Big Medium v2.0.8

Copyright 2002-2008, Josh Clark and Global Moxie, LLC.
All rights reserved.
http://globalmoxie.com/

1. Introduction
2. License, free demo and registration
3. Questions, suggestions and feedback
4. Big Medium news and information
5. Where are the instructions?
6. Installation
7. About me and Global Moxie

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1. INTRODUCTION
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Big Medium is a website editor (or "web content management system")
that lets you manage entire websites from your browser.

For web designers, Big Medium offers design freedom and doesn't
impose cookie-cutter layouts. If you bring basic to intermediate
HTML/CSS know-how, Big Medium can manage just about any design you
throw at it.

For editors and businesspeople, no HTML knowledge is required. Enter
your text, images, podcasts and document downloads into Big Medium's
editor, and the software automagically adds the necessary links and
pages to your site.

After your site is configured with Big Medium, there's no need to
touch HTML code, to chase down a busy webmaster, or to hire contract
employees to make simple changes to your website. Big Medium's
simple, elegant interface makes it easy to do it all yourself.

Big Medium can do this for hundreds of sites. With just a single
installation of Big Medium, you can manage multiple websites on the
same server, allowing you to provide individual employees, teachers
or students with their own sites.


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2. LICENSE, FREE DEMO AND REGISTRATION
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Big Medium is distributed under a proprietary license. It's fairly
boilerplate stuff, but for all the legalese and details, see the
LICENSE.txt file that came with this download package. Take a look
at it: By downloading, copying, installing or using Big Medium at
any time, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions
of the license agreement.

Big Medium is free to use for the first 30 days. During this time,
you can enjoy the software's full functionality without spending a
dime. After this 30-day period, Big Medium's administrative
interface will stop working until you purchase a license and
register the installation with your license code.

To purchase a license:
http://globalmoxie.com/buy/

To register your installation:
Sign into Big Medium with an administrator account. If the 30-demo
period has expired, follow the instructions to register your
account. Otherwise, go to "Settings>Register Big Medium," and follow
the instructions there.


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3. QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK
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I want to hear from you! Let me know what you like and don't like
about Big Medium. Post your feedback, suggestions and questions to
the support forum:
http://globalmoxie.com/ask/default.php?bigmed

...or send e-mail to: support@globalmoxie.com

I respond to customer-service e-mail Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
(local time in Paris, France).


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4. BIG MEDIUM NEWS AND INFORMATION
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You can find news, support and tutorials for Big Medium at the
Global Moxie site, along with my blog and news about my other
projects, too:
http://globalmoxie.com/

To subscribe to the RSS news feed for the site:
http://globalmoxie.com/bm~feeds.shtml

To subscribe to my occasional e-mail newsletter:
http://globalmoxie.com/mailman/listinfo/moxiemail


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5. WHERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS?
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I hope that you'll find Big Medium to be easy and intuitive to use
-- easy enough that you won't need instructions for most routine
operations.

That said, this baby packs a lot of features under the hood. If you
want to explore everything that you can do with Big Medium, I wrote
a book just for you.

"Big Medium 2: The Complete Guide" covers every inch of the Big
Medium interface and feature set. The book is available as a free
PDF:
http://www.bigmedium.com/book/


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6. INSTALLATION
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You can find installation instructions in the INSTALL directory of
the Big Medium download package. Open the file named
installation.html in your web browser. These installation
instructions are also included in "Big Medium 2: The Complete
Guide," the book mentioned above.

The installation instructions also cover updating from previous
versions of Big Medium 2. Just follow the regular installation
instructions, following the special notes for upgrading that are
placed along the way.

If you're upgrading from Big Medium v1.x, the installation
instructions cover you, too. After you complete the installation,
check out the appendix "Importing Sites from Big Medium 1.x" in the
Big Medium 2 book.


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7. ABOUT ME AND GLOBAL MOXIE
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I'm Josh Clark, and I make stuff for the web. More specifically,
I make stuff to help *you* make stuff for the web. I work and play
in Paris, France, where I build web applications and websites.
Global Moxie is my hypertext laboratory.

You can find out more about me and my company here:
http://globalmoxie.com/about/
