Installation

The following lists the steps needed to install Enthusiast 2.x.

  1. Unzip enthusiast.zip; it should create a directory named backend.
  2. Modify the backend/config.inc.php file by opening it in a text editor (such as Notepad). The following is a list of the variables that may be edited:
    $backend_dir
    This is the administration panel directory, relative to the fanlisting root. This variable may be left pointing to 'backend/'. The trailing slash is important when modifying this variable.
    $listing_type
    The type of listing being run, i.e., 'fanlisting' or 'hatelisting' or 'clique'.
    $disable_country
    This variable disables the country field (i.e., for cliques) if set to true.
    $enable_affiliates
    Setting this variable to false will disable affiliates for the fanlisting.
    $sort_dropdown
    Seting this variable to false will prompt the system to sort the members list using a bulletted list instead of a dropdown select menu.
    $set_password
    This is the password that will be used to log into the administration panel.
    $owner_name
    Name of the owner; will be displayed in emails sent out by Enthusiast.
    $fanlisting_title
    Name/title of the listing.
    $fanlisting_subject
    Subject of the listing.
    $fanlisting_email
    Email address of the owner with regards to the listing.
    $fanlisting_url
    Website URL of the listing.
    $db_server
    Your host/account’s database server, usually 'localhost' — but some hosting providers have different database servers, like DreamHost. If 'localhost' doesn’t work (it tells you you can’t connect), ask your hosting provider for the correct values.
    $db_user
    The username needed to connect to your database. You will need to either set this up in your hosting account’s control panel, or ask your host for this value.
    $db_password
    The password needed to connect to your database, using the username provided above.
    $db_database
    The name of the database for your installation. You will need to either set this up in your hosting account’s control panel, or ask your host for this value.
    $db_table
    The name of the table within the database for your listing. This will be created by the installation script bundled with Enthusiast; but you must enter the table name you wish. All lowercase, and just one word.
    $fl_sort
    This variable will sort the members via the same database column name specified; you may leave this to 'country' unless if, for example, you want to have an additional column and wish to sort by that (i.e., 'favebook', 'favecharacter', etc. The script will immediately find all unique values members have entered for that field and use it to sort members.
    $show_sort_field
    If you set this to true, then the members list will always show the value of the field you are sorting with in the member list. For example, if you set the $fl_sort variable to 'country' and you want the members list to always show the country of the member even if the visitor is viewing members from a certain country (not “All members”), then set this to true.
    $fans_per_page
    Shows how many members are shown per page of the listing’s members list.
    $link_target
    This is where links open (value of target attribute in the a tag).
    $additional_field
    Set $additional_field to true if you would like to have additional fields.
    $additional_field_names
    This array variable holds the column names of your additional fields and must be lowercase, no spaces. Do not delete the first line which contains the declaration, although you should delete the next lines if you have additional fields disabled:

    $additional_field = true; // do NOT delete this line!
$additional_field_names = array(); // do NOT delete this line!
$additional_field_names[] = 'fieldone'; // either delete or modify this line; you can add more too
$additional_field_names[] = 'fieldtwo'; // either delete or modify this line; you can add more too
    $list_url
    URL to the members list page of the fanlisting.
    $update_url
    URL to the update form page of the fanlisting (you may use URLs of the form index.php?page=update).
    $join_url
    URL to the join form page of the fanlisting (you may use URLs of the form index.php?page=join).
    $lostpass_url
    URL to the lost password form page of the fanlisting (you may use URLs of the form index.php?page=lostpass).
    $spacer
    This is the spacer for affiliates list, which is optional. For example, if you want them to be separated only by a space, leave it as it is; if you want affiliate to be listed on each line, set it to '<br />'.
    $default_width and $default_height
    These are the default width and height of affiliate images, which is optional. This is commented by default (no value). If you use one image size for your affiliates, uncomment (take away the '//' before each line) the lines below and plug the correct values in the variable:

    //$default_width = '88';
//$default_height = '31';

    Optional step: modify the signup/approval/update email templates found in the backend/email/ directory. See Template Variables for list of special email template variables you can use. You can also add your own custom email templates for use when mass-emailing members from backend/admin_email.php as TEMPLATENAME.txt files.

  3. Create a directory named backend on your fanlisting’s directory or fanlisting root, e.g., if your fanlisting is at http://fan.domain.com/myfanlisting, you should create http://fan.domain.com/myfanlisting/backend. Of course, if you have decided to rename your admin panel directory to something else, replace backend with the appropriate name.
  4. Upload everything into /backend (including folders under it).
  5. Go to /backend/install.php and follow instructions.
  6. Delete install.php
  7. If you want to enable affiliates, create a directory /affiliates inside your fanlisting root directory. (It should be of the same level as /backend.) CHMOD the directory to 755. (If you come across problems uploading the images, you may temporarily change the settings to 777 but you must change it back to 755 as leave it CHMODed to 777 is extremely dangerous.)
  8. Customize/include the necessary PHP files into your FL site (see Usage and Customization).