STEP ONE:
Find configuration file pw.cfg and configure it. Here is description of variables:
$pwpath - absolute path to your PollWorld directory (without trailing slash)
$cgi - URL to CGI-BIN directory (without trailing slash)
$pollworld - URL to PollWorld directory (without trailing slash)
$sysid - system ID (must be "Windows" or "Unix")
$furl - URL to your site (without trailing slash)
$progmail - absolute path to your mail program. Use it with -t option
$email - your email
$owntitle - your PollWorld title
$delay - Default time period for locking IP
$twidth - Voting table width (in pixels)
$mysqlhost - your mysql hostname
$mysqldb - pollworld database name
$mysqllogin - your login for mysql server
$mysqlpassword - your password for mysql server
$locktables - Set it to 1 to use lock mechanism for tables (recommended), set to 0 if you dont want to use it
STEP TWO:
Set path to your Perl interpreter in first line of each *.pl file (except config.pl).
STEP THREE:
Copy all directories and files to your www-root directory
STEP FOUR:
Now if you set script on Unix based server you must set permissions on files and directories:
/backup - set to 777
/cgi-bin/*.pl - set to 755
/cgi-bin/pw.cfg - set to 666
STEP FIVE:
Now you must install mysql database:
1. Login to mysql
2. Run pollworld.sql file to create tables
STEP SIX:
Now you can login to admin section from admin.html using admin/password as login and password
INSTALLATION FINISHED
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