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<a name="top"></a><h2>Welcome to AdaptCMS <?php echo $version; ?></h2>

<p>AdaptCMS is a PHP CMS that is made for complete control of your website, easiness of use and easily adaptable to any type of website. It's made easy with advanced custom fields, a very simple but powerful template system and much more.</p>

<a name="first_time"></a><h2>First-Time Users Guide - Get Started</h2>

<a href="install"></a><h3>Installation <font color='red'><b>UPDATED!</b></font></h3>

<ul>
<li>Of course since you are reading this, you have download AdaptCMS. The next step is to use an FTP program to upload the files to your website.</li>
<ul>
<li>There are many FTP programs, but we recommend <a href='http://www.filezilla-project.org'>FileZilla</a>. Download and install the program onto your PC.</li>
<li>Once installed, open it up. There is an "FTP Server" button on the far left, with an input area to the right, enter in your FTP server (likely <b>ftp.<?php echo $domain; ?></b>). To the right of that, "User" and "Pass", enter your FTP username and password.
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<li>Remember that "FTP Server" button? Above it, click the yellow bolt button ("connection"). Proceed to double click onto "www" or "public_html", you can then upload the AdaptCMS files.</li>
</ul>
<li>Now we're done with the FTP Program, open up your browser and navigate to the installation page on your website - <a href="install.php"><?php echo $siteurl; ?>install.php</a>.</li>
<li>All you have to do now is follow the easy installation process. Agree to the terms and simply fill in the MySQL information, admin account info and site name. If there is no errors on the following page, you're good to go!</li>
</ul>

<a name="upgrade"></a><h3>Upgrade</h3>

<ul>
<li>Upgrading your copy of AdaptCMS can be done two different ways:</li>

<ol>
<li>Download AdaptCMS and proceed to upload all files except the <b>dbinfo.php</b> file. (if you do upload that one, no big deal) Then open up the installation file in your browser - <a href="install.php"><?php echo $siteurl; ?>install.php</a>. Agree to the terms and click on the "Upgrade" button. Lastly click on what version you are upgrading <u>from</u>, once it's done loading you are now upgraded!</li>
<li>This step is mostly for core AdaptCMS Files (config.php, admin.php, etc.), but access your admin panel at - <a href="admin.php"><?php echo $siteurl; ?>admin.php</a> - and click on <a href="admin.php?view=file_releases">[ Get the latest AdaptCMS files ]</a>. You can then easily copy over core files.</li>
</ol>
</ul>

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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="#top">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="#first_time">First Time Users-Guide</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#install">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#upgrade">Upgrade</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#admin">Admin Panel</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#admin_getstarted">Get Started</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_basics">Basics</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#admin_sec_content">Admin Panel - Content</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#admin_articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_comments">Comments</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_fields">Custom Fields</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_sections">Sections</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#admin_sec_users">Admin Panel - Users</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#admin_levels">Levels</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_permissions">Permissions</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_ranks">Ranks</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_users">Users</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#admin_sec_advanced">Admin Panel - Advanced</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#admin_templates">Templates</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_settings">Settings</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_files">File Module</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_pages">Static Pages</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_polls">Polls</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_mass_email">Mass E-Mail</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#admin_sec_misc">Admin Panel - Misc</a></li>
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<li><a href="#admin_stats">Stats</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_support">Support</a></li>
<li><a href="#admin_tools">Tools</a></li>
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<li><a href="#frontend">Frontend</a></li>
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</ul>
<li><a href="#plugins">Plugins</a></li>
<ul>
<li><a href="#plugin_affiliates">Affiliates</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugin_form_builder">Form Builder</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugin_rss_importer">RSS Importer</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugin_shoutbox">Shoutbox</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugin_sitemap">Sitemap Generator</a></li>
<li><a href="#plugin_tinyurl">TinyURL</a></li>
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<li><a href="#other">Other</a></li>
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<li><a href="#faq">FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
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<a name="admin"></a><h2>Admin Panel</h2>

