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>phpGroupWare Docs V0.05</TITLE
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CLASS="BOOK"
><DIV
CLASS="BOOK"
><A
NAME="AEN1"
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><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
><A
NAME="AEN1"
>phpGroupWare Docs V0.05</A
></H1
><H3
CLASS="AUTHOR"
><A
NAME="AEN5"
>Dan Kuykendall</A
></H3
><H3
CLASS="AUTHOR"
><A
NAME="AEN12"
>Joseph Engo</A
></H3
><HR></DIV
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="AEN19"
>Dedication</A
></H1
><P
> Thanks to Joesph Engo for starting phpGroupWare (at the time called webdistro) and the core of this HOWTO.
Thanks to all the developers and users who contribute to making phpGroupWare such a success.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>I. <A
HREF="#AEN21"
>Introduction</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>1. <A
HREF="#WHAT"
>What is phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DT
>2. <A
HREF="#WHY"
>Why should you use it</A
></DT
><DT
>3. <A
HREF="#APPHIS"
>A short History</A
></DT
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="#COPYRIGHT"
>Copyright</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>II. <A
HREF="#AEN43"
>Installation</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="#REQUIREMENTS"
>Requirements</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN53"
>Tested Systems</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="#OBTAINING"
>Obtaining phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN74"
>Released Versions</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN79"
>Developer's version from CVS</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>7. <A
HREF="#INSTALLING"
>Installation Steps</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#TARBALLINS"
>Installing from TarBall</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#CVSINS"
>Installing from CVS</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN112"
>Setup / Configure phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN156"
>Testing the install</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#AEN161"
>Installing additional applications</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>8. <A
HREF="#TROUBLESHOOT"
>Trouble Shooting</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#TROB1"
>I get "Unable to open mailbox" when using the email application</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#TROB2"
>It seems to hang when I try to read my mail</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#TROB3"
>When I log in I see the directory listing instead of a web page</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#TROB4"
>I get garbage that looks like code when I go to the phpGroupWare URL</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>III. <A
HREF="#AEN237"
>Using phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>9. <A
HREF="#LOGINGIN"
>Loging into phpgw</A
></DT
><DT
>10. <A
HREF="#CHECKMAIL"
>checking Email</A
></DT
><DT
>11. <A
HREF="#ADDRESSBOOK"
>Using Addressbook</A
></DT
><DT
>12. <A
HREF="#CALENDER"
>Using Calender</A
></DT
><DT
>13. <A
HREF="#FILEMAN"
>Managing Files with file manager</A
></DT
><DT
>14. <A
HREF="#HEADLINES"
>Getting Headlines</A
></DT
><DT
>15. <A
HREF="#HR"
>Human Resources</A
></DT
><DT
>16. <A
HREF="#PREF"
>Preferences</A
></DT
><DT
>17. <A
HREF="#TODO"
>Using todo</A
></DT
><DT
>18. <A
HREF="#TOBTICK"
>Using Trouble ticket</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>IV. <A
HREF="#AEN274"
>Administering phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>19. <A
HREF="#USERACC"
>User Accounts</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#CREATEU"
>Creating Accounts</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#MAINTAINU"
>Maintaining Accounts</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>20. <A
HREF="#GROUPACC"
>Group Accounts</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#CREATEG"
>Creating Accounts</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#MAINTAING"
>Maintaining Accounts</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>21. <A
HREF="#APP"
>Applications</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#INSTALLA"
>Installing</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#UPDATA"
>Updating</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>V. <A
HREF="#AEN312"
>Developers Documentation</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>22. <A
HREF="#DEVADDAPP"
>Developing Add-On Apps</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#REQUIRDEV"
>Requirements</A
></DT
><DT
><A
HREF="#ETC"
>add your topic seek</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>23. <A
HREF="#APIDOCS"
>API documentation</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
><A
HREF="#FUNCTION1"
>function1(or what ever)</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DL
></DD
><DT
>VII. <A
HREF="#AEN331"
>About this document</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN21"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>I. Introduction</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN23"
></A
><P
> Do yo have questions on using phpGroupWare , like What? Why? What for? What's in for me?
</P
><P
> Then you should seriously read this doc :-).
