How_to

this is the easiest and fastest way to get your tracker up and running

1. place the xbtit code in your webroot

2. create your db (utf8_unicode_ci) and db user e.g. using phpMyAdmin. grant your db user usage privileges (data+structure, not grant/administration)

3. use a web browser to open the site

4. follow the instructions on the screen

5. delete install.php

6. enter the admin control panel and set your tracker's URL and announce URL's (delete the xbtt example announce with the :2710) and set your preferences ... save

7. xbtt AND INTERNAL FORUM -

xbtt is the recommended tracker

1. place the xbtit code in your webroot

2. create your db (utf8_unicode_ci) and db user e.g. using phpMyAdmin. grant your db user usage privileges (data+structure, not grant/administration)

3. use a web browser to open the site

4. follow the instructions on the screen

5. delete install.php

6. install xbtt from http://xbtt.sourceforge.net/tracker/ *see the XBTT NOTES at the end of this readme

7. create the xbtt tables in your db using /xbt/Tracker/xbt_tracker.sql

8. configure xbtt /xbt/Tracker/xbt_tracker.conf with the same db and db user as above

9. add these two lines to /xbt/Tracker/xbt_tracker.conf (leave 1xblank line at end of file)

auto_register = 0

full_scrape = 0

1. enter the admin control panel and set your tracker's URL and announce URL's (delete the PHP tracker example) check the Use xbtt as backend? option and set your preferences ... save

2. start the xbtt tracker and test by browsing to http://www.YOURSITE.com:2710/stats