phpAdsNew - Readme

  PHP Banner Management System

  Version 2 beta 5
  http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/phpadsnew/

  THIS IS A BETA VERSION AND NOT DEEMED STABLE ENOUGH FOR USE 
  IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT.
  THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS COMPLETELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!


    Copyright (C) 2000-2001 
	Wim Godden 	<wim@godden.net>
	Phil Hord 	<phil@phord.com>
	Niels Leenheer 	<niels@creatype.nl>
	Cedric Fontaine <cfontaine@spidmail.net>
	Michael Harvey 	<mike@ve-studio.com>
	Matteo Beccati  <ciaccia@writeme.com>


    Documentation:
	Niels Leenheer 	<niels@creatype.nl>
	Niels Schoot 	<nschoot@users.sourceforge.net>


    Based on phpAds created by Tobias Ratschiller <tobias@dnet.it>
    Copyright (C) 1999-2000 


    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: 
    PHP 3.0.8 (untested) or higher (100% PHP 4 ready)
    MySQL

    If you want to run phpAdsNew on a PostgreSQL server you should
    take a look at phpPgAds, which is a port of phpAdsNew to PostgreSQL,
    made by Matteo Beccati. phpPgAds requires PHP4.
    The phpPgAds project can be found at: 
    http://www.greatbridge.org/project/phppgads
       
         
  Summary:
    phpAdsNew is a banner management and tracking system written in PHP.
    Currently it can
    - manage multiple campaigns per client
    - manage multiple banners (any size) per campaign
    - view daily, weekly, overall and summary statistics
    - send statistics to clients via email
    - use HTML (Rich media), GIF, JPEG and PNG-banners
    - use banners stored on an external server (linked) or
      store banner through the admin interface in the 
      MySQL server or on a ftp server.
    - integrate banner networks with your own banners
    - show random, pre-defined or HTML/image banners
    - supports multiple keywords for groups of banners
    - supports conditional keywords
    - activate and deactivate single banners
    - show banners based on filters: user-agent, day-of-week, IP masks, domain, source page, time
    - Perform client/banner weighing
    - Target banner clicks to frames
    - Use different types of random or sequential banner retrieval
 

  Download:
    You can get the newest version at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/phpAdsNew/.


  Credits:
    Kyle Cordes <Kyle@kylecordes.com>, Weston Bustraan <weston@infinityteldata.net>,
    Jrg Legarth, Brian <brian@cooltext.com>, Robert Allen <zircote@excite.com>,
    Ben Schumacher <bs@cyalchemy.com>, Leonid Igolnik - LiM <lim@israel.net>,
    Philip Gabbert <pgabbert@exactis.com>, Ralf Eggert <ralf@in-greece.de>,
    Niels Schoot <nschoot@users.sourceforge.net>, Martin Braun <martin@braun.cc>,
    Vivian Girel, Ren Friedrich <rene.friedrich@web.de> and many more.

    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 phpAdsNew should be directed to the forums. More
    information about it can be found on phpAdsNew's homepage. Bug reports
    and questions related to the develpment of phpAdsNew are also welcome
    on the site.
    Please read the documentation before you ask questions!
