Installation

October 22nd, 2008

To install BlackBox on a server, you need to complete the following steps:

BlackBox Wordpress Theme

  1. Install a Wordpress application in a directory on your server. Wordpress instructions
  2. 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”.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  1. 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.
  2. Its good practice to create your content in Wordpress prior to developing your Flash file.