How To Load Board18 Game Boxes - Revision history

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			==Note about game box zip file file sizes==
			Some game box zip files are quite large. If '''Load Game Box''' returns this error message
			<pre>The input zip file is too big.
			</pre>
			Then you or the server administrator will have to adjust the following PHP.INI parameter.
			<pre>upload_max_filesize = 2M</pre>
			I suggest that the max file size be at least 8M.

	==How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature==		==How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature==

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	* Now you can follow the instructions in the Game Box Upload Process section of the [[BOARD18 Author's Guide]] to do any number of uploads.		* Now you can follow the instructions in the Game Box Upload Process section of the [[BOARD18 Author's Guide]] to do any number of uploads.

	==How to load ~~a new~~ BOARD18 game ~~box~~ using Linux==		==How to mass load BOARD18 game boxes using Linux==

	~~<span style="color: Red">Note: This procedure is depricated. It will soon be removed.</span>~~		These instructions assume that you are an administrator of a BOARD18 web site.

	These instructions assume that you ~~already have~~ a BOARD18 web site.
	~~See [[How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site]] if you don't yet have one~~.

	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===
	* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] page and find the game ~~box~~ that you want.		* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] WIKI page and find the game boxes that you want to load.
	* Download the zip file for ~~this~~ game box.		* Create an empty directory which will become the game box directory used in this procedure.
	* Using FTP or SCP, move this ~~zip file~~ to your web server.		* Download the zip file for each selected game box into this directory.
			* Using FTP or SCP, move this game box directory to your web server.

	===Perform these steps on your Linux web server===		===Perform these steps on your Linux web server===
	* Extract the zip file into your shell root directory.
	* Move the sub directory [which contains the image files] to the images sub directory of your web root directory.
	* Move the .json file to the control sub directory of the utility directory.
	* Change to the utility directory.		* Change to the utility directory.
	* ~~Load~~ the ~~control~~ file ~~for~~ the game ~~box~~ by entering on the command line:		* Make sure that the massLoadBoxes.php file is marked as executable.
	<pre>		* Load the selected game boxes by entering on the command line:
	php ~~loadGameBox~~.php ~~control/boxname.json~~		<pre>php massLoadBoxes.php directory root player password rptfile
	</pre>		</pre>
			'directory' must be the fully qualified name of the game box directory.<br>
			'root' must be the fully qualified name of the BOARD18 root directory.<br>
			'player' must be the player ID of an admin level player for this BOARD18.<br>
			'password' must be the password for this admin level player.<br>
			'rptfile' must be the fully qualified name of the report file to be created.<br>

			Note that 'root', 'directory' and 'rptfile' must all be local to this server. <br>
			The 'rptfile' will be initialized and will contain the reports created by the call to loadGameBox.php made for each input file.

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Rich: /* How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature */

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	==How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature==		==How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature==

	These instructions assume that you are ~~the~~ administrator or author of a BOARD18 web site.		These instructions assume that you are an administrator or author of a BOARD18 web site.

	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===

Rich: /* How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature */

2016-07-18T18:05:44Z

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	* Select '''MENU-Administration'''.		* Select '''MENU-Administration'''.
	* On left panel of Administration screen, select '''Load Game Box'''.		* On left panel of Administration screen, select '''Load Game Box'''.
	* Now you can follow the instructions in the [[BOARD18 Author's Guide]] to do any number of uploads.		* Now you can follow the instructions in the Game Box Upload Process section of the [[BOARD18 Author's Guide]] to do any number of uploads.

	==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux==		==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux==

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			==How to load new BOARD18 game boxes using the Administration - Load Game Box feature==

			These instructions assume that you are the administrator or author of a BOARD18 web site.

			===Perform these steps on your local PC===
			* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] WIKI page and find the game boxes that you want.
			* Download the zip file for each of these game boxes.

			===Perform these steps on your web browser===
			* Sign on to BOARD18.
			* Select '''MENU-Administration'''.
			* On left panel of Administration screen, select '''Load Game Box'''.
			* Now you can follow the instructions in the [[BOARD18 Author's Guide]] to do any number of uploads.

	==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux==		==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux==

			<span style="color: Red">Note: This procedure is depricated. It will soon be removed.</span>

	These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.		These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.
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	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===
	* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] page and find the game box that you want.		* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] page and find the game box that you want.
	* Download the zip file for ~~that~~ game box.		* Download the zip file for this game box.
	* Using FTP or SCP, move this zip file to your web server.		* Using FTP or SCP, move this zip file to your web server.

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	php loadGameBox.php control/boxname.json		php loadGameBox.php control/boxname.json
	</pre>		</pre>
	~~where boxname is name of the .json file for the new game box.~~
	* You should see an output that looks something like this:
	~~<pre>~~
	~~Successfully created game box table row 5.~~
	~~The box name is 1826.~~
	~~The version is REP01.~~
	~~The author is Rich Price.~~
	~~The date is 2013-07-15 09:26:48.~~
	~~</pre>~~

	~~==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Windows==~~
	~~'''If you have a Windows environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.'''~~

	~~==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using a MAC==~~
	~~'''If you have a MAC environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.'''~~

	[[Category:HowTo]]		[[Category:HowTo]]

Rich: /* How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux */

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	These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.		These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.
	See [[How To Create a BOARD18 ~~Web~~ Site]] if you don't yet have one.		See [[How To Create a BOARD18 WEB Site]] if you don't yet have one.

	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===

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	These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.		These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.
	See [[How To Create A BOARD18 Web Site]] if you don't yet have one.		See [[How To Create a BOARD18 Web Site]] if you don't yet have one.

	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===

Rich: /* How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux */

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How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux

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	These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.		These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.
	See [[How ~~to create a~~ BOARD18 ~~web site~~]] if you don't yet have one.		See [[How To Create A BOARD18 Web Site]] if you don't yet have one.

	===Perform these steps on your local PC===		===Perform these steps on your local PC===

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2014-04-14T23:20:35Z

Initial version of this page

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==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Linux==

These instructions assume that you already have a BOARD18 web site.
See [[How to create a BOARD18 web site]] if you don't yet have one.

===Perform these steps on your local PC===
* Browse to the [[Download Game Boxes]] page and find the game box that you want.
* Download the zip file for that game box.
* Using FTP or SCP, move this zip file to your web server.

===Perform these steps on your Linux web server===
* Extract the zip file into your shell root directory.
* Move the sub directory [which contains the image files] to the images sub directory of your web root directory.
* Move the .json file to the control sub directory of the utility directory.
* Change to the utility directory.
* Load the control file for the game box by entering on the command line:
<pre>
php loadGameBox.php control/boxname.json
</pre>
where boxname is name of the .json file for the new game box.
* You should see an output that looks something like this:
<pre>
Successfully created game box table row 5.
The box name is 1826.
The version is REP01.
The author is Rich Price.
The date is 2013-07-15 09:26:48.
</pre>

==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using Windows==
'''If you have a Windows environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.'''

==How to load a new BOARD18 game box using a MAC==
'''If you have a MAC environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.'''

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