[Chameleon] Confused Chameleon Starter

[Jamie van Dyke]

Thanks very much to you and Dave for your responses.  I'll give what you
suggest a try Jeff.  At the moment I am using the GMT mapping tools with
custom scripts I've written to achieve similar.  A few weeks isn't going
to hurt so much I think. :-/

Once again, much appreciated.
Jamie van Dyke

On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 19:04, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> 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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