/*********************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2009, Darrell F Dieringer
 * www.electricdarrell.com
 * 
 * This file is part of dfdZazzleStore.
 * 
 * dfdZazzleStore is free software: you can redistributardiste it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * dfdZazzleStore 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.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with dfdZazzleStore.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * dfdZazzleStore is based on code released in
 * Zazzle Store Builder 1.0.2 - a Zazzle.com product publishing tool
 */

README_STANDALONE.txt

For a working production example (as a Wordpress plugin), see...
   http://www.artofdancemadison.com/shop/




HOW TO INSTALL "dfdZazzleStore" AS A STAND ALONE APPLICATION...
   - Download the dfdZazzleStore-xxxx.zip release

   - Extract contents of the zip archive to a temporary location on your computer
   
   - change directories to that temporary location

   - CHANGE IMPORTANT SETTINGS IN "dfdZazzleStore/include/_defaultconfig.php"

   - you will not need the file "<our_install_dir>/_zazzlestore.php" and
     may safely delete it from your installation.
     
   - PRESERVE YOUR EXISTING STYLE SHEET FROM ANY PREVIOUS "dfdZazzleStore" INSTALLATION.

   - upload the folder "dfdZazzleStore" and its contents to your
     to web server. Rename the folder to anything you would
     like and place it anywhere you would like in your web
     server's publicly-accessible directory hierarchy (document root).

   - set sensible permissions
     - 0755 on all of the directories
     - 0644 on all of the files
   
   - if using caching, see "CACHING" in README.txt

   - You will ALMOST CERTAINLY need to edit the stylesheet, found in
     "<our_install_dir>/css/z_zazzlestore.css"
     See "STYLE SHEET" in "<our_install_dir>/README.txt".




HOW TO USE THE "dfdZazzleStore" STANDALONE APPLICATION...
   - See the example in "<our_install_dir>/sample_index.php"

   - See "<our_install_dir>/includes/_standalone.php"

   - MAKE SURE YOU READ ALL OF THE CODE COMMENTS IN "_standalone.php".




CONFIGURING YOUR ZAZZLE STORE GRID(S)
   Using the examples in "<our_install_dir>/sample_index.php" as a guide,
   see "GRID_CONFIGURATION_VARS" in "<our_install_dir>/README.txt". 




CONTACT THE AUTHOR
   http://www.electricdarrell.com/