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>1. <A
HREF="#WHAT"
>What is phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DT
>2. <A
HREF="#WHY"
>Why should you use it</A
></DT
><DT
>3. <A
HREF="#APPHIS"
>A short History</A
></DT
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="#COPYRIGHT"
>Copyright</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="WHAT"
>Chapter 1. What is phpGroupWare</A
></H1
><P
> phpGroupWare is a web based groupware application that includes integrated features such as
email, calendar, todo list, address book, file manager, headline news, and a trouble ticket system.
It should run on all systems where PHP is installed and has access to a SQL server (MySQL ,PostgreSQL or Oracle).
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="WHY"
>Chapter 2. Why should you use it</A
></H1
><P
> You should use it if you would like a powerful groupware system that can be access from anywhere on the Internet.
</P
><P
> For companies with a distributed user base, it's an ideal solution. Oh, and did I mention that its FREE?
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="APPHIS"
>Chapter 3. A short History</A
></H1
><P
> phpGroupWare started by Jengo (Joseph Engo) as an application to satisfy his girlfriends need for a webbased calendar/todo_list/email.
At the time it was called webdistro when Seek3r (Dan Kuykendall) discovered this promising project.
The two joined up together and between Seek3r's API design and Jengo's programming skills they renamed the project phpGroupWare and started building the application around the phpgwAPI.
</P
><P
> During this period Seek3r took over project management to free Jengo up to do more development.
This duo worked hard to build a sucessful community around the project. Their efforts paid off, and the project is what it is today due to the efforts of the developers who have joined this community.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="COPYRIGHT"
>Chapter 4. Copyright</A
></H1
><P
> Copyright (c) Dan Kuykendall.
</P
><P
> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation
A copy of the license is available at
<A
HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.txt"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>GNU Free Documentation License Making TeXWork</I
>
</A
>
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN43"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>II. Installation</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN45"
></A
><P
>&#13;<P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
>Installation/Upgrade&nbsp;and&nbsp;Configuration&nbsp;of&nbsp;phpGroupWare&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;made&nbsp;as&nbsp;easy&nbsp;as&nbsp;possible.&nbsp;<br>
Most&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;is&nbsp;point&nbsp;and&nbsp;click.&nbsp;<br>
By&nbsp;carefully&nbsp;reading&nbsp;this&nbsp;document&nbsp;you&nbsp;can&nbsp;easly&nbsp;install&nbsp;phpGroupWare.</P
>
</P
><P
> Since this is still a beta version we do expect some bugs.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="#REQUIREMENTS"
>Requirements</A
></DT
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="#OBTAINING"
>Obtaining phpGroupWare</A
></DT
><DT
>7. <A
HREF="#INSTALLING"
>Installation Steps</A
></DT
><DT
>8. <A
HREF="#TROUBLESHOOT"
>Trouble Shooting</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="REQUIREMENTS"
>Chapter 5. Requirements</A
></H1
><P
> You will need PHP compiled and installed on your system. You will also need MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle setup.
</P
><P
> If you are planning on using the email system, you will need to have an IMAP server installed and IMAP support compiled into PHP, or a POP3 server installed.
You can have it installed as an Apache module or CGI mode for other web servers, the Apache module is preferred.
We will assume that you are running on a Linux or other Unix system for these steps.
Windows is supported, but there is no documentation for it currently.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN53"
>Tested Systems</A
></H4
><P
> Seek3r has tested:
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>phpGroupWare.org runs: Red Hat 6.2, Apache/1.3.12,PHP/4.0.2,mod_perl/1.21,MySQL 3.23.10-alpha,Courier-IMAP 0.33+ with qmail 1.03</P
></LI
></UL
>
Blinky has tested:
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>phpGroupWare.net runs: Red Hat 6.2,Apache/1.3.14 PHP/4.0.3pl1 mod_ssl/2.7.1 OpenSSL/0.9.6 PHP4.03.pl1, MySQL 3.23.10-alpha,qmail 1.03</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>dev boxes are variants on: Red Hat 7.0,mysql-3.23.22-6 (from RH7 RPM), and Sendmail, Courier, or qmail+courier IMAP depending on mood.</P
></LI
></UL
>
Jengo has tested:
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>main test box: Red Hat 6.2,Apache 1.3.12,PHP 3.0.16,PostgreSQL 7.2,Sendmail (from RH6.2)</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>laptop is rh 6.1, apache 1.3.?, MySQL and PostgreSQL 7.0 w/ PHP 3.0.16, its a P-90 w/ 40 mb ram and a 800 mb hd</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Test box: Win2k with IIS5.0, PHP4.0.2 and MySQL</P
></LI
></UL
>
There are installations on Windows NT and OS/2, and using MySQL or Oracle as the database.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="OBTAINING"
>Chapter 6. Obtaining phpGroupWare</A
></H1
><P
> While we are still in the Beta phase of phpGroupWare, you may
want to track the CVS copy as closely as possible. The released
versions are more stable, but often contain bugs that have been fixed
in the CVS version.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN74"
>Released Versions</A
></H4
><P
> The downloads section on the <A
HREF="http://www.phpgroupware.org/"
TARGET="_top"
><I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>site</I
></A
>
contains links to the most recent releases, and several mirror sites
for the releases.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN79"
>Developer's version from CVS</A
></H4
><P
> If you have never used CVS, you may want to read through the doucmentation
found at <A
HREF="http://www.cvshome.org/"
TARGET="_top"
><I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>www.cvshome.org</I
>
</A
>.
