
Software Requirements
Before installing, although the installation script will check these for you, you should ensure that your server or webhost has PHP 4.1.0 or better and the GD Library extension installed and enabled.
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New Installation
You should upload all of the files located in the 'upload' directory to a directory on your website. If you are using a FTP client, all *.html, *.php, *.css , *.xml, *.txt and *.js files should be uploaded in ASCII mode, and the remaining files in Binary mode. Most FTP clients available will do this automatically, but make sure that it is uploading the files correctly.
The installation script has been made to make it as easy to use as possible, and with the least amount of user input necessary. To begin the installation process, go to the install.php file through your web browser. If your domain name is http://www.mydomain.com, and you uploaded Fusion News to a directory called 'news', you would type in the address http://www.mydomain.com/news/install.php.
From there, you can follow the instructions. Once you have installed Fusion News, please make sure you delete the install.php file to prevent any one from attempting to reinstall Fusion News.
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Upgrading from 3.6.x
You should upgrade to 3.7.6 before upgrading to the latest version. After you have upgraded to 3.7.6, follow the instructions below.
Upgrading from 3.7.x
Upload the /upgrade directory to your Fusion News directory. Run the upgrade/upgrade.php file from your browser.
You should delete the /upgrade directory
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Reporting Problems
Please report any problems you find to the Fusion News forum of the FusionNews.net Support Forum.
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Showing News
On Your Website
To make the news appear on your website, you will need to first make sure that the page you want it to show on is a PHP page (i.e. is a *.php file). If not, you will need to rename the file.
Where you want to display the news, you should put this in the page's source code:
<?php
include 'news/static_news.html';
?>
The path must be relative from the page you are placing this code. For example, if your website file is two directories down from the Fusion News files, it would be something like this:
<?php
include 'directory1/news/statoc_news.html';
?>
RSS Feeds
To begin with, ensure that RSS feeds have been enabled. To do this, click the Addon Options link on the Admin page. The checkbox under the RSS Feeds, labelled 'Build an RSS Feed' should be checked.
Below that, the RSS feed name, description and encoding can be changed, and changes will come into affect once the settings have been saved.
Every time a new post is made, or a post is changed the RSS feed file will be updated accordingly. The XML file containing the feed is called fusionnews.xml.
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