Installation Help for Paypal Member Script

Table of Contents

• Installation Guide
  • Requirements
  • Step 1: Unzip the package
  • Step 2: Get your database info ready
  • Step 3: Fill details in "data.php"
  • Step 4: Create your Admin account
  • How to Protect or Un-Protect a Webpage
  • "header.php" file
• More Help
  • Free Installation Service
  • Free Technical Support
  • Email Technical Support team

 

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Installation Guide

Requirements

In order to install Paypal Member Script, you need to have the following enabled at your website server:

• PHP4 or higher
• MySql

You can confirm if your website server supports these two features or not by looking inside your hosting Control Panel. Most of the website hosting providers or host plans have PHP and MySql enabled; however in case of any confusion, you may contact your hosting support people or contact our technical support team here.

 

Step 1: Unzip the package

After your purchase, you would get the software in a package named - "pms.zip".

Unzip this package onto your desktop/home/office computer. You can generally do this by right clicking on the file, and selecting "Extract All". You will see that the unzipped folder contains a folder named "pms".

 

Step 2: Get your database info ready

Paypal Member Script stores the information in a MySql database on your web host. Therefore, you will need to create a MySql database through your web hosting control panel to continue with the PPMS installation. (You may also use an exsiting database.)

You will also need to create a database username, and then make sure to "Add" that user to the database. (Many database connection problems are due to this step being overlooked.)

After you create your new database, you will need the details of it.

The details you will need are the following:

• Database Server Host
• Database name
• User name
• Password

For most of the webservers the "Database Server Host" will be localhost. But with some hosting providers such as Yahoo Small Business, it may be different. In any case, you can confirm it by logging into your hosting control panel or at PHPMyAdmin interface.

 

Step 3: Fill details in "data.php" and upload the folder "pms" to your website.

Open "data.php" file in notepad. You will need to enter the following details in the variables in this file:

• Database details
• Seller details
• Membership details - membership name, trial period (if any) and regular period details
• Website details

Upload the "pms" folder (which contains the installation files) on your web server.

It is not necessary to name the folder "pms", it can be any folder name. But keep all the installation files in the same folder.

After you upload your "pms" files, set the permissions of the "data.php" file to "read,read,read" only, or the equivalent setting of "444". (chmod 444 data.php)

 

Step 4: Create your Admin account

In your browser, go to "admininstall.php" page.

A sample url can be something like: http://www.yourwebsite.com/pms/admininstall.php

This page will show a simple form to create an Administrator's account. Fill up the form and click on the "Create Admin Account" button. It will create the necessary tables in the database to run your membership website. So, your membership software is installed completely.

 

Protecting webpages or keeping a webpage in member's area

If you want a webpage to be available only to your registered members in your membership website- you need to protect this webpage. It is a simple two step process as following:

• make sure the filename extension of the webpage is .php (NOT .htm, .html or any other extension). If it is not .php, rename the file. For example, if you want to protect members.htm page, first rename it to members.php
• Open the file in notepad and at the top of the page enter the following line:
  <?php include_once 'protected.php'; ?>

Here it is assumed that "protected.php" file is in the same folder. If it is not, then enter its complete path. Also, make sure that the above line is the first line in the webpage.

Now, this webpage has become a protected page and no one can access this webpage without first logging into the membership area. If someone tries to access this webpage without logging into the member's area, s/he will be prompted the login screen rather than the webpage's content. Your membership website is also ready with the member's only pages.

 

"header.php" file

"header.php" webpage is shown at top of every protected page. Therefore, you may want to customize it with your own site logo and theme.

But if you do not want to use this header file and use your own file, simply open this webpage in notepad and delete content of this page.

Once again, if you do not want to use "header.php" file, delete its content, but DO NOT delete the file - "header.php" itself.

 

 

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More Help

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Email Technical Support team

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