The CVS pages for the core and apps projects can be found at
<A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7305"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>phpGroupWare Core CVS</I
></A
>
, and <A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=9787"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>phpGroupWare Apps CVS</I
></A
>.
Follow the directions for <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>Anonymous CVS access</I
> and you should
have the most recent development copy of phpGroupWare in no time.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="INSTALLING"
>Chapter 7. Installation Steps</A
></H1
><P
> After you have met the system requirements, You can install
it from the TarBall or you can get it directly from CVS.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="TARBALLINS"
>Installing from TarBall</A
></H1
><P
> The files should be installed in the webserver directory. So all you need to
do is unpack the tar ball and copy the whole directory to the webserver directory
</P
><P
> (eg. /home/httpd/html for default apache configuration in many linux distros).
</P
><P
> You may have to get required permissions to do this. Contact your system
administrator if you dont have the permission to write to your webserver directory.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="CVSINS"
>Installing from CVS</A
></H1
><P
> Grabbing a copy from CVS is not as hard as it may seem. You will need to have a cvs client installed.
Then try the following commands:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgroupware'</B
> <BR><BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs login (just hit enter when prompted for a password)</B
> <BR><BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs checkout phpgroupware</B
> </P
>
If you need to install into a different dirname, you can add ' -d dirname' after 'checkout' and before 'phpgroupware'.
The commands would look like this:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgroupware'</B
> <BR><BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs login (just hit enter when prompted for a password)</B
> <BR><BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs checkout -d dirname phpgroupware</B
> </P
>
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN112"
>Setup / Configure phpGroupWare</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN114"
>The config file</A
></H2
><P
> Copy the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>header.inc.php.sample</TT
> file to
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>header.inc.php</TT
> and edit the file, following the
directions in the comments.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN119"
>Create database in MySQL</A
></H2
><P
> An empty database will be needed for phpGroupWare. Here are the instructions for doing so with MySQL.
First create the database:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>mysqladmin create phpgroupware -p</B
> </P
>
Then login to the mysql:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>mysql -p</B
> </P
>
Finally grant the needed security rights:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>grant all on phpgroupware.* to phpgroupware@localhost identified by "some_password";</B
> </P
>
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN128"
>Create database in PostreSQL</A
></H2
><P
> An empty database will be needed for phpGroupWare. Here are the instructions for doing so with PostgreSQL.
Create the database:
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>postmaster -i -D /home/[username]/[dataDir]</B
> </P
>
You will probably need to review PostgreSQL documentation for futher details.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN133"
>The Setup Program</A
></H2
><P
> Then point your browser to phpgroupware/setup/ which will
create (or upgrade) the database tables.
You wil be asked to login, using the password set in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>header.inc.php</TT
>. Setup will attempt to determine what version
of the phpGroupWare database you have installed, and upgrade to the most recent
version.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="NOTE"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/note.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Note"></TD
><TH
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="CENTER"
><B
>Note</B
></TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
>&nbsp;</TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
> The developers are concentrating on getting the beta
working, and have not spent a great deal of time building upgrade scripts from the
alpha versions of phpGroupWare. You are advised to backup your existing alpha
database before running the setup script to avoid problems!
</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
> If you get no error messages, continue on to phpgroupware/setup/config.php
to configure phpGroupWare to your system.
</P
><P
> If you are using the email system you will need to create a temporary directory
where file uploads will be stored. For security reasons, you should <TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>chown
nobody.nobody</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="CONSTANT"
>chmod 700</TT
> to that directory. Depending on your system configuration.
Default installs of Apache normally run as the user nobody. You may need your system
administrator to do this for you if you do not have root access.