<a name="admin_get_started"></a><h3>Get Started</h3>

<ul>
<li>Okay so you've successfully installed AdaptCMS and you're ready to go. The first thing you will want to do after deleting the <b>install.php</b> file, is to open up your admin panel - <a href="admin.php">admin.php</a>, login with the admin info you entered during installation. You can see the frontend of your website at - <a href="<?php echo $siteurl; ?>"><?php echo $siteurl; ?></a>.</li>
<li>Your next step is to edit some non-essential settings over at the settings page - <a href="admin.php?view=settings">click here</a>. Here you can edit quite a few settings, most importantly - Site Name. There are other settings from turning your website off and on to whether guests can post comments.</li>
<li>The next thing you need to do, probably the most important, is the frontend layout. If you already have a website, of course getting your layout into a new CMS is vital and with some CMS's, difficult. All you have to do with AdaptCMS is this:</li>
<ul>
<li>Take all the coding of your layout (from &lt;html&gt; to &lt;/html&gt;, all of it) and go to edit your layout - <a href="admin.php?view=templates">click here</a>.</li>
<li>Click to edit the "layout" templates and paste in your layout coding. Then where you want content to appear, put in this tag - {content}.<li>
<li>Click "Update Templates" and you're done!</li>
</ul>
<li>Now this step I can only explain the how, the specifics are up to you. Depending on the type of website, you may want to check out the Sections page here - <a href="admin.php?view=sections">click here</a>. As well custom fields for the different sections should be checked out - <a href="admin.php?view=fields">click here</a>.</li>
<li>That should be about it for getting started with AdaptCMS. My best advice is trial and error, checkout this readme and exploring around the admin panel. Getting used to the CMS and exploring is the best thing to do. Good luck!</li>
</ul>

<a name="admin_basics"></a><h3>Basics</h3>

<ul>
<li>Coming Soon...remember you can download the latest core AdaptCMS files, including this Read Me, by visiting <a href="admin.php?view=file_releases">this page</a>.</li>
</ul>

<a name="admin_sec_content"></a><h2>Admin Panel - Content</h2>

<a name="admin_articles"></a><h3>Articles <font color='red'><b>UPDATED!</b></font></h3>

<ul>
<li>The most important aspect of a content website, article management. In AdaptCMS you can add, edit, delete and verify articles, you can access the articles area in the admin panel here - <a href="admin.php?view=articles">click here</a>.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Article</b> - Adding an article is an easy thing to do. Once at the page to add an article there are numerous fields to fill out. The only required field is "Article name". After that you can link up to a gallery ("Relate Gallery") and any custom fields you have added as well as the ability to relate to other articles, all depending on what sections you have added and if you have them related. (see: <a href="#admin_section">Section</a>) Lastly you can choose to add the article or save it. Saving the Article means only staff will see it until it is un-saved, this feature is most helpful for a long article.<br><br>A new feature in 1.4 is the ability to set a specific time for the article to appear online. Powered by DHTML you can choose a specific day and time, once it hits that time the article will go online automatically.</li>
<li><b>Edit Article</b> - Editing an article is practically done the same way as adding one. The same fields appear as with adding an article, even the articles you related to will be selected automatically and fields are filled in with what you (or another user) entered originally. Currently, the date nor author is changed when editing an article.</li>
<li><b>Delete/Verify Article</b> - Deleting an article is a task that takes several seconds. Simply click delete by an article you want deleted, confirm you wish to delete it when the Javascript confirmation pops up and the article is deleted. Verifying an article is done exactly the same way, verifying an article means that the person who submitted the article did not have the necessary permissions for there article to go online immediately. (likely a staff member or if user content is enabled, a normal member)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_comments"></a><h3>Comments</h3>

<ul>
<li>Comments is one the basic aspects of articles, simple enough to administer. Checkout the comments area in the admin panel - <a href="admin.php?view=comments">click here</a>.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Edit/Delete Comments</b> - In the comment management area you will find the article the comment is posted under, author, date and actions3. (edit or delete) Clicking delete only requires confirming you want it deleted via the Javascript popup. (this will not be mentioned again) When editing a comment the article and comment author is displayed, however you can edit the comment if you wish. If the comment is actually a "Shoutbox" message, the article name will say "Shoutbox".</li>
<li><b>Settings</b> - Presently there are two settings for comments. One is "guestsc", a setting on whether guests can post a comment or not - <a href="admin.php?view=setting&name=General">click here</a>. The other setting is "captcha_comments", if enabled you have to enter the captcha code in order for the comment to be posted - <a href="admin.php?view=setting&name=Modules">click here</a>.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_fields"></a><h3>Custom Fields</h3>

