------------------------------- Readme for ProofBuddy 1.0.2 February 3, 2008 (c) 2005-2008 Ryan Nutt http://www.proofbuddy.com -------------------------------- ------ About: ProofBuddy is a PHP / MySQL program intended for professional photographers so that their clients can view and order their proofs online. Unlike other gallery scripts that started out as a gallery and then had a shopping cart hacked in, ProofBuddy started out with the intention of being a shopping cart for your proof images. This version is still consdered a beta release. While several beta testers and I have done everything we can to find bugs, there probably are still some lingering in the code. If you find any, please help out and report them (see the support section at the end.) ------------- Requirements: Web Server ProofBuddy was tested on Apache 1.3.36, 2.0.48, & 2.055 and should work on any server that supports PHP / MySQL PHP Tested with versions 4.3.4, 4.4.2, & 5.1.4 Optionally requires the EXIF and IPTC extensions if you want to use these features. MySQL Tested with versions 4.0.18, 4.1.19, & 5.0.21 ImageMagick or GD Library Required to resize images on upload and convert between color, black & white, and sepia. Tested with versions 6.2.2 & 6.2.8. Sepia toning known not to work with version 6.0.7. ------------- Installation: 1 - Download the most current version of ProofBuddy. 2 - Unzip the file and upload it to your server. 3 - Create a MySQL database for ProofBuddy to use. Be sure you remember the username and password you use for this database, you'll need it later. 4 - In your browser go to the folder that you uploaded ProofBuddy to. An installation script will start and guide you through setting up the database and creating an administrator user. 5 - Log in with the admin user you created and start adding albums and images. -------- Support: I have set up a forum at http://forums.proofbuddy.com for support. Please use these forums if you're having problems installing or using ProofBuddy, have ideas for features in future versions, or need to report a bug. -------------------- Copyright & License: ProofBuddy is copyright 2005-2007 by Ryan Nutt. You are free to install ProofBuddy on your server and use it to proof your clients' images. You are free to create your own themes to customize the client side of the program. However, you are not allowed to change the underlying codebase nor modify style of the administrative side. I cannot be held responsible for damage to your data, server, or orders because of the use of ProofBuddy. It works on both my development server and web server without any major problems, but I cannot guarantee that it will do so on every hardware platform. ------------- Registration: ProofBuddy is available as a free Lite version and a commercial Professional version. The Lite version is limited to 10 active albums with 100 images per album. The Professional version removes this restriction and allows you to watermark and label your images during upload and allows you to place a transparent overlay on top of your fullsized images to hinder copying, downloading, and printing. The Professional version also allows you to setup product packages for your clients. If you're using ProofBuddy, please come by the forums at http://forums.proofbuddy.com and let me know.