</P
><P
> If you do not have access to root, create this file and run it.
</P
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>?php
if (mkdir("/path/to/temp/directory",0700)) {
echo "Directory created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error creating directory";
}
?
</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN146"
>The phpGroupWare Daemon</A
></H2
><P
> If you have access to cron, you may want to setup the files in the cron
directory.
</P
><P
> stalesessions.pl - There are 2 reasons for this file.
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Users always forget to logout. This way the session doesn't sit around forever, creating a possible security risk.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>The email system requires plain text passwords which are stored in the sessions table.</P
></LI
></UL
>
This file is not required, you can simply disable cron_apps in the admin -&#62; applications section
to clean out the sessions table during login and logout
</P
><P
> stale_uploads.pl - This will delete file attachments for messages that where not
completed. If a users browser crashes, Internet connection dies, etc, their
files will sit there forever unless deleted. You could add a few lines to
logout.php that will look in the temp directory for any stale uploads and delete
them. But, once again, it becomes a performance issue.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN156"
>Testing the install</A
></H1
><P
> If your config is setup properly you can now login. Point your browser to the
installed location and login with the username <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>demo</TT
> and the password is <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>1234</TT
>
At this point it would be a good idea to create a new user with administrative privileges and
delete the old one.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN161"
>Installing additional applications</A
></H1
><P
> Once you have the core phpGroupWare install up and running,
you may want to download and install additional applications.
</P
><P
> You should consult any <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>README</TT
> or <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>INSTALL</TT
>
files that come with the new application first, as most require you
to create additional tables in the database, and add additional
translation data to the lang table (typically a file called <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>lang.sql</TT
>)
</P
><P
> You install the new application within the phpGroupWare install tree by
copying the application directory into the phpGroupWare install location,
and enabling the application through the Administration page.
</P
><P
> For example, this is the process to install the
Headlines application (see <A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/phpgwapps/"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>http://sourceforge.net/phpgwapps/</I
></A
> for
more on this and other applications).
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Download the .tar.gz file for the application, or check out the source with cvs with
<P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpgroupware.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpgwapps'</B
> <BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs login (just hit enter if prompted for a password)</B
> <BR><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cvs co headlines</B
> <BR></P
>
</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Move the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>headlines</TT
> directory into your phpGroupWare
install directory.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Log into phpGroupWare as an administrative user, and go to the Administration page.
</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>In the first section, choose the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Applications</TT
> link.
</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Click on add, and fill in the form.</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Application name</SPAN
>
should be identical to the name
of the directory you moved into the phpGroupWare install, in this case use <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>headlines</TT
>
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Application Title</SPAN
>
is shown in the navigation bar and other places to refer to the
new application. Enter <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Headlines</TT
> for this example.
</P
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Enabled</SPAN
>
can be used to disable an application for all users temporially. You
should normal check the box to enable the application.
</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Back in the Administration page, you need to enable the application for specific users
or user groups by editing them, and checking the new <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Headlines</TT
> box that appears
in the middle of the account editing page.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Once you have added the Headlines app to your account, you should see a Headlines
entry in the Administration and Preferences pages, and there should be an icon for
the Headlines application in the navigation bar.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Once you enable a few of the Headlines sites through the Administration page link, you
should see headlines grabbed from the sites you selected when you click on the Headlines
icon in the navigation bar.
</P
></LI
></UL
>
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="TROUBLESHOOT"
>Chapter 8. Trouble Shooting</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="WARNING"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="WARNING"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="../images/warning.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Warning"></TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
> phpGroupWare is still Beta software, expect some bugs
along the way. If you run into a problem not discussed here, contact us
through one of the methods listed on the website.
</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><P
> The phpGroupWare developers can most often be seen hanging out in <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>#phpGroupWare</I
>
on <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>irc.openprojects.net</I
> if you require real-time help.
</P
><P
>
Also check the FAQ in this directory for additional common questions,
it is available as FAQ.sgml, FAQ.txt and FAQ.html
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="TROB1"
>I get "Unable to open mailbox" when using the email application</A
></H1
><P
> At the time of this writing (2000-09-27) you must use the same
username and password in phpGroupWare that you use to log into
your mail server. If you change your password and it still isn't working,
try logging out of phpGroupWare (the rightmost icon in the navigation bar)
and then log back in.
