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*
*  Xataface Web Application Framework for PHP and MySQL
*  Copyright (C) 2005-2010  Steve Hannah <shannah@sfu.ca>,
* 
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* 
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* 
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*===============================================================================

++Overview

Xataface is an application framework for developing data-driven web applications
in PHP and MySQL.  It is intended to bring MySQL more inline with applications
like Filemaker for ease of use and speed of development.  Using this framework,
a developer can design his database using his favorite database tool (e.g.
PHPMyAdmin) and have a fully-functional web application up and running within only 
a few minutes.

Once the application is running, the developer can configure all aspects of it
by way of simple INI files, and powerful PHP delegate classes (to extend the 
functionality of the basic application.


++Installation Instructions
	
#Unpack the xataface-xx.xx.xx.tar.gz file and copy the resulting dataface file to a location inside your web server's document root.
		
#Make the xataface/Dataface/templates_c directory writable by the web server. (an unsafe way to do this is chmod 777 templates_c)
		
#Point web browser to http://yourdomain.com/path/to/xataface/dataface_info.php to confirm that installation is successful.
		
	
+++Developing Applications using Dataface
	
Refer to the "Getting Started With Dataface" tutorial located at http://xataface.com/documentation/tutorial/getting_started
		
+++Documentation
	
    * Refer to Dataface web page at http://xataface.com/documentation
    
    * Read/search the API docs at http://dataface.weblite.ca
    
    * Check the Dataface forum at http://xataface.com/forum
		
+++Help

    * Email Steve Hannah <shannah@sfu.ca>
    
    * Post question in the dataface forum at http://xataface.com/forum