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Prayer Garden Textpattern Template Instructions
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You can find a working example at http://www.6footdesign.com/mantis
The demo is running on the same Textpattern install as the company's website and blog, so some functionality will be a little different.  Feel free to contact us with help at
info@6footdesign.com

More templates can be found at http://www.textplates.com

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Contents of PrayerGarden.zip
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/images				- all of the images
/forms				- all of the forms 
/plugins			- all of the plugins
html.txt			- default page replacement
css.txt				- default style replacement
instructions.txt	- these instructions

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Customizability
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The visual aspects of this template are very basic.  With very little Photoshop skill, you can change the colors of each of the background images, making your site something other than green.
The images were intentionally kept out of the background so that you can put in images of whatever you like.  The only important part for you is making the background transparent (gif) and positioning the image somewhere that doesn't obscure text.  Both should be fairly easy.

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Install Instructions
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!IMPORTANT! THIS IS A POWERFUL TEMPLATE; BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK, YOU MUST COMPLETE EVERY STEP OF THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE SUCCESSFULLY.  PLEASE DO NOT SKIP INSTRUCTIONS! COMPLETE EACH STEP AS INSTRUCTED AND YOU WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE AS YOUR REWARD.  SKIP OR BOTCH ANY STEPS AND YOUR SITE WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY!

All plugins work correctly with textpattern 4.0.2 and 4.0.3.  If you have any other version, I can't guarantee anything.  Some plugins are slightly altered from their original form, so please install directly from here rather than from the creators' websites.

We will be replacing some default pages and forms.  Don't fret.  If you want to go back, you can find all of the original forms and pages can be found in the TextBook at http://www.textpattern.net (Getting Started has all of the defaults).  

If you have already altered these defaults, you should backup everything before you continue.

If you would rather not alter the defaults, follow the instructions as normal, but create new entries (titled whatever you like) for the default page, default CSS, comments form, and comments_form form.  Then follow the instructions in the "NON-DEFAULT" section (section 9).

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Install over defaults
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1. UPLOAD FILES
-!DO NOT USE THE TEXTPATTERN INTERFACE FOR THIS PART OF THE INSTALL!
-Use an FTP client of some kind to find the images directory on your textpattern installation.
-Create a sub-directory called "mantis" (so the directory is "host/images/mantis").
-Upload the CONTENTS of the images folder to your host/images directory.

2. HTML
-!LOG ONTO TEXTPATTERN NOW!
-Within Textpattern, go to the "Presentation" tab, then the "Pages" subtab.
-Select the "default" page.
-Copy the contents from the html.txt file and past it into the default page.
-Click "Save" at the bottom of the form.
-Select the "archive" page.
-Copy the contents from the archive.txt file and past it into the archive page.

3. CSS
-Go to the "Styles" subtab.
-Select the "default" syle (annoyingly, but appropriately, it should be selected by default).
-Copy the contents of the css.txt file and past it into the the default css.
-Click "Save" at the bottom of the form.
-Create a new stylesheet titled "iecss" and copy the contents of the iecss.txt file to it.
-Click "Save" at the bottom of the form.

4. FORMS
-Go to the "forms" subtab.
-For each form in the /forms subdirectory of the zip EXCEPT the comments forms, create a form in Textpattern.  You do this by clicking the "Create New Form" link in the top right corner.
!REMEMBER TO GIVE THE FORM A NAME AND TYPE!
Then names should match those in the zip, and the type is as follows:
	article:
		mantis_article
		mantis_list
	misc:
		mantis_footer
		mantis_meta
		mantis_sidebar
		mantis_topbar
-Copy the contents of "mantis_comments" into the already existing "comments" form.
-Copy the contents of "mantis_comment_form" into the already existing "comment_form" form.

5. EDITING FORMS
 A.Mantis_article
	-This controls how individual articles are displayed.
	-There are a large number of links for submitting your articles to various social linking sites.  The sheer number for them is intended to be a joke...so if you want to take them out, you should.  I would suggest keeping the delicious link, though.