</P
><P
> An preference page to edit the email settings is being developed, and should
appear shortly after the first beta release.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="TROB2"
>It seems to hang when I try to read my mail</A
></H1
><P
> This is often a problem if you are using POP3 instead of IMAP, and you have
more than a few hundred messages in your mailbox.
</P
><P
> By default, php is set up to time-out a request that takes over 30 seconds
to complete. phpGroupWare must do a lot of work the first time your POP3 mailbox
is opened, and every time you get new mail, which may take more than the 30
second timeout.
</P
><P
> You can either clean up your mailbox with another mail program, or
add the line
<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>set_time_limit(0);
</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
to the top of the inc/phpgwapi/phpgw_msg_pop3.inc.php file, just before
the line <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>class msg extends msg_common</TT
>
</P
><P
> If you choose to edit the file, be patient when loading a large POP3
mailbox - the author tested against a mailbox with 2500 messages in it,
but it took 15 minutes to load the page. We highly suggest you use IMAP
if you expect to have more than a few hundred messages in your mailbox.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="TROB3"
>When I log in I see the directory listing instead of a web page</A
></H1
><P
>You are using Apache, this often means you need to add
<TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>.php</TT
> to the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>DirectoryIndex</TT
> line in your httpd.conf file.
For example:
<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.html index.htm index.cgi
</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="TROB4"
>I get garbage that looks like code when I go to the phpGroupWare URL</A
></H1
><P
> This is often because you have php3 installed,
which does not map <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>.php</TT
> to the PHP engine.
For PHP3:
<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 .php
</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
For PHP4:
<TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3 .php
</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
>
</P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN237"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>III. Using phpGroupWare</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN239"
></A
><P
> Using phpGroupWare is a cake walk , thats what people say :-). Reading this doc would
definitely give a head start. If you ever come cross any problem please report to
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>9. <A
HREF="#LOGINGIN"
>Loging into phpgw</A
></DT
><DT
>10. <A
HREF="#CHECKMAIL"
>checking Email</A
></DT
><DT
>11. <A
HREF="#ADDRESSBOOK"
>Using Addressbook</A
></DT
><DT
>12. <A
HREF="#CALENDER"
>Using Calender</A
></DT
><DT
>13. <A
HREF="#FILEMAN"
>Managing Files with file manager</A
></DT
><DT
>14. <A
HREF="#HEADLINES"
>Getting Headlines</A
></DT
><DT
>15. <A
HREF="#HR"
>Human Resources</A
></DT
><DT
>16. <A
HREF="#PREF"
>Preferences</A
></DT
><DT
>17. <A
HREF="#TODO"
>Using todo</A
></DT
><DT
>18. <A
HREF="#TOBTICK"
>Using Trouble ticket</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="LOGINGIN"
>Chapter 9. Loging into phpgw</A
></H1
><P
> After your setup you can point your browser to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>index.php</TT
> in the
installation directory. If the set up was right you can login with user name <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>demo
</TT
> and the password is <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>1234</TT
>&#62; Now it is recommended to
create a new user with administrative privileges and delete the old one.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="CHECKMAIL"
>Chapter 10. checking Email</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="ADDRESSBOOK"
>Chapter 11. Using Addressbook</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="CALENDER"
>Chapter 12. Using Calender</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="FILEMAN"
>Chapter 13. Managing Files with file manager</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="HEADLINES"
>Chapter 14. Getting Headlines</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="HR"
>Chapter 15. Human Resources</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="PREF"
>Chapter 16. Preferences</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="TODO"
>Chapter 17. Using todo</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="TOBTICK"
>Chapter 18. Using Trouble ticket</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN274"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>IV. Administering phpGroupWare</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN276"
></A
><P
> To administer phpGroupWare you need not be a PHP hacker. All you need to do is again just
point and click. And hey just a bit of typing too. :). You need to login to phpGroupWare
and click the Administration image.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>19. <A
HREF="#USERACC"
>User Accounts</A
></DT
><DT
>20. <A
HREF="#GROUPACC"
>Group Accounts</A
></DT
><DT
>21. <A
HREF="#APP"
>Applications</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="USERACC"
>Chapter 19. User Accounts</A
></H1
><P
> In phpGroupWare it is very easy to maintain User Accounts. You can easily add , remove or
set previleges to the user accordingly.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="CREATEU"
>Creating Accounts</A
></H1
><P
>
To create a user account goto <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>User Accounts</TT
> section
of <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Administration</TT
> and the click the
<TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Add</TT
> button. Now a form would be displayed.
