/* $Id: README,v 1.11 2000/04/30 20:15:33 tobias Exp $ */

phpAds - Readme

  PHP3 Banner Management System

  Version 1.4.0
  http://phpwizard.net/phpAds/

    Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias@dnet.it>

    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

  Requirements: 
    PHP3 3.0.8+ (PHP4-ready)
    MySQL
                
  Summary:
    phpAds is a banner management and tracking system written in PHP3. 
    Currently it can
    - manage multiple banners (any size) per client
    - view daily, overall and summary statistics
    - send statistics to clients via email
    - use HTML, GIF, JPEG and PNG-banners
    - show random, pre-defined or HTML/image banners
    - supports keywords for groups of banners
    - activate and deactivate single banners
    - show banners based on filters: user-agent, day-of-week, IP masks
  
  Download:
    You can get the newest version at http://phpwizard.net/phpAds/.

  Credits:
    - Kyle Cordes <Kyle@kylecordes.com>: session management library
    - Weston Bustraan <weston@infinityteldata.net>: support for keywords
    - Jörg Legarth: support for fetching banners belonging to a specific 
      client
    - Brian <brian@cooltext.com>: support for remote banners (referenced 
      via URL)
    - Robert Allen <zircote@excite.com>: single directory setup and some 
      other hacks
    - Ben Schumacher <bs@cyalchemy.com>: admin and remote invocation fixes,
      support on the mailing list.
    - Leonid Igolnik - LiM <lim@israel.net>: support for access control lists.
    - Philip Gabbert <pgabbert@exactis.com>: support for expiring banners
      by date.
    - Occasional bugfixes and support: Manuel Lemos, Boaz Yahav, Roy Nasser,     
      Mark Maggalet, Ben Schumacher.

    And all the rest who helped.

  Installation:
    Please see the INSTALL file.
  
  Mailing List:
    Questions about phpAds should be directed to the mailing list. More
    information about it can be found on phpAds' homepage. Bug reports
    and questions related to the develpment of phpAds are also welcome
    on the list.
    Please read Documentation.html before you ask questions!

  Enjoy,
      Tobias Ratschiller