<ul>
<li>The second of the four main functions of a content management system, custom fields. With custom fields in AdaptCMS, it is one of the features that enables you to run any type of content website. Checkout the custom fields area in the admin panel - <a href="admin.php?view=fields">click here</a>.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Field</b> - Adding a field is a quick process. There are two mandatory fields you must fill out, the "Field Name" and "Section". When filling out the field name, keep in mind that what you enter will be changed to all lower case. So if you make a field called "Testing Field", it will be added and used as "testing_field". The section you assign the field to lets you identify it when adding an article or editing a template.<br /><br />You then select a field type - "Textfield" (a normal input area, like when entering the field name), Textarea (a box, such as when adding a comment on a blog), "Dropdown Box" (a selectable list), "Radiobox(s)" (selectable circle, with multiple choices like a dropdown), "Checkbox(s)" (same as a radiobox, except square), "File" (you can select a file from the files you have uploaded)<br /><br />If you choose a Dropdown, Radio or Check Box you then need to fill out the "Field Data" input area, it controls the options. So if you have a dropdown box called "subject", you will want a list of options. You could do something like this - "Advertising,Problem with Site,Link Exchange". Lastly you can give the field a description, this description shows up when adding an article.</li>
<li><b>Manage Fields</b> - When viewing the custom fields management area, you will find the custom fields ordered from most recent to oldest. By each field you will see the id, field name, field type, section and actions. (edit or delete) Like all areas of the admin panel, when editing a field the data stored for it is auto-filled in.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_sections"></a><h3>Sections</h3>

<ul>
<li>What is the core of the flexibility of AdaptCMS, custom sections. With this, you can easily power any type of content website with AdaptCMS. Here's the sections area in the admin panel - <a href="admin.php?view=sections">click here</a>.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Section</b> - Adding a section is a two-step process. First you need to click on whether to add a "Section" or "Sub-Section". The combination of the two allows you to relate articles to each other and a lot of neat stuff. Here's an example - You have a game website and want to have Games, Reviews, News and Previews. In this instance you would want "Games" to be a sub-section and News, Previews and Reviews as sections, that way they are all linked together.<br /><br />Once you decide you need to fill out simply one field, the section name. We recommend a simple, short name with no special characters and if possible, no spaces. Lastly you can choose which sections to relate to, this lets you link up articles.</li>
<li><b>Manage Sections</b> - Viewing the section management area you will see the sections added with following information - ID #, Section Name, Section Type, # of Relations and Actions. (edit or delete)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_sec_users"></a><h2>Admin Panel - Users</h2>

<a name="admin_levels"></a><h3>Levels</h3>

<ul>
<li>To manage users, have staff and admin's - it all needs a level/group system. With User Levels you can easily manage different user levels with different permissions and simply assign a user a level to control there access.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Level</b> - After entering a name for the level, you then need to select a value and whether it's a default level. For the "value", it is explained, but you need to select Level 1 (like an admin), Level 2 (like staff) or Level 3 (like a normal registered member). This is used for only a few things, such as access to the admin panel. The last thing is whether to have this level as "default". At the time the only use of it is for when users signup, if you have multiple Level 3 levels the system needs to know which one to use by default, but not necessary unless you have more than one of a level 3.</li>
<li><b>Manage Levels</b> - In the Level Management area you'll see listed the User Levels with the info - ID #, Level Name, # of users, value (level 1, 2 or 3), default? and actions (edit or delete).</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_permissions"></a><h3>Permissions</h3>

