<?php// $Id: welcome.php,v 1.6 2003/02/12 11:35:36 okazu Exp $$content .="<u><b>What is it?</b></u><p><b>XOOPS</b> is a dynamic OO (Object Oriented) based open source portal script written in PHP.XOOPS supports a number of databases,making XOOPS an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites,intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.</p><p>XOOPS is released under the terms of the <a href='http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html' target='_blank'>GNU General Public License (GPL)</a> and is free to use and modify.It is free to redistribute as long as you abide by the distribution terms of the GPL.</p><u><b>Requirements</b></u><p><ul><li>WWW Server (<a href='http://www.apache.org/' target='_blank'>Apache</a>, IIS, Roxen, etc)</li><li><a href='http://www.php.net/' target='_blank'>PHP</a> 4.0.5 and higher (4.1.1 or higher recommended)</li><li><a href='http://www.mysql.com/' target='_blank'>MySQL</a> Database 3.23.XX</li></ul></p><u><b>Before you install</b></u><ul><li>Setup WWW server, PHP and database server properly.</li><li>Prepare a database for your XOOPS site.</li><li>Prepare user account and grant the user the access to the database.</li><li>Make the directories of uploads/, cache/ and templates_c/ and the files of mainfile.php writabale.</li><li>Turn cookie and JavaScript of your browser on.</li></ul><u><b>Installation</b></u><p>Follow this install wizard.</p>"?>