
WELCOME TO IMAGEISLE! - VERSION 1.02
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(NOTE: THIS FREEWARE DEMO ALLOWS YOU TO TEST ONE OF OUR WEB SITE PRODUCTS FOR FREE ON YOUR SERVER AND WEB SITE. TO PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION OF YOUR CHOSEN PRODUCT, PLEASE VISIT US AT: www.giantisland.com)

At Lite Pacific, we are proud to bring you ImageIsle. ImageIsle is a free web-based software, which allows you to upload, edit, delete, and manage your images and photos online using your current web site! You are now free to upload and view your images on your own web site, free of the hassle and cost of managing images on third party sites or at major online portals. Simply download the software files, upload them to a suitable web server, and link to them in a browser to begin managing your own images online!

This "demo" version of our full product, ImageIsland, allows you to test our product for free, and decide if one or more of our web products is for you. You may use this as a test product on your web site or server, and use this freeware version for as long as you like. ImageIsle is very much like all our media products. So, we consider it a form of shareware, representative of all our web products, and how they generally work. If you like ImageIsle, we hope you will visit our affiliate or company web site, and purchase a full version of our software. All our full versions come with lots of features and functions to help you manage all your media online, using your current web site.

You may read more about our other great products, or purchase the full version of ImageIsle, at www.giantisland.com.


GET THE FULL VERSION!
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"ImageIsle" is the freeware, or demo version of "ImageIsland". ImageIsland comes with many more features than ImageIsle. When you buy ImageIsland, you get the following new features and modules:

1. Improved IMAGEMANAGER MODULE - The new ImageManager Module allows you to see new views and sorting features when looking through your images. This allows for quicker access to important photos when storing hundreds of photos online!
2. Improved IMAGEVIEWER MODULE - The new ImageViewer Module allows you to create unlimited Image View pages! That means one page of images for every family member and friend, if you like! You can now share hundreds of different galleries of photos to others online.
3. New SETTINGS MODULE - Comes with a Settings Module, so you can control the whole interface and turn on/off user interface elements in the web site display, as needed. Best of all, you can choose a default skin (web design) for your system!
4. New SECURITY MODULE - Comes with a Security Module, so you can keep all other users but yourself from accessing them. Locks down modules as needed. Allows you to login using you administrator account and manage your image libraries securely online.
5. New SKINS - Comes with five new cool skins! Jazz up the design of your web interface with a new look-and-feel!
6. Add New Modules Easily to ImageIsle or ImageIsland! - You can also buy separate modules that add new value to your web product. Simply purchase the module, and upload it to your Modules folder. It installs itself and and is ready to go! We will be offering cool new modules for ImageIsle and ImageIsland at our web site.

To get more information about ImageIsland and other Modules and products we offer, please visit our web site: www.giantisland.com


INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING ImageIsle - www.giantisland.com
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UPLOAD YOUR SOFTWARE

1. You should have a single folder called "ImageIsle" after unzipping this file you downloaded after purchase. Simply FTP or upload the ImageIsle folder to the root of your web site or any subfolder you desire. Make sure you upload this folder and ALL its sub files and folders exactly as they are, to your web site and server.
2. Now, simply type your web site url and the folder path where you uploaded ImageIsle (example: http://yourwebdomain.com/ImageIsle/). Thats it! The system will figure out where it is installed relative to the root of your web site and create all the nessecesary variables for your installation, including database paths. This will occur the first time you surf to your new ImageIsle web site, so please wait a few seconds while the system instantiates itself. No database install or special file application installations necessary. The system will do it all for you. You are ready to go to the ImageManager Module inside ImageIsle and begin uploading images!
3.Any problems? Please note the server requirements below if you have any issues seeing or running ImageIsle in your web site. Also, be sure to visit our "FAQ's" section inside our web site: http://www.gaintisland.com/

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SERVER SETUP & CONFIGURATION

REQUIREMENTS:
Operating System: Requires Microsoft Windows Server to run(IIs) - Either Windows NT/Windows 2000/Windows 2003
Web Server Requirements: ASP Classic (3.0) and ASP.NET 1.1 must be setup to run on the web server and site
Web Server Requirements (additional): MSXML must be installed on the server (setup by default on almost all IIs server)
Web Server Permissions: IUSR and ASP.NET "read/write" permissions required for all folders

Requirement Details Below:
WINDOWS WEB SERVER REQUIRED: ImageIsle will only run on a Windows Server (Internet Information Services - IIs). Many ISP's support Windows. Please ask your ISP what kind of box or server your web site is on and if it would also run on Windows. Some may even move your site for free! But you must have your site running on a Windows Server. You can also buy hosting or find free hosting and post ImageIsle there as well, if you like.

Even though ImageIsle is built on Active Server Pages(ASP 3.0), which will run on some Linux/Apache boxes, it also needs ASP.NET 1.1 (thumbnail and rotate tools) and MSXML (database processing), so Windows is prefered. It can be run on Windows NT, but make sure your server supports the right version of VBScript and MSXML, both of which should be updated if Internet Explorer 5.5 has been installed on the server. It is better if ImageIsle is installed on Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server. It may also run on other Windows servers, like BizTalk, Commerce Server, etc. Check your specific server or ISP and ask them what they support. Again, on Windows, most systems already have ASP, ASP.NET 1.1, and a flavor of MSXML already installed. But if they dont, please ask you ISP or host provider to verify. (The web site does have some troublsehooting script you can run to detect what version of VBScript and MSXML it supports. Its very important that all three are running with the correct permissions on the server before the application will run correctly.

