Installation Instructions - Exercise Tip Buddy v.1.3

In order to install this program, you will need a MySQL database and you will need to know how to run a cron job. Information on this can be found on the web, but you can also check with your hosting provider.

Unzip the healthtipbuddy.zip file and upload the entire contents to your server.
Chmod the config.php file to 777 to make it writable.
Run the install.php file to install the database and config file.
Remove the install.php file for security purposes.
Add links to the /health-tip-buddy/signup.php page so that people can sign up for the service.
To change the header and footer of the e-mails that are sent, simply change the content in the "Settings" section of the admin area.
You will need to be able to set up cron jobs in order to have your e-mails sent at the right time. Set up the /cron/generate-email-cron.php to run at times where you want to send out an issue. For intance, set it to run weekly if you want them sent out weekly. Set up /cron/send-email-cron.php to run every 5-30 minutes, every day.
Password protect the /cron directory so that the scripts can't be run by outsiders.

The program is installed with an administrator with username:admin pasword:admin installed. Make sure to replace this as soon as you can for security purposes.

That's it! Enjoy!