ASPwebSoft Speedy Asp Discussion Forum realease v1.00 (May 2002)


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Introduction
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Thank you for downloading this application and Check for the latest version at:

http://www.aspwebsoft.com

This applcation uses ASP and must be run through a web server supporting ASP. 

It has been tested on IIS 5 on Windows 2000 and expected to run on all OS with asp.

This version supports only CDONTS email component.

The CDONTS component comes with IIS 4/5 on NT4/Win2k, but does NOT come with IIS5.1 
on Windows XP.

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Using the Forum
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1. Unzip all the files keeping them in one directory.

   If you are using a secure folder to keep the database then move the database "forum.mdb"
   to that folder and change the connection string in the "config.asp" file.
   You can open the "config.asp"  using Notepad or any other editor.

2. The forum should be cofigured online, If you are running the forum for the first time 
   then It will ask you for Administrator's information and site information.
   Once you sign up as the admin click on SiteConfig and enter your information.
   Important: Dont forget to add new Categories after you signup!

Once you have logged in as the Administrator you can then Edit or Delete any posts in the
forum. You can also ban or delete users or give Administritive power to them.

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Common database errors when using the forum
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If you recieve the following error: -

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' 
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Operation must use an updateable query.

This means that the directory the database is in does not have the right permissions 
to be able to write to the database.

Some times your connection string is incorrect.
Please open the "config.asp" file using Notepad and choose the correct connection string.

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