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4. Configuration

Configuration of EternalMart Mailing List Manager is SIMPLE and EASY!

Before you run the script, you are required to do the following first:

  1. Edit the file emml_config.php.
  2. Design and customize templates files.
  3. Create database
  4. Upload the necessary files to your web server.
  5. Configure your preference settings via web-based control panel

Modification of EternalMart Mailing List Manager Configuration File (emml_config.php)

  1. Open the file emml_config.php with a text editor.
  2. Follow the instructions to configure the variables. These variables are preceded by comment lines (lines beginning with the // symbol) that explain how you should set the variables.
  3. Save the file in ASCII mode.

Design and customize templates files

You need to customize the following templates files under the directory template:

template_emml.html
template_emml_form.html
template_emml_subscribe_form.html
template_emml_subscribe_row.html
template_emml_thankyou.html
template_emml_unsubscribe.html

You can use your html authoring tools to edit these pages to suit your style on your website.

template_emml.html is used to display header and footer information.

template_emml_form.html is used to display subscription form.
template_emml_subscribe_form.html is in table format used to display mailing lists.
template_emml_subscribe_row.html is in row format used to display mailing lists.
template_emml_thankyou.html is used to thank your visitors.
template_emml_unsubscribe.html is displayed when your subscriber unsubscribes the mailing list.

You can modify those template files to your style. When modifing these files, please don't modify text which is embraced with { and }. They are KEYWORDS. If they are modified, strange result may occur.

If you would like to create different subscription forms, you can copy the set of templates files into different directory and then edit them. In the admin control panel, you can create a new subscription form under the menu 'Multiple Mailing List Form'.


Import table structures into MySQL Database

You need to create MySQL database for the script to store messages. The table structures are listed in the file 'emml.sql' under the directory 'sql'


To import table structures into MySQL, you should create the database first. Please visit the site http://www.mysql.com or read MySQL manual for more information on how to create database in MySQL.

You can import the table structures by entering the following command at the command prompt:

mysql -u username -p password dbname < emml.sql

where username, password and dbname is your username, password and database name respectively .


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