Installation of DynAds Pro MySQL Version 1.20

Requirements

In order to run DynAds Pro MySQL V1.20, you need these features on your server.

1. Right to run Perl or CGI programs (i.e. cgi-bin directory)
2. MySQL database server. MySql is a free product that you can download and install from mysql.com.
3. The following Perl modules are required. These modules come with the standard Perl installation (except Net::SMTP). Any missing module can be installed from cpan.org for free.
   • CGI module
   • DBI and DBD::MySQL module
   • Fcntl module
   • HTTP and LWP modules for some operations
   • Net::SMTP module if there is no command line sendmail program for sending e-mails

Fresh Installation

Installation of DynAds Pro is very easy. DynAds Pro comes with a setup program to configure database and program specific options.

Do the following steps to install the scripts.

1. For Unix/Linux systems, you must know the exact path to the perl interpreter installed on your server. The default on the scripts is /usr/bin/perl. The default path works for most systems. If your path is different from this (ask to your hosting provider, if you do not know it), open setup.pl, ad.pl and dynadmin.pl in a text editor and replace the first line with #!YourServerPerlPath. Do not put any space at the line beginning.
2. For Windows servers, make sure that your server associates .pl extension with the Perl interpreter.
3. Some rare servers require that the CGI file extensions must be .cgi. If your server does not accept .pl as a CGI application, then change the file names of setup.pl to setup.cgi, ad.pl to ad.cgi and dynadmin.pl to dynadmin.cgi (other file extensions should not be changed). In this document, we still refer to perl files with a .pl extension.
4. Upload all of the files to your server. Always upload perl files in ASCII mode. Make sure that, your server allows you to run CGI scripts under the directory you put DynAds Pro files (most servers require CGI scripts be under cgi-bin directory).
   Give execute permissions to the script files (755 or more restrictive one of your choice), setup.pl, ad.pl, and dynadmin.pl.
   For Windows servers, ask your hosting provider to give read-write-execute permissions to the installation directory.
5. Run setup.pl from your browser. For example, if your domain is http://www.YourDomain.net, and you installed DynAds Pro at the directory (relative to URL) cgi-bin/dads then type in your browser's address bar:
   http://www.YourDomain.net/cgi-bin/dads/setup.pl
   If everything is OK, you should see the main setup screen. One by one, enter to the menus and set the configuration options. Setup program is self explanatory.
6. When you finished configuring DynAds Pro, run the control panel program, dynadmin.pl, from your browser. For example, if your domain is http://www.YourDomain.net, and you installed DynAds Pro in the directory (relative to URL) cgi-bin/dads then type in your browser's address bar:
   http://www.YourDomain.net/cgi-bin/dads/dynadmin.pl
   If everything is OK, you should see a Login page. Enter the administrator user name and password you have set in the setup program. Make sure that the cookies on your browser are enabled. dynadmin.pl requires cookies for user tracking.
7. If the scripts are not functioning, first check the file permissions. Then make sure that the first lines of executable files are set correctly to the Perl interpreter. If you can not find the problem, contact RobustHost.com for assistance and help.

Upgrading

If not specified otherwise in the documentation of the new version, we suggest that you do a fresh installation in a directory different than the old version. After the fresh installation and configuration, you can transfer your old data to the new version via the data transfer feature of the setup program. Then, you can delete the old installation and rename the directory of the new installation to the old one if you like.

NOTE: DynAds Pro is not code or link compatible with DynAds! So, if you are upgrading from DynAds to DynAds Pro, you have to change your existing links and ad access/rotation codes.

RobustHost.com wishes you a happy DynAds Pro experience.