nPortal Version 2.0 - by Kevin Carafa

PLEASE READ THIS COMPLETLY BEFORE USING nPortal!

- ABOUT
nPortal is the solution to having a completely automated cam portal for your
website. Written in PHP, and using a MySQL backend, the internal processing
of nPortal is VERY fast. Features:

	- PHP, MySQL Backend
	- Automatic formatting of pages
		- Selectable number of Cams per page, columns per page, etc
		- Make the page look *EXACTLY* how you'd like it (editing 
		  Similar to that of phpBB, greymatter)
	- Modular Design to work on ANY website
	- Date look-ups!
		- You can optionally configure nPortal to look up the last
		  modified date of each cam image (this makes the page load
		  time significantly slower)
		- The portal can then be sorted by the last modified date
		  (newest cams appear first)
		- Automatic error detection - Some hosts do not give the 
		  last modified date of files. nPortal Automatically displays
		  "Unknown" for these images.
	- Administration Panel
		- Delete cams, Edit cam info, Exclude cams from date look-ups
		- Clean and fast layout, no formatting images

Best of all, it is 100% FREE, and will ALWAYS remain that way.

- CONFIGURATION

First, edit config.php in the portal root directory. It is very important that 
this file is edited properly. If nPortal doesnt work from the start, this is
probably why. Make sure all options are correctly configured. Then upload all 
files and folders onto your server.

Next, you should password protect your "/admin/" directory. To do this, you must
edit the contents of ".htaccess" and ".htpasswd" in the /admin dir. In your web
browser, go into the main nPortal folder (usually "/nPortal/") and open 
/password.php. This will show you EXACTLY what to put into each file. Once this 
is complete, your portal should be ready to go.

To change the look of your portal, you must edit the template files. These are 
the files that end in .tpl, in the root nPortal dir. More info on template files
can be found in TEMPLATES.txt.

- ADMINISTRATION

It's pretty self-explanatory. Just use it to get the hang of it. Note that the
administration section has no templates involved, the looks stay the same.

- TROUBLES?

Cry. No, just kidding. Pop onto the support forums
( http://board.neenmo.com/index.php?c=5 ) and post your problem. Tell us the 
exact steps to make it happen. I'll look into it personally and come up with a 
fix.

- CONTACT

The official nPortal website is http://nPortal.neenmo.com. Updates, support,
a list of portals, and midgets can all be found here. You can contact me at
junk@neenmo.com if you'd like, but chances are that with all the junk mail I get, 
I won't get it. Maybe you should come up with a cool subject that catches my eye.





