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AV ARCADE PRO 5.3.2
9th January 2011
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Thanks for purchasing AV Arcade Pro. If you get stuck installing you can get help and support on our forums: forum.avscripts.net

A. NEW INSTALL
B. UPGRADING FROM 5.3 TO 5.3.2
C. UPGRADING FROM 5.2 TO 5.3
D. UPGRADING FROM 5.1 TO 5.3
E. UPGRADING FROM 5.0/5.0.1 TO 5.3
F. UPGRADING FROM AV ARCADE FREE v4

UPGRADING TEMPLATES FROM 5.0/5.1 to 5.2+ COMPATIBILITY

If you edited a default template with new colors or images you should upload all the template files from this archive apart from the images folder and style.css. Then check the 'updated styles' folder for new.css file.Open and copy the contents of new.css to your template's style.css file.

If your templates are more complex with html changes you should consider uploading the new template files and modding your changes back into them. Or upgrade your template to support the new features.

A. NEW INSTALL

1. Upload all the files contained within the upload folder
1b. If you are using a windows based server chmod the following folders to 777
	games
	games/images
	uploads/avatars
	admin/tmp
2. Edit config.php and enter your database details
3. Go to yoursite.com/install and follow the instructions

B. UPGRADING FROM 5.3 TO 5.3.2

Upload the files shown in updated-files.rtf

C. UPGRADING FROM 5.2 TO 5.3

1. Upload the admin,  includes and install folders to your site and the files index.php, register.php, rss.php and .htaccess
2. Go to yoursite.com/install and follow the instructions

D. UPGRADING FROM 5.1+ TO 5.3

* Note: Old templates wont support the new features and mods will have to be reinstalled *

0. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE. Just to be safe.
1. Upload all files apart from the 'games' and 'uploads' folders
2. Edit config.php with your database info (old config.php will not work)
3. Go to yoursite.com/install and follow the instructions

E. UPGRADING FROM 5.0/5.0.1 TO 5.3

* Note: Old templates wont support the new features and mods will have to be reinstalled *

0. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE. Just to be safe.
1. Upload all files apart from the 'games' and 'uploads' folders
2. Edit config.php with your database info (old config.php will not work)
3. Go to yoursite.com/install and click "If you need to upgrade from 5.0.X to 5.1.X first, click here"
4. Go to yoursite.com/install and click "Upgrade from v5.1+"

F. UPGRADING FROM AV ARCADE FREE v4

Old templates and mods from AV Arcade v4 do not work with this version of AV Arcade.

1. Backup your database just in case something goes wrong
2. Move or delete all the old AV Arcade files apart from your games folder (back-up anything you want to keep)
3. Upload all the files contained within the upload folder
3b. If you are using a windows based server chmod the following folders to 777
	games
	games/images
	uploads/avatars
	admin/tmp
4. Edit config.php with your database information (you must upload the new config.php, you cannot use the old one)
5. Go to yoursite.com/install and select 'upgrade'
6. Delete the install directory

TERMS OF USE:
You may not distribute any files from AV Arcade in any form
You may not distribute any AV Arcade code anywhere apart from forum.avscripts.net
You may only remove copyrights if you have purchased copyright removal
You may only install the script on 1 site per license (local copies are exempt from this) 
AV Arcade is offered without warranty and AV Scripts holds no liability for damage caused by this software

AV Arcade Pro is not free software and a license must be purchased to use it. Don't run your site on an unlicensed and illegal basis when you can be legit for just a small payment.