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+CONTRIBUTORS
+
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+
+Elgg 1.0 installation
+
+This is a placeholder file, and will be rewritten before the official
+launch. However, here are some basic instructions. Commercial
+support is available for Elgg; email info@elgg.com for more details.
+
+
+CORE REQUIREMENTS
+
+ * Apache web server with the following modules:
+ o mod_rewrite
+ o PHP (see below)
+ * MySQL 5+
+ * PHP 5.2+ as an Apache mod (not in CGI mode or safe mode)
+ with the following libraries:
+ o GD
+ o JSON
+
+It is recommended that you increase the memory available to PHP
+threads beyond the standard 8 or 12M, and increase the maximum
+uploaded filesize (which defaults to 2M). In both cases, this
+can be found in your php.ini.
+
+INSTRUCTIONS
+
+1. Upload Elgg
+
+Upload Elgg to your site's document root. Create a folder for
+Elgg to store files, preferably underneath the document root.
+Make sure that the folder has the proper permissions, for example:
+
+chmod 777 /home/mysite/data
+Create a database
+
+Create a database for Elgg to store its data. Because of Elgg's
+ability to host multiple sites you will only have to do this once.
+
+2. Setup
+
+Once you've completed the previous step, point your browser to your
+site. You'll be greeted by the Elgg installer. Once it's set up a
+few essential files, the installer will ask for the database details
+(database username, password, database name and table prefix) if not
+already set up in the previous step, and some basic details for
+setting up your first (primary) Elgg site, where Elgg will already
+have guessed some initial values:
+
+ * The name of your site
+ * The site URL
+ * The full path to your site root on your disk
+ * The full path to the directory where uploaded files will be stored (the data folder you created earlier)
+ * The default language code for your site
+ * The type of default view (for example mobile, iphone or default)
+
+After this step you will be prompted to create an initial user. This
+user will be the first system administrator. This is the last step,
+and you'll be ready to start working with your new Elgg site.
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+Elgg version 1.0
+Copyright (c) 2008 Curverider Ltd
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+USA
+
+
+ABOUT:
+
+Elgg concept originally by:
+Ben Werdmuller <ben@elgg.com> and David Tosh <dave@elgg.com>
+
+To learn more about enterprise-grade support and services for Elgg,
+contact us via one of the following methods:
+
+Email: info@elgg.com
+Skype: curverider
+Web: http://elgg.com/
+
+The open source project site can be found at http://elgg.org/
+
+Elgg 1.0 is released under the GNU Public License (GPL), which
+is supplied in this distribution as LICENSE.
+
+For installation instructions, please see the INSTALL file.