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Readme for ProofBuddy 1.0.2
February 3, 2008

(c) 2005-2008 Ryan Nutt
http://www.proofbuddy.com
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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.)

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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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.

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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.