• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• REQUIREMENTS
• INSTALLING SMOOTHFLASH

• Downloading
• Installation Directories
• Check mySQL Configuration
• Uploading Files
• Initializing the System

• RUNNING SMOOTHFLASH BACK-END

• An account on a webserver that allows you to run custom PHP. If you're not sure whether yours does, your hosting provider should know. The application itself is around 1 megabytes, but we suggest that you have at least 25 megabytes of disk space available on your server to accommodate future files and posts.
• PHP installed on your server, version 4.3 or greater.
  
• mySQL insatalled on your server, version 4.0 or greater.
  
• An FTP program to upload the necessary files to your webserver, or shell access if you wish to install the system from the shell.
  
• A web browser with Macromedia® Flash™ Player

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INSTALLING SMOOTHFLASH Downloading

The distribution can be downloaded from the Smoothflash web site at http://www.smoothflash.com/

After downloading, the file that you downloaded is saved in .zip format; this is a compressed bundle containing the files in the Smoothflash distribution. Unpack this archive.

(Need help unpacking archives?)

• The application
  
  Choose where on your webserver and directory you would like to install Smoothflash. This is the location that you will use (from your web browser) when using the Smoothflash system.
  If you install Smoothflash in /smoothflash/ directory, the location of Smoothflash is www.(youraddress)/smoothflash/
  
  
• The database
  
  mySQL required to work with Smoothflash. Please check the availabilty of mySQL in your web hosting provider.
  
  If you require to register mySQL in your web hosting provider:
  
  Follow mySQL registration process your hosting services established.
  
  If mySQL is Ready :please follow Configuration
  
  
• Your smoothflash directories
  
  You need to set up a directory where your smoothflash will be stored. This is the location that visitors to your web site will come to see your smoothflash.

1. Note Database ( MySQL) information.
   
   Initialze your my SQL. And then note those mySQL information your web hosting provider described.:
   
   Database host: hostname hosting provider given.
   Database User Name: mySQL account name hosting provider determined for you
   Database User Password: my SQL account password hosting provider determined for you
   Database name: Datebase name hosting provider established for your datastrage
   
   Example:
   
   Database host: localhost
   Database User Name: User ID
   Database User Password: Password
   Database name: UserID_database

1. Connect to your webserver
   Open your FTP program and open an FTP connection to your web server.
   
   
2. Upload the application
   In your FTP program, if the directory where you chose to install Smoothflash does not exist, create it. Then open that directory.
   
   
   Upload all of the files in the Smoothflash distribution to your webserver.
   Smoothflash_Packages (copy all inside files to your server)
   
   
   
3. Set permissions
   Set the permissions (CHMOD) of Smoothflash folder to 777.
   
   Permissions set to 777 means that all users on the system have Read, Write, and Execute permissions.
   
   If your FTP client uses a graphical display for setting permissions, that display will look something like this:
   
   
   
   
4. If you are setting permissions through a Unix shell, simply use the command$ chmod 777 smoothflash

1. Open your web browser and point it at the URL for install on your site. For example, if your site is http://www.your-site.com/, and you uploaded the Smoothflash files into the /smoothflash directory, you'd type http://www.your-site.com/smoothflash/install Install will guide you througn the installation on Smoothflash.
   
   This will create required tables in the database, initial directories, default skin, and ID and Password for smoothflash login. If you get a PHP errors, first check that you set the permissions to 777 (see above for what this means), and that you uploaded the file in ASCII mode.
   
   
2. Fill the mySQL information you noted in Check Database Configuration. When you point setup.php, that display will look something like this:
   
   
   
   If you are not seeing the MySQL Options and seeing error message please fix it and run install again.
   Store the blanks with the informations you noted.
   
   Database host: Store to "Database Server"
   Database User Name: Store to "Database Username"
   Database User Password: Store to "Database Password"
    
   You can select from Simple or Advanced Instillation mode.
   
   
3. Click [Continue] to the next screen. If you don't have any problems, If you have selected Simple Installation mode the next screen will look like this.
   
   
   Select the database to use
   If you want to use a new database please create the database from your hosting provider's control panel and then run installer again.
   
   Select username and password for logging into smoothflash administrative interface.
   
   
   Important Please note down this username and password. you cannot login to smoothflash if you loose this.
   If you have selected Advanced Installation mode you will see a screen like this.
   
   
   In addition to the simple mode you can have more control on the installation option.
   Make sure you know what you are doing before using advanced mode. This is for advanced users only.
   
   Tablename Prefix This is the prefix used to create tables in the database.
   User file Folder The location to store uploaded files from the WYSIWYG Editor.
   Upload file Folder The locatin from where smoothflash reads the FTP uploaded Images.
   Gallery Imagename prefix the prefix added to the imagename to store gallery images.
   Gallery Thumbnail width Width of the thumbnail to show in Imagelist.
   Gallery Thumbnail height Height of the thumbnail to show in Imagelist.
   Gallery list box width Width of the thumbnail box to show in Imagelist.
   Gallery list box height Height of the thumbnail box to show in Imagelist.
   
   
4. Click "Install Smoothflash" to install the application.
   This will create all necessaty directories, install the default skin and create necessary database tables.
   

   VERY IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE:
   Afer running Install successfully, you should remove folder install and all its sub folders from the directory where you installed Smoothflash. Failure to remove install could enable someone else to create a login account in your Smoothflash, destroy all your data and possibly gain access to your data. FAILURE TO DELETE install INTRODUCES A MAJOR SECURITY RISK. So you should delete it now.

1. Open your web browser and point it at the URL for index.php on your site. index.php is the main Smoothflash application. For example, if your site is http://www.yoursite.com/, and you installed the Smoothflash application into the /smoothflash directory, you'd type http://www.yoursite.com/smoothflash/index.phpto access Smoothflash.
   
   You should see the Smoothflash application
   
   
   
2. Log in with the username and password created in Initialization. If you have no problems, you can see "Smoothflash menu" instead of "Username and Password"
   
   
   
   
   
3. Completed for your smoothflash setup. To use Smoothflash, please read User Manual.
   If you have any problems to install Smoothflash, please visit http://www.smoothflash.com/
   Support & Troubleshooting. And also try to find solutions in smoothflash forum.