ASP CLASSIC AND ASP.NET 1.1 REQUIRED: As mentioned, you must have ASP (Classic 3.0) AND ASP.NET 1.1 running on your Windows IIs server. In Windows 2000 Server, there are no special setup issues. But on Windows 2003 Server, you have to make sure you have enabled both ASP and ASP.NET 1.1 on the web server in IIs to use them. Most ISP's have both working by default, but some turn off these items for security reasons, when not used. If the site does not appear to run, or generates errors (bottom of the page), have them check that ASP (Classic - 3.0) is enabled. If the thumbnail or rotate areas wont run, or you get a special yellow and white exception screen in your browser when you upload images or rotate in the ImageManager Module, then you need to enable ASP.NET 1.1 on the box in IIs. THere also may be a permission problem (see below) for either ASP.net or the anonymous web guest account (see below).

PERMISSIONS: READ/WRITE ACCESS MUST BE SETUP ON THE WEB SERVER FOR ImageIsle TO RUN! In order for ImageIsle to write to the web server, you must give the IUSR (anonymous) and ASP.NET process identities full read/write/delete/modify permissions on the server. These permission must be set so that they will successfully "propogate" down to the "ImageIsle" folder and all its sub files and folders. If you are using a server someone else hosts for you, do not worry, this is usually done for you and must be done by your ISP. Please request this setup from your ISP provider if you note any problems uploading files or writing thumbnails in the upload area.

If you need to know how this is done on the web server, please read below, for reference:

Just go onto the IIs web server, right click the folder that is the root of your web site, and choose properties. In this dialog box click the security tab, and then advanced button. Make sure both the "IUSR" and "ASP_NET" (NETWORK_SERVICES usually, on Windows 2003 servers) identity accounts are added in the list, and change the permissions for both accounts so that they both have read and write enabled. When you have done that, make sure you click the check box to "Replace permission entries on all child objects..." and click the "Apply" button. This will force inheritance on all child folders and files under your web site root folder and affect the ImageIsle folder and its ASP and ASP.NET file permissions. This makes sure the engines and service accounts that control ASP, ASP.NET and MSXML have access to manipulate files and write them to the server as needed. In general, you can apply IUSR read/write permissions on the ImageIsle folder on down. But the ASP.NET account must have permissions beginning at the web root of the web application. Because ImageIsle does run a limited number of ASP.NET files and processes, it must have those permissions set from the web root and propogated down through the ImageIsle folder itself. (Keep in mind, these permissions apply to physical folders on the actual web server, not virtual folders controlled by IIs).

Note: At this time, we do not use "impersonation" in the .net application pages. This may be setup in the ImageManager MOdule in ImageIsle using the web.config file, if needed. That can be set as well using a text editor. 
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HELP AND SUPPORT

When accessing the web product using your browser, you may find you need a little help understanding what each section of the web product does. If you do, we have built a special help section for each module in the product. Every "Module" accessed via the dropdown menu in the upper left corner of the screen, comes with its own Help system. This includes a single page with details about the module and may be accessed by clicking the "?" icon in the upper right of the module interface. These pages go into detail how each area of the modules works, and will help explain how to use each area, once you get your web product up and running correctly on the server.

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FAQ's

For more detailed information concerning installation, requirements, or troubleshooting, please visit our FAQ section located inside our web site at: www.giantisland.com

Thanks again for purchasing software from Lite Pacific!


UPDATED VERSION INFO - VERSION 1.02
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Note the following Bug Fixes:

1. Updated logos, icons, and urls to point to new web site at giantisland.com
2. This free version comes with five (5) ImageView web pages instead of one.
3. Fixed BMP upload issue by adding additional "x-bmp" MIME support in add/upload page
4. Added AdBrite advertising
5. Updated "GetTheFullVersion" Module copy

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*If you find any bugs in the web product, please alert us via email at: support@giantisland.com

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    Additional:

    In using this software, the user accepts full responsibility
    and liability for the use of this software, including uploading
    and storage of all files using this software. It is the user's
    responsibility to make sure that no copyright or infringements,
    nor illegal file sharing or uploading, nor unlawful use of
    licensed or copyrighted files is enacted or engaged in when using this
    software. The creator and copyright holder of this software is not liable for nor
    responsible, in any way, for infringements of any kind or damages that occur to
    other groups or peoples, from the storing or uploading of files using
    this software. Nor is the creator or copyright holder responsible
    or liable, in any way, for any use of copyrighted material or
    patent infringments related to files uploaded to this system by user
    of this software. All files uploaded, viewed, listened to, downloaded
    used, or stored by this software by the user are the sole responsibility
    and liability of the user(s) of the software. In using this software
    the user and/or developers agree to these terms, requirements and stipulations.


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