FIXME : should i explain the process :-). After submiting the form you would be sent
back to the accounts page and you can now see the new user you have just created.
Isn't it easy !!!
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="MAINTAINU"
>Maintaining Accounts</A
></H1
><P
> Maintaining user accounts is also very easy. Just go to the
<TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>User Accounts</TT
> section . Now you can see
the list of the current users and there logins. You
can now either view their ops or can even edit them.
FIXMEAGIN: need i say anything more :-&#62;.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="GROUPACC"
>Chapter 20. Group Accounts</A
></H1
><P
> Enter the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>User Group</TT
> section. You would see
the current user groups.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="CREATEG"
>Creating Accounts</A
></H1
><P
> Click the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Add</TT
> button. Now fill the form by
selecting the existing users and the persmissions you want to include
in the new group.And you r done.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="MAINTAING"
>Maintaining Accounts</A
></H1
><P
> One has always a option to view and edit the groups when ever
needed
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="APP"
>Chapter 21. Applications</A
></H1
><P
> There r many applications been developed for phpGroupWare and there would be more
in the future. So insatallation of these application and as well as the future
applications has been made easy the developers. So what you have to do is to
just go to the <TT
CLASS="CLASSNAME"
>Application</TT
> section.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="INSTALLA"
>Installing</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="UPDATA"
>Updating</A
></H1
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN312"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>V. Developers Documentation</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN314"
></A
><P
> This documentation is for developers who want to hack into the core of the
phpGroupWare. Please follow this documentation carefully before u take a jump into
the code :)
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>22. <A
HREF="#DEVADDAPP"
>Developing Add-On Apps</A
></DT
><DT
>23. <A
HREF="#APIDOCS"
>API documentation</A
></DT
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="DEVADDAPP"
>Chapter 22. Developing Add-On Apps</A
></H1
><P
>text for developin add on apps (seek its your area)</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="REQUIRDEV"
>Requirements</A
></H1
><P
> text for requirements
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="ETC"
>add your topic seek</A
></H1
><P
> text for the appropriate topic
</P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="CHAPTER"
><HR><H1
><A
NAME="APIDOCS"
>Chapter 23. API documentation</A
></H1
><P
>
text for the API documentation chapter
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT1"
><HR><H1
CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="FUNCTION1"
>function1(or what ever)</A
></H1
><P
> the function you want to include seek.
</P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="PART"
><A
NAME="AEN331"
></A
><DIV
CLASS="TITLEPAGE"
><H1
CLASS="TITLE"
>VII. About this document</H1
><DIV
CLASS="PARTINTRO"
><A
NAME="AEN333"
></A
><P
> The newest version of this document can be found on our website <A
HREF="http://www.phpgroupware.org"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>www.phpgroupware.org</I
></A
>
as SGML source, HTML, or TEXT.
</P
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN337"
>Comments</A
></H4
><P
> Comments on this HOWTO should be directed to the phpGroupWare developers mailing list
<A
HREF="mailto:phpgroupware-developers@lists.sourceforge.net"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>phpgroupware-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</I
></A
>
</P
><P
> To subscribe, go to <A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=7305"
TARGET="_top"
> <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=7305</I
></A
>
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN345"
>History</A
></H4
><P
> This document was started by Joseph Engo and reworked by Dan Kuykendall.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><HR><H4
CLASS="SIMPLESECT"
><A
NAME="AEN348"
>Version History</A
></H4
><P
> Old Version
<P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Created by Jengo, wasn't in SGML HOWTO format.</P
></LI
></UL
>
</P
><P
> v1.0 (July 6, 2000)
</P
><P
> <P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Built proper SGML version.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Included the FAQ.</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Other minor additions.</P
></LI
></UL
>
</P
><P
> v1.1 (September 27-29, 2000) - blinky
</P
><P
> <P
></P
><UL
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Added Testing Install section</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Added Trouble-shooting section</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Added description of application installation</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>Changes for the new setup program</P
></LI
></UL
>
</P
><P
> v0.01 (October 15 , 2000) - gnrfan , Converted the HOWTO to DocBook format
</P
><P
> v.0.05 (November 5, 2000) - gnrfan , Completely revamped according to Seek's
idea and intregrated the Developers HOWTO.
</P
><P
> v 0.xx (Somewhere in the near future) - gnrfan, Trail map comming up on
how to hack and learn about coding phpGroupWare(core) and its
apps too :-).
</P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
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