<ul>
<li>AdaptCMS is all about total control of your website, including users. With an advanced permissions system, you can easily configure your administrator, staff member - whatever, to what areas of the admin panel he can access.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Edit Permissions</b> - We made editing permissions an easy thing to do!  In the Permissions area you will see the user levels listed, simply click onto one. You will now be at a screen where you can change the permissions per admin area and by section. (for articles). Most permissions will have 3 checkbox (add, edit, delete). For articles, simply having the add checkbox checked will mean that the user can only add and edit/delete his own articles. A piece of cake!</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_ranks"></a><h3>Ranks</h3>

<ul>

<ul>
<li><b>Add Rank</b> - Adding a rank consists of entering 4 fields. First, of course, the "Rank Name" followed by the color (the color in which, if a user has this Ranking, there name is colored this), "Image" (not used currently) and then points required. If you enter, say 20, then once a user gets more than 20 points they attain this ranking.</li>
<li><b>Manage Ranks</b> - In Rank management, essentially all info is shown. ID #, Rank Name (as well the name is colored with...well the color set for this ranking), Image, Points Required and Action. (edit/delete)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_users"></a><h3>Users</h3>

<ul>
<li>User Management, another key area of content management, in this case your users.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add User</b> - To add a user, all you need is practically the same info as when registering in the frontend area. Enter a username, password and e-mail just like frontend registration, but in the admin area you also need to select a User Level. Most often, this may be easier to add staff this way.</li>
<li><b>Manage Users</b> - In the User Management area you will see all registered members, staff and all other members listed. You'll see each user with the info "username" (colored by the rank they have attained), E-Mail address, Level, Rank and lastly, Actions. (edit/delete)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_sec_advanced"></a><h2>Admin Panel - Advanced</h2>

