     * <category>/_category_footer.php (Footer of Category <category>)
    
  - If you would like to use content of ConPresso on an external page,
    you can run the file 'index_js.php' the following way:
    
    * <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
      src="http://<your-server>/conpresso/<category>/index_js.php"></SCRIPT>

    You can find this link in the 'Category-settings' too.
    
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  SEARCH
  
  - The external search is the file:
    
    * http://<your-server>/conpresso/_search/index.php

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  SUPPORT

  You can obtain support for ConPresso on the website:

   * http://www.conpresso.de

  On this website FAQs, a discussion-forum and an email-formular for contact
  are placed to your disposal. Please consider, that we cannot provide you
  with unrestricted support (especially not within the scope of the 'free 
  public licence).

  Note: The FAQ with frequently asked questions is also situated in the file 
  'FAQ_EN.txt.
