
  BrainFeeder for Coppermine 1.5 and higher
  Version 1.0 Beta release
  written by Hallvard Natvik <hallvard@natvik.com>
  send me a mail telling me how you use it!
  
  This is free software made available to you without any guarantees or obligations
  You can use this sofware anyway you like.
  
Welcome to BrainFeeder for Coppermine 1.5x

BrainFeeder for Coppermine 1.5x is a plugin that lets you configure RSS feeds based on the photos in your
Coppermine 1.5x gallery. You can set up as many feeds as you want, each selecting its own set of pictures based on various
criterias. 

The feeds can be run in either runtime or batch mode. Batch mode generates a XML file that users can subscribe to, 
in order to reduce the load on your Coppermine gallery and database.

Please go to http://www.natvik.com/bfdoc/brainfeeder_doc.html for a further description of the functionality and
user documentation. 

INSTALLATION (SEE BELOW FOR UPGRADING FROM COPPERMINE 1.4)
PHP5 and Coppermine 1.5 are required
Unpack the brainfeeder zip file, and copy the files into your Coppermine site as follows:
The rss.php file goes into your coppermine root directory (same directory as coppermines index.php)
The rss.gif file goes into your coppermine images directory ([coppermine root]/images)
The others go into the ./plugins/brainfeeder directory
Go to the Coppermine plugin manager to install BrainFeeder as a plugin

If you want to run in batch mode, it is recommended that you create a separate directory for storing the XML files, 
for example ./rss When you enter the name of the XML file to be created by BrainFeeder, the path needs to be either relative to 
the coppermine root directory, or absolute from you system root.

Please refer to http://www.natvik.com/bfdoc/brainfeeder_doc.html for further information.

UPGRADING FROM COPPERMINE 1.4
BrainFeeder for Coppermine 1.5 ver 1.0 offers excactly the same functionality as Brainfeeder for Coppermine 1.4 ver 1.1. Both the stored definitions and feed URLs remain the same as for the 1.4 version.
1)  Before upgrading your Coppermine 1.4 to 1.5 you should go to the plugin manager and deinstall BrainFeeder. Your RSS feed definitions
    will NOT be deleted. 
2)  Install Coppermine 1.5 and make sure that it works as expected without BrainFeeder installed
3)  Install the cpg 1.5 version of BrainFeeder as described under "installation" above
4)  The Plugin works without any further configuration.
5)  To create a new feed, or change any existing feeds, click the BrainFeeder config button on the admin menu bar.



CHANGE LOG
1.0 Release candidate
    Upgraded from Coppermine 1.4x