Liquid Frog
FAQ's
DynaCal
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  1. What is DynaCal
    DynaCal is a dynamic PHP calendar script that will display a calendar month on your website. It features the ability to add an item to any date past or present and visitors to your site can select future or previous months.

    From the password protected admin panel you can add new items, delete items or edit items. You can add HTML to these items allowing you to parse clickable links or display pictures or tables etc.

    Not only can you use the script as a straightforward event calendar, you could use it as an archive for your old news items by simply linking to the old news from a date on the calendar.

    DynaCal is very easy to setup and use and comes with full instructions. It requires does not require a database.
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  2. What are the requirements for DynaCal
    DynalCal requires only a PHP enabled server. It does not require a database.
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  3. How do I set up DynaCal
    Installing DynaCal is straightforward.

    (1) Unzip the distribution file to your local PC.

    (2) Create a directory on your web server and call it anything you like.

    (3) Upload all the files to the directory you just created.

    (4) Chmod the directory to 777.

    (5) Create another directory called items inside the first.

    (6) Chmod the directory items to 777.

    (7) Chmod the file called clck.php to 777.

    (8) Edit the config.php file to suit your needs using notepad or something similar and save the file back to the server (a full explanation of the variables is given in the file).

    (9) Browse to http://www.yoursite.com/directoryname/admin.php and use the default username and password of demo, demo

    (10) Follow any additional instructions.
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  4. How do I change the size of the popup window
    At present it is not possible to change the size of the popup. This is something that will be addressed in the next version of DynaCal.
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  5. 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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  6. I get error messages when I use the script
    If the error messages you get look something like this:

    Warning: main(../calendar/calendar.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: Operation not permitted
    in /home/httpd/vhosts/yourhost.com/httpdocs/calendar.php on line 23

    Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening '../calendar/calendar.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/php4/php')
    in /home/httpd/vhosts/yourhost.com/httpdocs/calendar.php on line 23

    Then the answer is to change the include path on your pages from "include('../your_calendar_directory/calendar.php');" to "include('http://www.yoursite.com/your_calendar_directory/calendar.php');
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  7. 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 by clicking on help in admin.
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  8. 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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  9. 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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