<a name="admin_templates"></a><h3>Templates</h3>
<ul>
<li>Template Management is at the very core of AdaptCMS and the admin panel, keying together one of the most vital aspects of this CMS. With the AdaptCMS Template system you can easily control the look of your website, from the homepage to pretty much everything else, all with simple tag usage.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Template</b> - The system is not currently used much at the moment, but you can add a template. (most useful if an installation or upgrade had some problems) You simply enter a template name and then enter the template itself.</li>
<li><b>Manage Templates</b> - We aren't going to be going over every single template, but rather get an idea for you how some of the tags work, how to get your layout setup and such.<br /><br />First up, when editing a template you will see a few things. The "Template Name", the template with a textarea filled in with the template and a description, which lists the tags and sometimes a short description. The tags listed are fairly self-explanatory. Say for the "Games" template, you will see a lot of tags - content tags ({name}, {url}, {date}, etc.), Gallery Tags (to show info if the article is related to a gallery, can even show a few images), Comment Tags (show comments, # of and form to submit a comment), Rating Tags (form to submit a rating, show the rating, etc.) and Custom Fields.<br /><br />It's explained in the admin panel, but entering your layout is easy. Simply take all the code of your layout and enter it in the textarea when editing the "layout" template. Then where you want content to appear, just put in the tag - {content}. That's it! Lastly, a feature added in AdaptCMS v1.2 now helps administrators. When deleting a template, if it is a required one, the template is not actually deleted! In fact, it is reset to it's default state. This helps greatly, first, if you accidentally delete a vital template or if you modified a template and messed up.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_settings"></a><h3>Settings</h3>
<ul>
<li>The settings area is an easy part of AdaptCMS. With it you can manage some important settings and easily add your own settings.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Section</b> - From the main settings area, you will see a link to add a "Section". You'll see on that settings area links like "General", "Modules", etc. These are Sections, simply so that you can organize the many different settings. All you have to do to add one is to give it a name.</li>
<li><b>Add Setting</b> - In order to add a setting, you first need to either click on "Add Setting" at the top of the settings area or click to add one after going to a Settings Section. After selecting the Section you want the setting in, you then need to give it a name (spaces will be stripped out and will be converted to all lowercase letters). The optional description textarea is useful if you are not the only administrator, the description will be shown next to the setting. Lastly enter a value, also known as "data".</li>
<li><b>Manage Settings</b> - In the main settings area, after clicking onto a section, this is where you see all the settings information. In an editable input area you will find the settings name, a small textarea with the data (or value of the setting), another textarea with the description and a checkbox. You can edit any of these editable areas as well, if you click to delete, all these changes will be made upon clicking the submit button.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_files"></a><h3>Files <font color='red'><b>UPDATED!</b></font></h3>
<ul>
<li>With the AdaptCMS File Module, you can upload files (with several options such as linking to a file and applying a watermark) and even do what's called "Mass Upload", which searches through a folder and populates the AdaptCMS File Manager with all images inside.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Upload File</b> - After clicking on "Upload File(s)", to actually upload a file is a two-step process. First enter how many files you would like to upload. (for larger files, remember there is a memory limit) Now per each file you want to upload, you will see several options. First you can <b>either</b> upload a file that's on your computer or link to one. Linking to a file does NOT actually put the image on your server, but simply links to it, the image will still show up if uploaded to a gallery.<br /><br />You can also choose to watermark the image. This will put a small watermark on all images checked to enable this feature. You can see the watermark - <a href="upload/watermark.png">here</a>. New in 1.4 is the ability to resize images on the fly - simply enter dimensions and the image gets resized for you.</li>
<li><b>Mass Upload</b> - As Mass Upload is explained above, if you have say a lot of screen shots of a specific game, then it may be a good idea to put them all in one folder and use Mass Upload. To use this feature just enter the physical path to the folder (ex. /home/user/public_html/upload/gta4) and then the actual URL to the folder, both without a trailing slash.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_pages"></a><h3>Pages</h3>
<ul>
<li>While you can create articles, sometimes you want custom pages. From a contact us page to miscellaneous use. With this feature you can do that without having to use FTP, you manage them right inside the admin panel.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Page</b> - When adding a page you need to enter a few things. One is a Page Name (used in the page template and on the page listing area). You then need to enter the URL, so if you enter "contact-us", then your page will show up <a href="page/contact-us/">here</a>, remember to not use spaces or special characters. Then you enter the contents of the page in the "Page Content" textarea, you can even use PHP! Lastly you can choose to enable break lines, if you don't use any HTML or PHP then it is recommended, otherwise it messes things up.</li>
<li><b>Manage Pages</b> - At the Page Area you will see all your pages listed, with the info - Page Name, username (the user who added this page), Date and Actions. (edit/delete)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_polls"></a><h3>Polls</h3>
<ul>
<li>User Interaction is an important part of any CMS and Polls are a very popular and often-used feature on many websites. The Polls feature in AdaptCMS lets you interact with the users and also edit exactly how it's shown and several other settings.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Poll</b> - When adding a Poll you first need to enter a question. Then you have two options - "Multiple options selectable?" (if checked, then checkboxes will be used instead of radio boxes on the poll, meaning they can select more than one answer) and "Custom options?" (if checked, a user can enter in a poll option of there own - <a href="admin.php?view=settings&cat=Polls">settings</a>). Lastly you need to enter poll options. Type in an option and click on "Add Option" for another option to show.</li>
<li><b>Manage Polls</b> - In the Poll Management area you will see all your polls listed with the Poll Name (click on it to add more options), date, Options (same as before, click on add options to add more options) and Actions. (edit/delete/code)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_sec_misc"></a><h2>Admin Panel - Miscellaneous</h2>

<a name="admin_stats"></a><h3>Stats</h3>

<ul>
<li>Statistics is a vital, yet often left out feature in many CMS's. With the Stats feature in AdaptCMS, you can keep track of almost every facet of how you're website is doing. With basic Stats you can see uniques and views for the past 7 days, uniques/views for last week/this week, this month/last month and this year/last year. However with Advanced Stats you can see the top Referrals, Pages, Keywords, Bots, Browsers and OS along with a very useful "Archive" feature. The Statistics feature is the complete package.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Archive</b> - AdaptCMS 1.3 introduced the brand new "Archive" feature. With this, you can easily see general stats week-by-week and month-by-month, compare trends and more. You will see Month by Month listed, with weeks recorded with stats underneath. By each you will see a percentage colored, red means down and green means up. If you look at say Week 7 and Week 8, the percentage up or down for week 8 is compared to week 7. The same is done month by month. Lastly you can compare any 2 weeks or 2 months, just like the Archive you will see a percentage of the increase or decrease between the two weeks or months.</li>
<li><b>Detailed</b> - After clicking to go to the "Statistics" area, you can then see detailed stats for the past 7 days. (depending on the day, detailed stats are deleted every Sunday automatically) After selecting the day you will then be provided with a lot of info. You'll of course see the amount of unique visitors (if say 50 uniques, that means 50 different page visited your website) and amount of views (a.k.a. page loads, pages) as well as the Operating Systems used when view your site, Browsers and Referrals.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="admin_support"></a><h3>Support</h3>

