Welcome to Poll Master v1.0 beta 1.2.

We tried to make the setup process as painless as possible. Try following the steps below closely, and you 
you shouldn't run into any problems.

Note that the script was designed to run on both Windows and UNIX operating systems. The instructions are given 
for UNIX operating system. You should follow the same steps when installing the script on a Windows-base machine, 
ignoring the permissions (CHMOD) setting instructions.

1. Unzip all the script files to a temporary directory.

2. Choose or create a directory on your server where you want to install the script
(e.g. "/cgi-bin/poll"). Note that you must be able to execute Perl scripts in this directory.
Set up the permissions on the created directory as shown below:

CHMOD 755 poll

3. From your local folder, upload the contents of "CGI" folder to the directory created in step 2 
(e.g. "/cgi-bin/poll"), include all files and sub directories. It is EXTREMELY important that all 
files are uploaded in ASCII mode! Your directory tree should now look something like this:

/cgi-bin
----/poll
--------/data
--------/lib
--------/templates

***All program files must be uploaded in ASCII MODE***

*Note that "/data" and "/templates" directories can be moved to any location on your server.
We recommend moving "/data" directory above site root if that's possible or password-protecting it to 
prevent unauthorized access.

4. Set up the directory permissions as follows:

CHMOD 777 data
CHMOD 777 templates

5. Set up the permissions on files inside the directory created in step 2 (e.g. "/cgi-bin/poll"):

All files with ".inc" extension should be CHMODed 777
All files with ".cgi" extension should be CHMODed 755

6. Set up the permissions on files inside the "/templates" directory created in step 3 (e.g. "/cgi-bin/poll/templates"):

All files should be CHMODed 777

7. Upload the contents of "pmNonCGI" folder to a directory on your server, outside the cgi-bin (e.g. "/public_html/pmNonCGI").

***All image files must be uploaded in BINARY MODE***

8. Now use your browser to open install.cgi file inside the main script directory created in step 2 (e.g. "/cgi-bin/poll").
The URL should be similar to "http://www.your-site.com/cgi-bin/poll/install.cgi".

10. Follow the instructions to complete installation process.


Please visit our forums at http://www.estudio.ca if you run into problems.

ELECTRONIC STUDIO DEVELOPMENT TEAM