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Version: 9.03.20 - Released: 2020/01/01

INTRODUCTION - PHP-Fusion 9

PHP-Fusion is an all in one integrated and scalable platform that will fit any purpose when it comes to website productions, whether you are creating Business sites, Community portals or Personal sites.
Founded as an open source project under the GNU AGPL v3, PHP-Fusion is licensed to be open and free to use.

Derivative codes must be shared unless we grant you a license to waive the AGPL agreement.
This is what we believe gives the best possible protection for both PHP-Fusion and all the Developers that creates Addons for PHP-Fusion.

Feel free to post any questions or report any problems in our forums over at PHP-Fusion Main.
For License questions you can visit our License section.

This software package is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This software package 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 Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this software package. If not, see www.gnu.org.

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Powered by PHP-Fusion Copyright © 2018 PHP-Fusion Inc
Released as free software without warranties under GNU Affero GPL v3.

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Some Key Features

The Core Includes

PHP-Fusion includes the most common features you would expect to see in a CMS.

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Features such as User, Administrators, User Groups managing and so forth are all available.
Some key features such as Private Messages and Custom Pages are automatically installed.
The rest of the above are only installed by your choice, we have however made it available with Core.
For more detailed Documentation please visit PHP-Fusion Main.

GENERAL INSTALLATION AND GUIDELINES FOR MANUAL INSTALLATION

Requirements for this version

Software	Version
PHP	7.0 or higher
MySQL	5.6 or higher
Apache	2.4+ or higher
Nginx	1.8+ or higher
mod_rewrite or equivalent for SEO

We recommend using the latest stable versions

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You have to create a MySQL database. You can do this via your web-hosting control panel or phpMyAdmin. Make sure you have your MySQL access details at hand including the hostname, user name, password and database name as you will need to specify these during setup.

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1. Upload the contents of the files folder to your web server.

2. Unless you run PHP-Fusion on a local server, in most cases you will need to CHMOD the following files and folders to 777:

• administration/db_backups/
• images/
• images/imagelist.js
• images/avatars/
• images/smiley/
• robots.txt

Infusions shipped with the Core requires the following folders to be CHMODed to 777

• infusions/articles/images/
• infusions/blog/images/
• infusions/blog/images/thumbs/
• infusions/downloads/files/
• infusions/downloads/images/
• infusions/downloads/submissions/
• infusions/downloads/submissions/images/
• infusions/forum/attachments/
• infusions/forum/images/
• infusions/gallery/photos/
• infusions/gallery/photos/thumbs/
• infusions/gallery/submissions/
• infusions/gallery/submissions/thumbs/
• infusions/news/images/
• infusions/news/images/thumbs/

Note:
Some hosts does not allow CHMOD 777, in that case you can use CHMOD 755 if CHMOD 777 fails.

3. Go to your website where install should start automatically. If not, you should run the installer manually by entering your full site url followed by /install.php Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/install.php.

4. Complete the setup process by following all on-screen prompts.

LOCAL INSTALLATION

To install and work with a local copy of PHP-Fusion you can download a copy of Laragon or XAMPP for your given environment (Windows, Linux or Mac).

UPGRADE FROM V7 / V8

Before anything we strongly recommend that you backup your files and your database.
PHP-Fusion 9 is a major update from your previous PHP-Fusion version.

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Make sure that your hosting environment meets the requirements for this version:
- PHP 5.6.40 or higher
- MySQL 5.6 or higher

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This upgrade procedure can be very demanding depending on how much content your have.
Please note that all User Fields will not be upgraded. A new set of standard fields will be installed.
The same goes for your Site links. A new set of default Site Links will be inserted.
Panels have six new positions and new settings. All existing Panels will be updated. Per default all Panels will be activated in all site areas.
If you have custom PHP codes in Panels or Custom Pages, you must enable PHP Code Execution. Admin > Settings > Security Settings > Allow PHP Execution.

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PHP-Fusion 9.0 is in many parts compatible with version 7 and 8,
however be ready for issues and re-populate your site with older Addon content slowly.
There have been a massive amount of changes to all Core systems, meaning that some Addons Mods, Infusions, Panels and Themes may not work as intended.

