Installation
October 22nd, 2008To install BlackBox on a server, you need to complete the following steps:
BlackBox Wordpress Theme
- Install a Wordpress application in a directory on your server. Wordpress instructions
- Move the index.php outside of the blackbox directory, and change it’s require path from “./wp-blog-header.php” to “./{your directory}/wp-blog-header.php”.
- Create “Pretty” permalinks by setting the custom structure to /%postname% and adding a .htaccess file next to the index.php file with the chmod permissions set to 777. Once your permalinks work, change the chmod back to 644.
- Upload the BlackBox directory into the Wordpress’s themes directory, and select it through the Design/Themes section of the Wordpress admin.
Flash 8 / 9
- Develope your Flash file using the BlackBox Class library that matches the Actionscript version needed. The Flash8.fla and Flash9.fla files included in the BlackBox package can be use as a head start in accessing data, creating menus, and image galleries.
- Its good practice to create your content in Wordpress prior to developing your Flash file.