ABOUT Dollop

Dollop is an open source content management platform supporting a variety of
websites ranging from personal weblogs to  community-driven websites.

    The CMS is based only for UNIX platforms.

For
more information, see the Dollop website at http://dollop.fire1.eu/
and check the "./docs/" folder.

CONFIGURATION AND FEATURES

Dollop core (what you get when you download and extract a dollop-x-y.tar.gz or
dollop-x-y.zip file from http://dollop.fire1.eu/) has what you need to
get started with your website. It includes several modules (extensions that add
functionality) for common website features, such as managing content, user
accounts, image uploading, and search. Core comes with many options that allow
site-specific configuration. In addition to the core modules, there are
thousands of contributed modules (for functionality not included with Dollop
core) available for download.

More about configuration:
    * Install, upgrade, and maintain Dollop:
    * Download contributed modules like ".dap" archive then upload and install them  from CPanel’s sector system->apps->upload .

APPEARANCE

Site Theme
In Dollop, the appearance of your site is set by the theme (themes are
extensions that set fonts, colors, and layout). Dollop core comes with several
themes. More themes are available for download, and you can also create your own
custom theme.

Control Panel
Module's or application's Control Panel are available only on their own URL address.
So, as administrator In different sectors in your website, you can find different buttons in Control Bar.

UPGRADING

From time to time, there will be minor updates to Dollop's core functions.
If the release is designated as a security update, you should apply the update as soon as you can.
Otherwise, you may choose to apply the update at any time to receive the bug fixes it contains.
There are also major release upgrades; these you may want to apply so you have all the new and powerful features.

In some of those upgrades is pointed to make a configuration re-boot. This mean, new directives are in use
 and old ones are  malicious for your website.

 How to re-boot information:
 Simply place the "[BOOT].dp" file in your website root and delete the "config.php" file.
 This will cause the system to run the installation manager in order filling missing data,
 in our case is missing some configuration file.
 By clicking "NEXT" button in installation manager, the system will rebuild configuration with existing new properties.

 Keep in mind, this will reset all your custom settings, so  always make a backup of your present boot file.

KNOWN ISSUES

    NOTE:
    This version of Dollop is unstable and  not all problems have been identified.
    Feel free to help us in establishing all shortcomings of Dollop.

    - VERY IMPORTANT: the `.htaccess` file must be loaded by Apache.
    - The installation manager does not always show the main content of installation.
    - The requirements checker is not tested thoroughly and may have some problems with establishing Dollop requirements.

REQUIREMENTS AND NOTES

    - LINUX web server.
    - Apache version 2.0 (or higher) is recommended.
    - *The `RewriteEngine` is required! Check the `.htaccess` file for more info.
    - PHP 5.3 (or higher) (http://www.php.net/).
    - MySQL 5.0.15 (or higher) (http://www.mysql.com/).

    NOTE:
    At the moment Dollop can be run properly only on a Linux server with Apache 2 and Mysql database.
    - VERY IMPORTANT: the ".htaccess" file must be loaded by Apache.
        It is required URL access point  as  "/"   (//host.com"/") . Dollop cannot exist on URL sub-folders.

INSTALLATION PREPARATIONS

    - Confirm that the user under which Apache runs has permission to write into the website directory.
    - Check can be done e.g. via `ls -la` command on the website root directory.
    - Confirm that the mcrypt extension is installed and running properly .
    - For problems on Ubuntu server just use `sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt` for installation.
    - Confirm that the GD Library is installed and running properly.
    - For problems on Ubuntu server just use `sudo apt-get install php5-gd` for installation.
    - Confirm that the Mysql process is running on the server.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information have a look at the doc folder or Documentation pages in Dollop website.

THANK YOU

A couple of third-party scripts have been integrated into Dollop to make your life easier, so thank you to ...
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jQuery          - http://jquery.com/
CodeMirror      - http://codemirror.net/
TinyMCE         - http://tinymce.com/
EasyPHPUpload   - http://www.phpclasses.org/package/1841-PHP-Validate-and-manage-files-upload-via-Web-forms.html
PHPTableClass   - http://www.dyn-web.com/
PHPMySQLClass   - http://edrackham.com/tag/mysql/
PHP RSS feed    - http://ajaxray.com/blog/
RedBean         - http://redbeanphp.com/
MobileDetect    - https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect
AdvanceSecurity - Bitflux GmbH
Zepto           - http://zeptojs.com/
jQueryUi/Mobile - http://jquerymobile.com/

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