 B.Comments
	-This contains the comment output form that controls how your comments section displays.
	-Change the "Owner_name1,Owner_name2" with whatever name is to identify a site owner in the comments section.  If you are the only owner, delete the comma and Owner_name2.
	!IT IS VITAL THAT THERE BE NO SPACE AFTER THE COMMA!
	-Do the same for "Owner_email1,Owner_email2".
	
 C.Comment_Form
	-This contains the comment invitation and input form.
	-Between the <h3> tags, place the header for your comment invitation.  Something like "Add Your Comment!".
	-Between the <p> tages, place the text of your comment invitation.  It would be good to include any rules for commenting (vulgarity, asshattery, etc).
	-I would NOT recommend removing any of the input fields.  Do so at your own risk.
	
 D.Mantis_footer
	-This contains the footer links in the default page.  
	-Add or take away from them as you see fit.
	-At the very least, you should remove the "sitemap" link, or replace the "#" with the path to your sitemeap.
	-Also, replace the validation urls with your own url.
	
 E.Mantis_meta
	-This contains the meta data that goes in the page.  Between the content quotes, fill in a description of your website and your name as the author.  Please leave the copyright intact.
	-Add any meta data you see fit.  Note that keywords no longer have any value.
	
 F.Mantis_sidebar
	-This contains the navigation links on the right side of the page.  This form contains code for virtually any kind of linkage you would like in the sidebar.  Several categories are commented out.  You should remove anything you don't want to display so that the page-weight will be low.
	-The beginning form is a search form.
	!DO NOT REMOVE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!  
	It is important to the usability of your site as well as to the layout of the page.
	-If you would like a listing of recent entries, remove the HTML comments (<!-- and -->) surrounding the "Recent Entries" section.  Otherwise, remove the section.
	-If you would like a listing of recent comments, remove the HTML comments (<!-- and -->) surrounding the "Recent Comments" section.  Otherwise, remove the section.
	-If you would like a listing of post categories, remove the HTML comments (<!-- and -->) surrounding the "Categories" section.  Otherwise, remove the section.
	-If you would like a listing of links to RSS and ATOM feeds, remove the HTML comments (<!-- and -->) surrounding the "Feeds" section.  Otherwise, remove the section.
	-If you would NOT like a Tags, Archives, or Links section, remove those sections.

 G.Mantis_topbar
	-This contains the navigation links on the top side of the page.  It is by far the most complex form in the template.  
	-The form's conditional statements are based on section titles.  If you do not lay out your sections correctly, these links will fail.  The section setup is in the next section.
	-Because of the conditional statements that apply the "selected" class, there are two listings for every link.
	!YOU MUST REMEMBER TO ADD OR DELETE TWICE!
	-Add or take away from them as you see fit by following the established convention.
	-At the very least, you should enter appropriate link locations for those links already listed.  Those link locations will depend on the rest of your textpattern install.  Feel free to contact me for help.
	!YOU MUST REMEMBER TO ADD OR DELETE TWICE!

6. SECTIONS
-Go to the "Sections" subtab.
-Make sure the sections use the appropriate page and style (in this case, "default" and "default").
-Set up sections for anything linked to in top navigation bar.
-Set "selected by default" and "on front page" to no.

7. PLUGINS
-Click on the "Admin" tab.
-Click on the "Plugins" subtab.
-Install all of the plugins in the /plugins folder of the zip file.  
-You do this by copying the contents of the plugin's txt file and pasting it into the text-field at the top of the page and clicking upload.  It will give you a preview of the PHP you are about to enter.
-Click "Okay" or "Save" or whatever actually istalls the plugin.
-Now activate the plugins by clicking on the "no" link in the active column.

8. NON-DEFAULT INSTALL
-In the "Sections" tab, you'll need to make sure that the "page" and "style" are set to whatever you put the html.txt page and the mantis.css style into.
-In the mantis_article form, change <txp:low_discuss /> to <txp:low_discuss displayform=Whatever You Named mantis_comments" />.
-Again in the mantis_article form, change <txp:low_discuss_form /> to <txp:low_discuss_form inputform="@Whatever You Named mantis_comment_form" />.

Good Luck and Enjoy!  Again, feel free to email us with any questions at info@6footdesign.com .