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Configuration

Open the file named "path_cnfg.php".
In this file you will set the paths to the "cnfg", "admin_scripts", "lib", and "templates" directories.
There are further instructions contained in this file so make sure you read them as well.

After you have set your path values, open up the file named "cnfg_vars.php" located in the "cnfg" directory.
There are several values that need to be set in this file, and the rest are optional.
You will have to provide all of you DB info here and some other stuff.
There are more instructions contained in the file itself.

"path_cnfg.php"contains the paths to 4 directories.
You can put these directories anywhere you want.
All the other files and directories should NOT be moved.


Configuration Variables

deDir deHome dbHost dbName dbPass dbUser editAdsRowColor1 editAdsRowColor2 expireAdsDays expireTempUsersDays logInFormBgColor logInFormCaption logInFormCaptionBgColor logInFormCaptionFontColor logInFormWidth logInStatusBgColor logInStatusWidth logOutMessage

mainCatsBufferCols mainCatsCenter mainCatsCols mainCatsTablePad mainCatsTableSpace mainCatsTableWidth mainCatsTdWidth replyEmail rowsOfAdsTableWidth rowsOfEditAdsTableWidth siteName subCatsBufferCols subCatsCenter subCatsCols subCatsTablePad subCatsTableSpace subCatsTableWidth subCatsTdWidth

userNameMinLength userNameMaxLength userPassMinLength userPassMaxLength tmplt_add_item tmplt_add_item_results tmplt_details tmplt_edit tmplt_index tmplt_log_in tmplt_log_out tmplt_register tmplt_search tmplt_select_to_add tmplt_showCat tmplt_verify_registration viewAdsRowColor1 viewAdsRowColor2

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dbHost
The hostname that the database is running on.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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dbUser
Your mysql username.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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dbPass
The mysql password assigned to your username.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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dbName
The name of the database to connect to.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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deHome
This is the url path to the "index.php" file of D.E. Classifieds.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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deDir
This is the path to the directory that you chose to put D.E. Classifieds in. There must be a trailing slash on this value!

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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siteName
This is the name of the site. This shouldn't be confused with the domain name of the site, although the two could be the same. For example if the name of your classified ads site is "Big Joe's Classifieds", then you should set the value of 'siteName' to "Big Joe's Classifieds" . The name of the site may be used in outgoing emails, and in other situations when the application needs to refer to the site that it belongs to.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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replyEmail
This is the email address that will appear in the "From:" header when new users are emailed their registration keys.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logOutMessage
This is the message that appears when user logs out.
Make sure you put quotation marks around this value. If you need to include quotation marks in the message itself, be sure to proceed them with a backslash(\) .

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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expireAdsDays
The number of days in which the ad will expire after it has been posted. This value is also used by the database administration section to determine which ads are old enough to be deleted.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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expireTempUsersDays
When a new user takes the first step toward signing up they are put into a temporary spot in the database until they confirm their registration. If they do not confirm their registration the temporary record stays in the database until deleted. So for example if you set this value to 7, temporary users who have been in the database longer than 7 days will be deleted.

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rowsOfAdsTableWidth
This sets the width of the table where rows of results are displayed after searching or browsing categories.

Value can be a regular number or a percentage. Percentage is the width relative to the table which holds this particular table.

Examples:
$cnfg['rowsOfAdsTableWidth'] = "80%";
$cnfg['rowsOfAdsTableWidth'] = "300";
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Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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viewAdsRowColor1
viewAdsRowColor2
These are the colors of the rows where people are browsing/searching ads.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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rowsOfEditAdsTableWidth
This sets the width of the table on the edit page.
Example:
$cnfg['rowsOfEditAdsTableWidth'] = "100%";

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editAdsRowColor1
editAdsRowColor2
These are the colors of the rows that are displayed when a registered user is viewing the summary of ads that they have running.
The colors will alternate from one row to the next to help distinguish between records.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsCols
Number of columns for category navigation.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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mainCatsBufferCols
Space between columns for category navigation.
Right way: $cnfg['mainCatsBufferCols'] = "20";
Right way: $cnfg['mainCatsBufferCols'] = "20%";
Wrong way: $cnfg['mainCatsBufferCols'] = 20px;

This value has no effect is mainCatsCols is set to 1 .

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsTableWidth
Width of table that main categories will be displayed in.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsTableSpace
This will be the value of the "cellspacing" attribute in the table that displays the list of main categories. Setting it to a higher number will increase the amount of space between table cells.
A value of 3 seems to work fairly well.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsTablePad
This will be the value of the "cellpadding" attribute in the table that displays the list of main categories. Setting this to a higher number will increase the amount of "padding" inside of each table cell.
A value of 3 seems to work fairly well.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsTdWidth
The max width for each column.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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mainCatsCenter
Set to true If you want the main categories to be centered inside of their parent table, false if you don't.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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subCatsCols
Number of columns for sub-category navigation.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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subCatsBufferCols
Same rules apply for subCatsBufferCols as for mainCatsBufferCols.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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subCatsTableWidth
Width of table that sub categories will be displayed in.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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subCatsTableSpace
This will be the value of the "cellspacing" attribute in the table that displays the list of sub categories. Setting it to a higher number will increase the amount of space between table cells.
A value of 3 seems to work fairly well.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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subCatsTablePad
This will be the value of the "cellpadding" attribute in the table that displays the list of sub categories. Setting this to a higher number will increase the amount of "padding" inside of each table cell.
A value of 3 seems to work fairly well.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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subCatsTdWidth
The max width for each sub-cat column

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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subCatsCenter
Set to true If you want the sub categories to be centered inside of their parent table, false if you don't.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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logInFormCaption
This is the text that appears above the login form.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInFormCaptionFontColor
This is the font color of the text in the caption above the login form.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInFormCaptionBgColor
This is the background color of the caption above the login form.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInFormWidth
This is the width of the login form.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInFormBgColor
This is the background color of the login form.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInStatusWidth
This is the width of the table that holds the login status. The login status is the message that tells the user that they are logged in.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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logInStatusBgColor
The background color of the area where the login status message is displayed.

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tmplt_*

These values determine which template files are used for each page of the application which needs an html template file. "tmplt_" prefix is followed by the exact name of the php file(minus the .php extension) that uses the template file.

Example:
$cnfg['tmplt_add_item'] = "html_template1.php";

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In the example "add_item.php" uses the template file named "html_template1.php" .

Caution: The value should only be the file name of the template file. It should not contain the path to the file itself. The path to the file should be supplied in the "path_cnfg.php" file in the 'pathToTemplatesDir' value. Whatever template file you use should be kept in your "templates" directory.

Should value(s) be in quotes: Yes

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userPassMinLength
userPassMaxLength
User will get an error if he/she tries to choose a password shorter than 'userPassMinLength' or longer than 'userPassMaxLength' .
If you want user passwords to be able to be longer than 20 characters then you'll need to change the definition of the password field in the std_users table.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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userNameMinLength
userNameMaxLength
User will get an error if he/she tries to choose a user name that is shorter than 'userNameMinLength' or longer than 'userNameMaxLength' .
If you want user names to be able to be longer than 20 characters then you'll need to change the definition of the user_name field in the std_users table.

Should value(s) be in quotes: No

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