| Question 1: | I downloaded the script. What do I do now? |
| | If you downloaded one of the CMS speciffic plugins (mods) follow the standard instructions for installing a plugin. If you have downloaded the 'General' package copy the OpenInviter folder to your server and use the example in example.php to get you started. |
| Question 2: | What does OpenInviter do? |
| | The script takes the contacts list from different email providers and social networks and invites them to your site. |
| Question 3: | What will the script output? |
| | The main OpenInviter script will return an array of contacts but some implementations (WordPress plugin, PhpBB Mod, etc.) also give you the frontend for it (email sending, etc.) |
| Question 4: | Can I change the script's behaviour? |
| | Yes, you can change it by editing config.php or from the Configuration Menu of your CMS (for CMS plugins). |
| Question 5: | What do I need to run OpenInviter? |
| | Your server will need to have PHP5 installed with DOMDocument support and either cURL or WGET. |
| Question 6: | I don't have cURL can I use Openinviter? |
| | Yes! Just change the 'transport' setting (either in config.php or from the Configuration Menu of your CMS) from 'curl' to 'wget'. |
| Question 7: | I don't want a plugin, can I remove it? |
| | Yes, just delete the plugin's file from the 'plugins' folder in OpenInviter. (i.e.: if you want to remove the GMail plugin you'll just have to delete the gmail.php file from the plugins folder). |
| Question 8: | Do my site members need any special software installed? |
| | No, everything is done through their standard web browser. |
| Question 9: | Why is this software FREE ? |
| | We are using this set of scripts for a CMS that we are building. We have the same interest as you to keep it working 100% and we will use the community as you, to find out right away which email service does not work and repair it asap. |
| Question 10: | What is the full description of Open Inviter ? |
| | Open source software called "Open Inviter" or "OpenInviter" is an importer or extractor of contacts or addressbook from email providers like Yahoo, Gmail, Aol, Hotmail, Live, Rambler, Rediff or content management systems (aka CMS) like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla or forums like vBulletin, phpBB, SMF or social portals like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Orkut written in PHP 5 (no database required but cURL or wget required) and running on any webserver (tested on Apache). |
| Question 11: | Why do I need an user and API key? |
| | At the moment we are not using the user and API key provided but they will be used in the future in order to provide auto-updates and to auto-block unwanted invites. |