<ul>
<li><b>Support</b> - With the upgraded support script, you can manage your own tickets, add a ticket and see any other ticket in the database. The Support system lets you get a quick response to any problem or question you have.</li>
<li><b>Help Files</b> - With the Help Files system you will see various help files on different aspects of AdaptCMS, as well as letting you submit a new help file.</li>
<li><b>FAQ</b> - This simple FAQ system shows questions and answers in the system, as well as letting people submit a question and answer.</li>
<li><b>S2S Messages</b> - The revolutionary S2S Messages system lets you communicate between your website and the Support team. S2S Messages is like a PM/Inbox system where you can send a support ticket out to the AdaptCMS team and vice-versa, this keeps things private and helps even improve response times!</li>
</ul>

<a name="admin_tools"></a><h3>Tools</h3>

<ul>
<li><b>URL List</b> - This brand new tool in AdaptCMS 1.3 simply lists links and such to basically every part in the frontend, from articles to poll results.</li>
<li><b>Mod Rewrite</b> - With this tool, you can easily and quickly edit your .htaccess file. (mod_rewrite must be enabled on your server) Please do not use this feature unless you know what you're doing, changing the file with non-valid code can cause your site not to load.</li>
<li><b>PHP Tags</b> - This tool shows all the AdaptCMS PHP Functions you can use in various parts of AdaptCMS such as templates, pages and such. From listing content to showing the number of users online.</li>
<li><b>Mass E-Mail</b> - With this Mass E-Mail tool, you can easily send an e-mail to all users or by user level. Select a user level you want this e-mail sent to (or select "All Users" for them all to receive this e-mail), enter a subject, message body and click on "Send E-Mail".</li>
<li><b>Backup</b> - With the "Backup" tool you can backup the SQL from AdaptCMS. You can select multiple areas of which you want the SQL compiled from. On the next page the SQL is generated and you can right click-save, to download the file. Lastly click continue so the file is deleted from the server.With the "Backup" tool you can backup the SQL from AdaptCMS. You can select multiple areas of which you want the SQL compiled from. On the next page the SQL is generated</li>
<li><b>Delete Cache</b> - If you have the cache option enabled, then the size of cache may get big, click here to delete all of it.</li>
</ul>

<a name="frontend"></a><h2>Frontend</h2>

<ul>
<li>Coming Soon...remember you can download the latest core AdaptCMS files, including this Read Me, by visiting <a href="admin.php?view=file_releases">this page</a>.</li>
</ul>

