Thank you for downloading blogSolution v2 - an incredibly easy to use, fast and flexible next generation blog automation and management tool.

This is the first public release, so it might still have some lonely bug. Please report any bugs or malfunctions at beta@theblogsolution.com. We will solve them all ASAP.

To install the blogSolution v2 you need to:

- upload contents of this zip file to your hosting server (make sure it's binary mode when you upload)
- make folders "templates" and "common" writeable by everyone (this can be done from cPanel or your ftp client. You need to set access mode (chmod) "777" or "0777" to those folders.
- and point your browser to http://yourdomain.com/manage/install.php

**NOTE: Upload the contents of the zip file to whereever you would put your website. So if you would put your webpages into the "public_html" file, put our files there too.


System requirements:

1) MySQL, PHP (after v 4) and Zend. 

2) If you want your blogs address to be in the form "blog-name.domain.com" you MUST make sure your host is set up to "wildcard" or "catch all" subdomains BEFORE you start the installation. If you're unsure if they are ready for this, email them and ask.

The BlogSolution also supports addresses like "domain.com/folder/blog-name" if your hosting provider does not provide you with wildcards. You can NOT use both addresses simultaneously, the difference will be made in the installation process, and if you want to change this, you will need to make a new installation.

3) To work correctly, .php files must be uploaded in BINARY mode to your hosting server. Otherwise All scripts will fail with error.

Please read the help articles carefully before getting to work - it covers all main features of the BlogSolution system and explains how to work with them. Read more here: http://halfagain.com/knowledgebase/

After installation you have to add three cron jobs - cron should execute the script /aggregate/index.php, /ping/index.php, /batch/index.php in any time you would like your blog to be updated, pinged and activated. To know for sure which cron commands need to be added to the crontab please see information in Operations Center from your browser. However, you will be able to initiate aggregation and pinging manually from the management area. You'll find a tutorial for this in the help file also...


**Remember to point your browser to http://yourdomain.com/manage/install.php once all files are uploaded for the next steps of set up.  If you get an error like: 

Fatal error: Unable to read 13810 bytes in /home2/hgh/public_html/manage/install.php on line 0

This means you didn't upload in "binary" format. So go into your ftp software, change your upload format and re-upload your files.


Thanks and have fun.

- The BlogSolution Team