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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.'''


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[[Category:HowTo]]

Revision as of 11:01, 18 July 2016

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

Note: This procedure is depricated. It will soon be removed.

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 this 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:
 
php loadGameBox.php control/boxname.json
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