improve wizard (hand editing of settings.php is no more needed)

[syp.git] / README.txt

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@@ -14,18 +14,35 @@ Requirements
 
 Installation
 ------------
-upload syp to your webserver
-edit inc/settings.php
-open http://yoururl.com/wizard.php with your web browser
-follow instructions
+
+* manual configuration
+
+- edit inc/settings.php.in and copy it to inc/settings.php
+- upload syp to your webserver
+- open http://yoururl.com/install.php with your web browser to finalize
+  installation (database tables creation).
+
+* automatic configuration
+- upload syp to your webserver
+- open http://yoururl.com/install.php with your web browser and follow
+  instructions.
+
+For automatic configuration to work, inc/ directory needs to be writeable. Use
+chmod to set the appropriate directory permissions. If in doubt, chmod to 0777.
+Alternatively, you can use manual method.
+
+Some advanced configuration options are not available with automatic method. If
+you need to set those options, use manual configuration.
 
 Upgrade
 ------------
 - make a copy of inc/settings.php
+- make a copy of upload/ (or directory where your photos and thumbnails are stored).
 - delete old version of syp from your server
-- upload now version
+- upload new version
 - edit inc/settings.php again (copy old version of file may not be enough
   because new settings may have appeared)
+- copy upload/ back.
 - open http://yoururl.com/upgrade.php with your web browser
 
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