<a name="plugins"></a><h2>Plugins</h2>

<a name="plugin_affiliates"></a><h3>Affiliates</h3>
<ul>
<li>The Affiliates plugin is a simple plugin that lets you easily manage your affiliates. Affiliates are one of the many ways to bring traffic to your website, also known as "link exchanges".</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Affiliate</b> - After entering the obvious "Site Name" and "Site URL", you then have several more options. You have the option of tracking clicks, if set to no the site url will be used (good for improved Page Rank), choosing yes will track the amount of clicks. You can also choose to enter a URL to a button image.</li>
<li><b>Manage Affiliates</b> - Managing your Affiliates consists of several things. First you can delete any you wish, as well as edit them. However for an affiliate submitted in the frontend, you can verify them. (they will not be shown outside the admin panel, until verified) At the top the following info is shown in the main Affiliates area - Site Name, Clicks, Status (verified/un-verified), Date and Actions. (edit/delete, sometimes verify)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="plugin_form_builder"></a><h3>Form Builder</h3>
<ul>
<li>Brand new in AdaptCMS 1.3, the Form Builder is perfect for any type of webmaster, allowing you to easily build a web form to be used in the <a href="#admin_pages">Pages Module</a>, or wherever you choose. (even outside AdaptCMS!)</li>
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<li><b>Add Form</b> - There are just several options for adding a Form. After choosing a form name you then have the option of enabling captcha (if checked, then the form is populated with a captcha) and you then you need to enter an e-mail address which the form results are sent to.</li>
<li><b>Add Field</b> - Now that you have a form added, you need to add in some options to make it a decent form. First you have to select what type of field to add ("Text Field", "Text Box", "Dropdown", "Checkbox" and "Radio"). For all types of fields you will need to enter a "Field Name", "Displayed Name" (on the form itself) and check whether this field is required or not. If you choose a Text Box you'll need to enter dimensions for the box - width/height. For the "Dropdown", "Checkbox" and "Radio" you will be putting in options, which need to be separated by a comma.</li>
<li><b>Manage Forms</b> - In the Form Builder management area you'll find the following info for the forms - Name (the form name), Fields (the # of fields added), Date (date when the form was added), Options (add field) and Actions. (edit/delete/code)<br /><br />A nifty feature when clicking on code is not only is all the code built (which makes it an AJAX form!), but there is even a preview. That way you can see at any time what the form looks like, without having to keep updating the code in a file.</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="plugin_rss_importer"></a><h3>RSS Importer <font color='red'><b>UPDATED!</b></font></h3>
<ul>
<li>The RSS Importer Plugin is one of the most advanced Plugins in AdaptCMS thus far. Simply put, you can take an RSS feed from a website and easily plug it into this Plugin and the RSS items will be added right into AdaptCMS! Fantastic for news sites, game sites that don't want to waste time on news and so many other uses!</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Feed</b> - Adding a Feed into the RSS Importer is a fairly easy process. You first need to select the section the feed will create articles for and on the next page start off by choosing a "Feed Name" (this is simply for use in the admin area) and enter the "Feed URL". (must be a RSS URL!)<br /><br />You can then choose how often the feeds will be updated and gone through ("Update Frequency"), this is measured in minutes. Also you can enter in a feed limit, as some RSS Feeds show all items, it's recommended for active feeds not to put more than 10.<br /><br />Next, the RSS Importer has a few unique aspects. First you can use the custom fields entered for the section with feed items, choose a "URL" and "Description" field.<br /><br />New in 1.2 of the Plugin, you can enter words where if found in the summary or title exclude from the item being added and include - if this word isn't in the feed item, it's not added. Lastly you can choose to relate all feed items added, to be related to specific articles. This is useful for example you have an XBOX 360 feed and want to related it to that system for listing purposes.</li>
<li><b>Manage Feeds</b> - The RSS Importer admin area is jam-packed with information. You of course see the "Feed Name" (click onto it to be taken to the feed URL), the "Section" the articles for this feed reside in, Last Updated and Actions. (edit/delete/update - update means that the feed will be updated and gone through)</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="plugin_shoutbox"></a><h3>Shoutbox</h3>
<ul>
<li>Please see the following page for information about the Shoutbox - <a href="admin.php?view=load_plugin&plugin=shoutbox">click here</a>.</li>
</ul>

<a name="plugin_sitemap"></a><h3>Sitemap Generator</h3>
<ul>
<li>Please see the following page for information about the Sitemap Generator - <a href="admin.php?view=load_plugin&plugin=sitemap">click here</a>.</li>
</ul>

<a name="plugin_tinyurl"></a><h3>TinyURL</h3>
<ul>
<li>For those that are not familiar with <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com">TinyURL</a>, it's a service that lets you take a link and get a much shorter one. Also if you don't want the link to be visible right away, say an affiliate link, then that's another use of this nifty Plugin.</li>
<ul>
<li><b>Add Redirect</b> - Adding a URL is as simple as clicking on "Add Redirect", entering the URL into the input area and clicking Add!</li>
<li><b>Manage Redirects</b> - On the TinyURL area, you will see the redirects you have added, with the following information - URL (shows the real url, but links to the redirect), Domain (domain of the original URL) and Actions (delete/code).</li>
</ul></ul>

<a name="other"></a><h2>Other</h2>

<a name="other_faq"></a><h3>FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</h3>

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