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The upgrade will be in two steps

You need to follow these instructions precisely.

Step 1

• 1 · You must first upload all PHP-Fusion 9 files. Replace all files when requested.
• 2 · Navigate to your site's www.site.com and add /install.php like, www.site.com/install.php
  The installer will now start and auto-detect your PHP-Fusion version.
  Do your base upgrade in English.

Step 2

• 1 · Approve our License Agreements.
• 2 · Folder Diagnostics, make sure all the listed folders have the correct rights.
• 3 · Database Settings, all should be pre-filled. We recommend PDO as driver if it exists.
• 4 · Admin and Site Details, complete all the fields and create a new Super admin account.
• 5 · Configure Core Systems, Click on the upgrade button for each Infusion you have.
• 6 · Assuming that you followed the above procedure you can now remove all old PHP-Fusion files except images, infusions folders, config.php and the new .htaccess file.

Your site should now be fully upgraded and ready to run PHP-Fusion 9.

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In order to further optimize your site you can enter the System Administration > Infusions and defuse the Infusions that are of no use to you.

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If you have any questions please feel free to ask for help in our Support Forums.

SECURITY TIPS

• Set Allow PHP Execution to No and store your custom codes in files instead of database.
• Ensure config.php is not writable (should be CHMODed to 644).
• Always ensure your FTP and MySQL passwords are different.
• Never allow forum,download attachments such as .php, .html, .exe, or any type of text file.
• Only use Addons that have been tested and approved as safe.

SUPPORT

If you have any questions or problems regarding PHP-Fusion, please visit the Main Development site at www.php-fusion.co.uk and post a message on our support forums. We have a helpful community.

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Addons: PHP-Fusion's features can be expanded by adding Infusions, these are plugins which are extremely easy to install. You can find a variety of useful Infusions in our AddonDB.

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If you are not satisfied with PHP-Fusion's bundled themes or if you simply want a more unique look to your site you can find a large variety of high quality themes also in our Themes category.

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PHP-Fusion also have a number of official translations.
You can find our translations at PHP-Fusion Main in the Language Packs section.

Vulnerabilities

If you find any security issues please mail these to management@php-fusion.co.uk.

Additional Documentation

For more documentation please visit PHP-Fusion Main and click on the various Documentation sections from the documentation menu that suit your needs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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A special thank you goes in no particular order to,

RobiNN - Development Manager.
karrak - Solid Core Senior Developer.
Robert Gaudyn {Wooya} - Inspired Multilingual features, Initial Panels Admin handler design, RSS Panel, Panel positioning ideas, New user info panel base layout.
Ankur - Initial design SEO Engine.
Rizado - Locale, User Fields, Date/Time system, Translate system.
Rimelek - Database Factory, Improvements on Defender, Dynamics.
Tyler Hurlbut - Initial design for Fusion Dynamics, and jQuery output handler.
JoiNNN - Initial design Token framework, Improvements on Defender and Dynamics.
Craig - Initial design for Septenary Theme.
Marcus G - Initial design email template system.
SuNflOw - Multiple fixes provided.
Dennis Vorpahl {Webmeteor} - Multiple fixes provided.
dialektika - Multiple fixes provided.
Jugolo - Multiple fixes provided.
Dahlgren - Multiple fixes provided.
WuChEn - Multiple fixes provided.
Talocha - Multiple fixes provided.
Brendan Scarvell - XSS issues with live examples provided.
Routh - Help with upgrade script testing, Multiple fixes provided.
MiChAeLoKGB - BBCode Fixes provided.
Keddy - Multiple fixes provided.
helmuth - Beta testing and error reporting.
janmol {Jan.M} - Beta testing and error reporting. (RiP)
Kvido - Beta testing and error reporting.
Alex L - Beta testing and error reporting.
Wanabo - Multiple fixes provided.
ctokepa - Multiple spelling issues adjusted.
DosSpiele - RC testing and error reporting.
Homdax {Richard.A} - RC testing and error reporting.

A special thank you to all who have helped with locale translations.
It is very hard to list everyone that contributes to locales.
Some do full translations while others do some minor adjustments either by forums or directly by GitHub.
Remember to give your self credits in the global.php as the initial locale author.