Welcome to Invision Power File Manager!

Welcome to Invision Power File Manager a simple to use File Management solution written in the popular PHP scripting language.

This guide will help you through the installation process and get you on your way to setting up your own File Manager.
Installation is very straight forward, only taking about 10 minutes from uploading the files to logging into your control panel.

You will need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client, if you do not have one you can download Smart FTP for Windows or InterArchy for Macintosh. At the time of writing both websites have freeware or free trial versions available for download.
You do not need an indepth knowledge of PHP programming to install Invision Power File Manager, but a working knowledge of FTP functions is a plus.

This guide assumes that you have successfully downloaded the latest release from Invision Power and have the Zip file "unzipped" and ready to go.
The instructions will term the zip file you downloaded as "the zip archive", the directories created by the unzipping process as "the local folders" and the directories on your website as "install directories" - this is to prevent confusion.

If you do not feel happy doing this yourself you may wish to purchase an installation service for $25

Requirements

Server Requirements
  • A Windows or *nix Server
  • PHP 4.0.4 or above
  • GD (Image Creation) & ZLIB (Compression) modules (optional but recommended for optimal performance)
  • MySQL 3.23 or above (optional)
If you are unsure whether your server has these programs installed, please check with your web host now. If you are capable, you can always download PHP, MySQL and GD and install them yourself.

If your host does not meet these requirements you may wish to consider an IPS Hosting plan.

Invision Power File Manager is verified to work on Apache & IIS, aswell as lesser known server such as OmniHTTPd and Abyss.

General Requirements

You do not need MySQL unless you wish to use the MySQL Manager section, nor do you require the GD or ZLIB modules
You will need about 700Kb of free web space and extra space for the users files
If you are unsure on any of these points, please ask your webhost before proceeding.

Legal Agreement

By installing Invision Power File Manager you agree not to remove, modify or "hide" the copyright notice

You agree not to redistribute the source code in any way, shape or form. You may modify the source code on your local installation only and you may post instructions on the Internet on how to "apply" these changes to the product, but you may not distribute the modified source code

You also agree that neither Invision Power Services Inc nor Stephen Ball will be held responsible for loss of and/or corruption of data due to the use of this product. Furthermore you understand that the software is not for use in safety critical systems (systems where a fault can cause damage to persons or objects, and in extreme cases could result in loss of life)

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