[Chameleon] Confused Chameleon Starter

[Jeff McKenna]

Jamie,

I feel your pain.  We are now on a big push to clean up the 
documentation for the upcoming v1.99 and 2.0 releases.  Until then this 
email list and its archives will be your best resource.

You are correct that with local data Chameleon 1.1 is your best bet.  At 
this point there is really no documentation for the installation and 
configuration of Chameleon 1.1, but this will change soon.  For now I 
would download the latest Chameleon version (alpha6) and modify the 
chameleon config file (/chameleon/config/config.xml).  You probably have 
to rename this file from config.xml-dist.  If you have trouble with 
these parameters send a message to this list and someone should be able 
to help.

The next step would be to try the chameleon sample app with your 
chameleon install, and u can find the sample app on the chameleon 
download page (this sample app will also be changing for the releases). 
  Modify the index.phtml file in /chameleon_sample/htdocs/:

- change the include on line 9 to point to your chameleon.php file of 
your installation
- change $szMapFile to point to the mapfile in /chameleon_sample/map

Now load the index.phtml file in your browser, you should see a small 
sample app with a few navigation buttons.  You can use this template to 
experiment with other widgets.

hope this helps a little.


jeff



Jamie van Dyke wrote:
> Hi there everyone.
> 
> I'm a new user of the Chameleon scripts, and have been battling away for
> a few days now with no luck.  There is multiple documentations, for
> multiple versions, and the wiki site is extremely hard to navigate. 
> There are documents all over the place that refer to cwc2.php...but I
> don't have one of those.
> 
> So what I am looking for, is the definative guide to Chameleon.  I've
> tried both versions, but still don't really know the difference.  All my
> data is local, and from what I've read I should use version 1.1.
> 
> Are there any suggestions to help clear up my confusion, basically, I
> need to stop running into documents on different versions, which don't
> state the version and hence I read it all and find out after
> experimenting, that it is in fact wrong.
> 
> Thanks.
> Jamie
> 



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Jeff McKenna
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DM Solutions Group Inc.
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