------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GBCF-v3 Installation Readme in English by Mike Cherim @ http://green-beast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALLATION: This section will help guide you through the simple installation process. Please note that some configuration is required. 1. Unzip and check out this readme file. Hehe, guess you did that. Okay, find the CONFIG.php file. It'll be in the gbcf-v3/files folder. 2. Open that file using a text editor like Notepad, Textpad, or a markup editor that won't mess up the scripting. Don't use Word, and Dreamweaver can be dangerous. Some FTP programs can work well, and you may be able to edit the file from within your server admin. 3. Enter the first two variables, $send_email and $reply_email as a minimum. The next two, $addressee and $web_site are a good idea as well. There are many other variables, like language, if needed, display options, and more, but they can wait until the script validation is done. 4. Once that is done, put the entire gbcf-v3 folder on your server on the root, within a directory, or within a sub-directory. Do not rename anything! (Unless you first check out the FAQs to learn how.) Load all files. 5. A 1 byte error-log.txt file is located in the files sub-directory located in gbcf-v3. Find it and make it writable. CHMOD 666 if needed. This is an essential step and you will not be able to proceed until done. 6. You're about done. Go to the validation.php page with your browser and look for the green validation bar with form ID. From there you can check on the script's variables, locate available languages, etc. You may also move the validation file to validate and test in the same directory your contact page will be in. 7. Assuming you're a go, load up the form testing page and give it a whirl. You may also move this page, as you can with the validation page, to perform a test of the form in the same directory your contact page will be in. This is an option. If the validation page is good, the form should be too! 8. If it works, and it should, you can work on using the CONFIG.php to customize and further configure. You will also want to edit the style sheet if changes are desired (it can be found in the themes sub-directory). 9. Add the link to the style sheet and the focus JavaScript file - for form field focus effects for Internet Explorer - to the head of your contact form page (see Figure 1), then add the PHP "include" to the body content area of that same page (see Figure 2). Go live and worry not. Figure 1 Note: You may choose to add the form styles to your own style sheet or do something else such as use existing styles. It's your call. Use the default style sheet to see what classes you have available to you. The style sheet name in the example is default.css. Change as needed if using a theme. Figure 2 Note: In all cases above, adjust the path to the files to meet your needs such as if your contact page is in a folder: ../gbcf-v3/form.php. GET MORE HELP Once installed you will be able to access more help info on the associated form pages. Load these pages with your browser: path-to/gbcf-v3/help.php <- Your help page has lots of info path-to/gbcf-v3/validation.php <- Validate your script installation path-to/gbcf-v3/test-form.php <- Test the configuration and function These pages are also available at http://green-beast.com/gbcf-v3/ The help page may be more current http://green-beast.com/gbcf-v3/help.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------