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/* EasyBookMarker: Advanced Bookmarks Management System                         */
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/* Copyright (c) 2003 by Angel Stoitsov and Mario Stoitsov                      */
/*    http://mario.alinea.bg                                                    */
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/* This file is part of EasyBookMarker.                                         */
/* EasyBookMarker is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify       */
/*    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      */
/*    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or         */
/*    (at your option) any later version.                                       */
/* EasyBookMarker is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,            */
/*    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            */
/*    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the             */
/*    GNU General Public License for more details.                              */
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/*    along with EasyBookMarker; if not, write to the Free Software             */
/*    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
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Installation
============

Prerequisites:

Download and install MySQL.
Download and install Apache
Download and install PHP 4.1.0 or greater.

Then, do the following:

1. Unzip the file EasyBookMarker.zip in some temporary directory

This will create a subdirectory 'EasyBookMarker' with all files and
images required. Do not change the name of this subdirectory.

2. Copy the entire subdirectory 'EasyBookMarker' under the root directory on your server.

Make sure your web server has the rights to create a file in your 'EasyBookMarker'
subdirectory.

3. Open EasyBookMarker/index.php in your browser.

EasyBookMarker  has an auto-installer feature that makes the initial setup simple. It will prompt you for values it needs
to perform the installation.  Click on setup and it will create the database for you and populate it.
It will create also a file config.php which will block the installer when you start EasyBookMarker again.


5. You are done.

Point the browser to http:\\your_domain.com\EasyBookMarker\index.php
and enjoy your EasyBookMarker


To customize your web browser with a "QuickMark" to add new bookmarks, click and drag the link "QuickMark"
to your browser tool bar.  To add links to EasyBookMarker, you can click on the
"QuickMark" link, which will take your current location and allow you to add a bookmark.



EasyBookMarker Description
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Motivation

Initially I have had a lot of WEB bookmarks in many different
browsers and computers. Traveling abroad I had to carry with me
many files containing these bookmarks in order to use them. Every
new visit was adding a new file and soon I realized I need an
online bookmarker system in order to collect and access all
bookmarks I need. Then I have looked around the net for available
bookmark management tools. I found however that some of them are
nice but quite "heavy" or complicated while the simpler were not
promising enough. Finally I decided to write an application by
myself and this is the present EasyBookMarker management tool.

What is EasyBookMarker ?

EasyBookMarker is a program that allows
you to store and display your bookmarks in different categories
and subcategories. It is usefull also for lists of things grouped
by categories as CDs, songs or games. It stores the information
with usability in mind, keeping often-used bookmarks at your
fingertips. It sorts and displays your most recently used
bookmarks in order to make sure that the most often-used bookmarks
are always at your fingertips while the other bookmarks stay out
of your way. Using EasyBookMarker your bookmarks will be available
to you no matter where you go. If you have WEB connection, you
have your bookmarks and you can always add to them new bookmarks
or you can edit, move or delete the existing bookmarks remoutly.

What you can do with EasyBookMarker ?

EasyBookMarker is a higly
customizable full featured bookmark management tool written in
PHP. It has an easy to use administration interface and stores all
bookmark entries in a MySQL database. With EasyBookMarker yuo can
do the following:
* Add unlimited number of different bookmark categories and subcategories
* Add bookmarks to existing subcategories
* Edit all existing categories, subcategories or bookmarks
* Move a bookmark form one category.subcategory to another
* Delete a bookmark or a category (or subcategory) if it is empty
* Create, edit or delete users who has permition to manage the EasyBookMarker
* Search EasyBookMarker for bookmarks containig a given string
* QuickMark allowing users to add a paricular web site of interest to EasyBookMarker automatically
* A pop-up list with recently used bookmarks. The last used bookmark becomes first in the pop-up list
Particular care has been taken to provide with EasyBookMarker a
very friendly and professional user interface. Included are tree
themes that can by changed. Additionally, you can change the
colors of each of them. If you want even greater control, you can
edit the source code itself and change the overall look, or make
the program do something entirely different.

Demo EasyBookMarker

This demo allows you to log in, change things around and play with EasyBookMarker. The
username us user and the password is pass. Enjoy !
http://mario.alinea.bg/EasyBookMarker

Easy BookMarker in Action

This is a site using EasyBookMarker. Figure out how it is
implemented.
http://mario.alinea.bg/bookmarker

EasyBookMarker has no built in security but you can use
.htaccess to limit access to prevent unwanted updates.
