ARSC - ARSC Really Simple Chat
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Version 0.3.1 - 2001-04-21 - Thank you for using ARSC!
Copyright (C) 2001 Manuel Kiessling
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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.

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Due to the fact that my mother language is not english, it is possible
or better very probably that there are several mistakes - i hope they
are at least funny... if you find one, then please send me an eMail to
manuel@kiessling.net. Thank you very much!
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Requirements:
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You need a webserver that supports at least PHP version 3.
The PHP installation must support MySQL.
You need a running MySQL server where you may add tables.
The client must be a web browser that understands framesets.
It is much more comfortable if the browser also understands JavaScript.

I tested ARSC successfully with the following browsers:

JavaScript version:

- Internet Explorer 5.0 and 5.5, Win32
- Netscape Navigator 4.75, Win32
- Opera 5.0b6, Linux

No-JavaScript version and yet comfortable:

- all of the above except Opera
- Netscape Navigator 2.02, Win32

If you tested it with other (and more exotic) browsers,
then please email me.


Installation:
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Extract the archive.

Edit the file 'config.inc.php' to fit your MySQL server settings.

Put the extracted files somewhere on your web server beneath a
directory called "chat" or whatever you like.

In your browser, open this adress:

http://www.yourdomain.com/your_chat_directory/install.php

When it says "ARSC is installed.", then everything went fine, and you
SHOULD(!) delete the file 'install.php' from your server!

Now ARSC is ready to run. You can reach it via
http://www.yourdomain.com/your_chat_directory/index.php

If it doesn't tell you "ARSC is installed.", then you can email me and
ask me what to do.



The homepage of ARSC is:
http://www.kiessling.net/home/manuel/projects/software/arsc/

Please send me an eMail with your opinion about ARSC.
Send me an eMail if you have questions.
If you are a PHP programmer then give me feedback about the code.

Manuel Kiessling
manuel@kiessling.net
