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Find Trusted Networks
 or get your network found!

• Unix or Linux based OS
• PHP 5.2 or better
• FTP and cron access
• wget or lynx (present on nearly all linux/unix servers)
• allow_url_fopen ON
• IonCube Loader for PHP (preferably loaded in your php.ini)
  Ask your webhost to install the IonCube Loader unless you are comfortable doing this yourself. It is not difficult if you have some server experience. cPanel/WHM provides a utility to install this when you update Apache and select PHP options under "Main >> Software >> Apache Update"

Installation

• Download the latest .zip file from DraupnirSoft.com
• Unzip the file.
• Login to your server with FTP.
• Please note that you must install draupnir in the same directory as, or a higher directory than, the page(s) you want to track. Typically this will be your root directory.
• Note the permission settings of the directory you want to install Draupnir into.
• Change the permission settings of that directory to 777. You may restore the permissions settings to their original settings after installation is complete.
• Note that if installing in the root directory, you may see something like public_html and www directories that both lead to the same location. If so you must change them both to 777.
• Upload all unzipped files to the desired directory.
• From that directory, run draupnir_install.php in your browser.
• If there are no errors it should present you with an input menu.
• In "This sites main URL:" you must enter the full url of the intended main page of your site, including both the http:// as well as either a trailing / or the page name.
  i.e. http://www.domain.com/ or http://www.domain.com/page.shtml
  not http://www.domain.com
• Enter the site's name and description as you would like it to appear on toplists.
• Enter your email address (required) where the script should send notices to. This will not be publicly viewable.
• Select the site format which most closely describes your site.
• Select the link format which most closely describes your site.
• Select the niche which most closely describes your site.
• Select whether this will be a MASTER or a SLAVE install. If this is the first Draupnir script you are installing, select MASTER.
• Enter the directory where the MASTER Draupnir is installed, not the page. If this install is to be the MASTER, then enter the same directory where you are running the install script from.
• Enter a username and password. You may change them later if you want.
• Select the intended filetype of the page you will use, it must be either .shtml or .php
• Click 'Install' and wait for the login prompt. If you get error messages, delete everything including the three draupnir_* directories that were created and start over.
• Set cron as instructed on screen. This information is also available in the Site Config menu when you login.
• Delete the draupnir_install.php file immediately. Leaving it on the server will allow anyone to overwrite your settings.
• Change the install directory permission settings back to their original status.
• Login with the provided link to draupnir_admin.php

Quick Setup - MASTER sites

• Click on 'Site config' from the header menu.
• Check over the settings selected during installation and make sure they are entered correctly.
• Refer to the Quick Reference for how to set the toplist settings.
• Select 'Edit Config'
• Click on 'Network' from the header menu and then click on 'Generate or Edit MASTER password'.
• Leave the field blank and click 'Create Master Password'. You will need to copy this password to all SLAVE sites if you install any.
• Click again on 'Network' from the header menu.
• Click on 'Add/Remove/Approve/List Trusted networks'.
• If the URL to this site's master draupnir directory is not listed, then you must add it.
• Setup is complete and you may now add trades, however you should read the entire Detailed Features Guide in order to make best use of the many new and innovative features unique to this script.

Quick Setup - SLAVE sites

Note: You may only install a SLAVE site after you have established a MASTER site for it to function under.

• Click on 'Site config' from the header menu.
• Check over the settings selected during installation and make sure they are entered correctly.
• Refer to the Quick Reference for how to set the toplist settings.
• Select 'Edit Config'
• Click on 'Network' from the header menu and then click on 'Enter MASTER password'.
• In 'Password from MASTER Draupnir install:' you must copy the MASTER password from your MASTER Draupnir installation exactly as it appears then click 'Enter Slave Password'. Failure to do so will cause many problems.
• * - Login to the MASTER Draupnir installation site.
• * - Click on 'Network' from the header menu and then click on 'Add/Remove/List Slave sites'.
• * - In 'Add slave site:' enter the URL pointing to the directory where draupnir is installed on the SLAVE site which you are setting up and then click 'Edit Slave Sites'.
• Setup is complete and you may now add trades. Please read the Detailed Features Guide if you have not done so.