LICENSE ======= This script is Copyright (C) 2005, Answers 2000 Limited. WARNING: This script is protected by copyright law. This script is exclusive to Answers 2000 Limited: Any distribution or sale by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited. Unauthorized reproduction and distribution of this script, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law. Answers 2000 Limited grants you a non-exclusive royalty-free license to install and use this script on your web site(s), subject to you agreeing to and complying with ALL of the following terms and conditions: 1. You may install the script on your own web site(s) for the sole purpose of running the game and providing access to play the game as a service to your web site visitors. 2. You may NOT distribute the script. You may NOT sell copies of the script. You may NOT sublicense the script. 3. You may NOT modify the hmgame.php file, or prepare derivative works of this file. 4. The game causes a copyright notice with links to web site's owned by Answers 2000 Limited. You may NOT modify this notice. You may NOT remove this notice. 5. You agree NOT to use this script on any web site associated with illegal activities, NOR on any web site that infringes any copyrights or third party rights, NOR on any web site that is promoted by or promotes unsolicited electronic messaging or unsolicited email ("spam"). 6. To the maximum extent permissible under law: this script is provided "AS IS" and without warranties as to performance of, merchantability or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. 7. To the maximum extent permissible under law: you agree to waive any claim against Answers 2000 Limited (or its directors, officers, or employees) relating to this script, its use, or misuse - and you also agree that you use this script at your own risk. 8. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from matters relating to this script or license shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. You agree that any legal action against Answers 2000 Limited (or its directors, officers, or employees) relating to this script or this agreement will be brought in the courts of London, England, however Answers 2000 Limited reserves right to pursue breach of these terms in any jurisdiction. IMPORTANT NOTICE ================ Current version: 1.01 This is version 1.01. In version 1.00 there was a bug which meaned the pictures of a man being hanged did not display properly in some web browsers. INTRODUCTION ============ When you unpack the script, you will it contains the following files: hm1.gif hm2.gif hm3.gif hm4.gif hm5.gif hm6.gif hm7.gif hm8.gif hm9.gif hm10.gif hm11.gif hm12.gif hmconfig.inc.php hmgame.php hmword.inc.php phm_bot.inc.php phm_top.inc.php readme.txt A brief explanation of each of these files follows: * hm1.gif to hm12.gif - These are the pictures of the man being hanged, step-by-step. hm1.gif being the first image (after the first wrong answer), and hm12.gif being the last image (when the man is completely hung). If you wish, you may draw your own pictures of each step and replace the original files with your versions (but use the same file names!) - If you do replace the original pictures, your pictures should be all the same size (width and height). - Specify the width and height of your images by changing the $c_hm_width and $c_hm_height variables in hmconfig.inc.php * hmconfig.inc.php This is the configuration file. - The variable called $c_hm_main specifies the name of the main game file. Initially it is set to hmgame.php, but if you wish to rename hmgame.php (making your game file called something else, you can do so, providing you also set this variable to the same name). - You can specify the width and height of the hangman images by changing the $c_hm_width and $c_hm_height variables. You don't need to do this unless you replace the pictures with pictures of your own. - It also contains ALL the game messages (allowing you to translate the game to another language if you want). * hmgame.php - This is the main game file. You should NOT modify this file. If you want, you may rename this file, but if you do so you must also change the $c_hm_main variable in hmconfig.inc.php * hmword.inc.php - This is the list of words that can be used in the game. Each word is enclosed in quotes ("), and they are separated by commas (no comma after the last word). You can edit this file if you can change the word list, but stick to all CAPITALS and avoid spaces, accented characters, numbres, etc. in the word, or the game may malfunction. make the list of * phm_bot.inc.php and phm_top.inc.php - These files contain the template of the page to display the game in. phm_top.inc.php contains the HTML for the top of the page (above the game area), and phm_bot.inc.php contains the HTML for the bottom of the page (below the game area) * readme.txt - This readme file, that you're reading now! INSTALLATION ============ 1. Unpack the ZIP file 2. Upload all the files to your web server (you can miss out the README.TXT if you want) using an FTP program. 3. Go to http://www.yoursite.com/hmgame.php to try it (replace yoursite.com with your actual domain name). 4. If you want to modify the template for the game page, you can do this by editing the phm_top.inc.php and phm_bot.inc.php files as described earlier, then update these files on your web server. 5. If you want to change the messages in the game, you can modify the hmconfig.inc.php as described earlier, then update this file on your web server. 6. If you want to change the word list in the game, you can modify the hmword.inc.php file as described earlier. 7. If you want to use different pictures in the game, you can replace hm1.gif to hm12.gif with your own pictures as described earlier. 8. If you want your game page to be called something other than hmgame.php, you can do this by renaming hmgame.php to your chosen file name, provided you also modify the $c_hm_main variable in hmconfig.inc.php to match (as described earlier too!). 9. If you break it, when modifying the configuration, and you are not enough of a PHP expert to fix it, I suggest you start-over. For this reason, non-PHP experts are advised to do configuration modifications step-by-step and save a copy of each working step as they go. SUPPORT ======= It's a free script, so basically there isn't any.... 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