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Before you begin
Before you start installing the
InviteMyContacts make sure you have done the following
- Downloaded the most recent version at:
PHPmotion Forum
- Ordered and received our copy of the license file
General Instructions
Unpacking and Uploading
Unzip the setup files onto your computer, you should now upload the "getmycontacts" directory to your sites ftp.
once done you should now have the structure /addons/getmycontacts
Upload your license into /addons/getmycontacts/license_gmc.php
CHMOD Folders
The following folders must be CHMOD to 777. Note: If you get an "Internal Server Error" try and CHMOD to 755 instead
/addons
/addons/getmycontacts
/addons/getmycontacts/upload
Additional Instructions
Instruction for PHPmotion V3 Users
If you are using PHPmotion V3 (with the default template or any of the templates provided by
PHPmotionTemplates.com) then you will not need to do anything further. All the appropriate links and buttons to the powertool will automatically be enabled. Your users will be able to use it when the login.
Instruction for PHPmotion V2 Users (using the Default theme)
INSTRUCTIONS: In the file you downloaded, you will find the following "replacement" template files, which must be uploaded as shown below
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/getmycontacts/replacement_files/main_1.htm [[Upload this via FTP to]]>> /templates/main_1.htm
/getmycontacts/replacement_files/inner_friends_invites_new.htm [[Upload this via FTP to]]>> /templates/inner_friends_invites_new.htm
Instruction for PHPmotion ( V2 or V3 users with a custom theme)
INSTRUCTIONS: - Add the InviteMyContacts Buttons to any page you like (V2 recommended page - /inner_friends_invites_new.htm V3 - /inner_welcome.htm)
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<!-- start of InviteMyContacts -->
<div style="width:600px; height:100px; line-height:100px; background-color:#FFFFFF; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align:center">
<a href="addons/getmycontacts/index.php" rel="gb_page_center[750, 500]">
<img src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/images/myyahoo.gif" alt="yahoo" border="0" /></a>
<a href="addons/getmycontacts/index.php" rel="gb_page_center[750, 500]">
<img src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/images/mygmail.gif" alt="hotmail" border="0" /></a>
<a href="addons/getmycontacts/index.php" rel="gb_page_center[750, 500]">
<img src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/images/myhotmail.gif" alt="hotmail" border="0" /></a>
<a href="addons/getmycontacts/index.php" rel="gb_page_center[750, 500]">
<img src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/images/mymail.gif" alt="mail.com" border="0" /></a>
<a href="addons/getmycontacts/index.php" rel="gb_page_center[750, 500]"><img border="0" src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/images/myicq.gif" />
</a></div>
<!-- end of InviteMyContacts -->
INSTRUCTIONS: V2 Users Only:
Anywhere In the <head></head> of the file /templates/main_1.htm - add this code.....check that you don't already have "GreyBox Code" else skip this step
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<!-- Start of GreyBox -->
<link href="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/js/greybox/gb_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">
<script type="text/javascript">
var GB_ROOT_DIR = "[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/js/greybox/";
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/js/greybox/AJS.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/js/greybox/AJS_fx.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="[var.base_url]/addons/getmycontacts/js/greybox/gb_scripts.js"></script>
<!-- End of GreyBox -->
Using Invite My Contacts
You can now start using the Invite My Contacts tool. You will see a link to it when you or your members next login to your site and when you start to invite a friend
Note the demo below is based on PHPmotion V3 but this powertool can also be used with PHPmotion V2
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