Important Hint: 

Tutorials with screenshots can be found here:
http://www.paderdesign.de/gigkalender/downloads.html

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Requirements:

- Webspace with more than 4 MB
- Access to your webspace via FTP
- Serverside PHP-Support (version 4.3 or higher)
- MySQL database (version 5 or newer)
- Webbrowser with active session cookies

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Installation:

- Download the latest version of GigKalender: www.paderdesign.de
- Unzip the file into an empty local folder
- Setup your MySQL database on your webserver
- Note the access data to your MySQL database
- Insert the MySQL access data into the file 'gigkalender.ini.php':

    Examples for different webhoster:

      1&1 WebHosting 5.0:

        $db_name = "db123456789";
        $db_host = "db123.puretec.de";
        $db_user = "dba123456789";
        $db_password = "xyz123";
        $prefix = "gigkalender_";
        $GigKalenderPath = "http://www.my-domain.xyz/gigkalender/";
        
      Strato:
      
        $db_name = "DB123456";
        $db_host = "abcdef.strato.de";
        $db_user = "U123456";
        $db_password = "xyz123";
        $prefix = "gigkalender_";
        $GigKalenderPath = "http://www.my-domain.xyz/gigkalender/";
	       
      Tripod:	       
	
        $db_name = "userxyz_de_db";
        $db_host = "localhost";
        $db_user = "userxyz";
        $db_password = "";
        $prefix = "gigkalender_";	
        $GigKalenderPath = "http://mitglied.lycos.de/username/gigkalender/";
        
      Kilu:
      
        $db_name = "username@1-databasename";
        $db_host = "localhost";
        $db_user = "username@1";
        $db_password = "xyz123";
        $prefix = "gigkalender_";
        $GigKalenderPath = "http://username.kilu.de/gigkalender/";

      local server (localhost):

        $db_name = "mydatabase";
        $db_host = "localhost";
        $db_user = "root";
        $db_password = "xyz123";
        $prefix = "gigkalender_";
        $GigKalenderPath = "http://localhost/gigkalender/";

- If necessary, change the table prefix '$prefix' in the file 'gigkalender.ini.php' to something different.
- Change the path var '$GigKalenderPath' in 'gigkalender.ini.php' to your GigKalender folder (absolute path).
  e.g. http://www.my-domain.xyz/gigkalender/
- Connect via FTP to you webspace and add a new subfolder 'gigkalender' or what you defined above
- Upload all files into this new subfolder
- Run the installation script www.my-domain.xyz/gigkalender/install/index.php
- When installation is finished rename or delete the folder 'install' via FTP
- Login to Gigkalender with
    Username: Admin
    Password: admin
- Try Admin > Export:
    If an error message appears, change the attributes of the folder 'gigkalender/export' to 777 via FTP.
- Don't forget to set a save password!

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Deinstallation:

- Rename the installation folder back to 'install' or replace it from the downloaded zip file
- Call www.my-domain.xyz/gigkalender/install/deinstall.php
- Follow the instructions on screen
- Delete the folder 'gigkalender' via FTP