Liquid Frog
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Frog Tag
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  1. What is Frog Tag
    Frog Tag is a free Tag Board or Shout Box (depending on what you like to call it). It's very simple to set up and very easy to use requiring no database but running instead on a flat file.
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  2. What are the requirements for Frog Tag
    Frog Tag only requires that PHP is installed on your web server and safe mode turned off (or a suitable work around put in place by your hosts).
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  3. How do I set up Frog Tag
    Installing this Tag Board script is very easy.

    (1) Unzip the distribution file to your local PC

    (2) Using Notepad or something similar, find the file called config.php and edit the file to best suit your needs. You will find the file fully commented but you don't need to change anything unless you want to, it will work in the default configuration. Once done, save the file.

    (3) Create a directory called "shout" in your server root and upload the files to your web server.

    (4) Chmod the directory "shout" to 777.

    (5) Chmod the file shout.txt to 777.

    (6) Include the file on the page where you want the tag board to appear:

    For PHP pages use an include statement

    For HTML pages use an Iframe which will make the Tag Board appear in it's own small window (full instructions in the readme file for both HTML and PHP pages).

    (7) If you want to change the colors and layout, make the necessary changes in style.css.
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  4. How do I delete the shouts and start again with an empty shout box
    There are two ways to achieve this. Either ftp to your server and upload the file shouts.txt from the distribution zip overwriting the existing one (don't forget to check permissions on the file are set to 777), or edit the file shouts.txt on your server and delete the shouts that way.
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  5. I get a page not found error message when I type a shout
    This is probably because safe mode is enabled on your web server. In order for this script to work correctly you will need to contact your hosts and request that safe mode is turned off.

    Some hosts will be happy to set up the server in such a way that safe mode is turned off but the protection it provided is still in place whereas others may not. You won't know until you ask them. A good quality host is always able to turn safe mode off yet still provide the protection safe mode provides.

    If you get any sort of error message and you have followed the install instructions closely, this is the most likely culprit. The script will not work until safe mode is off or a workaround found by your hosts.

    Your server configuration could also cause this problem. Again, you will need to contact your hosts and make them aware of the problem so they can reconfigure the server so the script works.
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  6. I get error messages when I use the script
    If you receive these, or similar error messages:

    Warning: fopen(shout.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to create stream: No such file or directory in /home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/shout/shout.php on line 26

    Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/shout/shout.php on line 27

    Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/httpd/vhosts/yoursite.com/httpdocs/shout/shout.php on line 29

    then the shout directory permissions or the shout.txt file permissions, or both are likely to be 755 rather than 777. Chmod the shout directory to 777, chmod the shout.txt file to 777.

    If the problem persists, create a blank file called shout.txt using notepad. Connect to your web server via FTP, delete the file shout.txt from your web server and upload the file you just created in it's place. Chmod it to 777.
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  7. I get a 403 Forbidden. You don't have permission to access to this document on this server error
    This is probably because safe mode is enabled on your web server. In order for this script to work correctly you will need to contact your hosts and request that safe mode is turned off.

    Some hosts will be happy to set up the server in such a way that safe mode is turned off but the protection it provided is still in place whereas others may not. You won't know until you ask them. A good quality host is always able to turn safe mode off yet still provide the protection safe mode provides.

    If you get any sort of error message and you have followed the install instructions closely, this is the most likely culprit. The script will not work until safe mode is off or a workaround found by your hosts.

    Your server configuration could also cause this problem. Again, you will need to contact your hosts and make them aware of the problem so they can reconfigure the server so the script works.
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  8. I get an open_basedir restriction in effect error message
    If you receive this error message (or something similar that talks about open_basedir restrictions in effect):

    Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/lib/php4/php/language/lang-.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/http/vhost/yourdomain.com/httpdocs)

    Then your hosts have set some restrictions on your server. Most hosts will be happy to turn off this restriction to allow the script to run. Contact your hosts, inform them of the error message you are receiving and request that they remove open basedir restrictions.
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  9. I get an Error - Bad Gateway
    If you recieve any sort of Bad Gateway error then your server configuration is probably the cause. You will need to contact your hosts and make them aware of the problem so they can reconfigure the server so the script works.
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  10. How can I remove the link to Liquid Frog from the script
    This is a free script, as such it generates no income for us. In addition, we have to bear the costs associated with download of the script in terms of bandwidth and ongoing development and all our free scripts are very popular with our site visitors meaning a lot of bandwidth!

    We use the link included with the script to generate traffic to this site in the hope that people will purchase one of our paid for scripts or some of our software. Whilst we would love to give away our scripts and not have a link, economic realities dictate otherwise. We give you the script for free - you return that by sending us traffic, we consider this a fair exchange.

    If the link spoils the look of your site or you really don't want the link, you can pay a small fee to have it removed. We charge just $7.99 for removal of the link and you can find instructions on how to do this in the Readme.htm file that comes with the script.
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  11. Can I suggest a way to improve this script
    Yes of course. We actively encourage users of our software and scripts to suggest improvements so that they can be developed still further. To make a suggestion please use the contact form on the site and send your comments to feedback.
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  12. My question wasn't answered in these Faq's. What now
    Even though we do not provide support for our free scripts, if you have a problem that doesn't appear in these Faq's, you may email support.

    Please include as much detail as possible about the problem and try to indicate under what circumstances the problem occurs. Please also tell us as much about your server as you can such as the version of PHP and MySQL it is running etc.

    We want to provide as much help as possible to end users via these Faq's and, if your problem is not already listed you could also help others as well as yourself by requesting support.

    Any replies we make to your problem will be mailed directly to you and included in these Faq's for others.
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