gCards: version 1.44
gCards is a free PHP-based eCard system that is easy to setup and use. gCards simple Administration Console allows the administrator to upload images (JPEGs of GIFs), add eCard categories, and modify existing settings - no more messing with HTML or PHP to get your eCard site up and running!
Installation Procedure 
Quick Tips
The script can be downloaded from here.
The file that you will download is saved in .zip format; this is a compressed bundle containing the files in the distribution. Unzip this archive in a temporary directory on your computer using decompression software.
Open the config.php and change the values to reflect your database connection properties and your gCards options. Please use 127.0.0.1 for the database host address.
Start your FTP software and upload all content to your web server preserving the file structure.
Note: Let's assume you install the contents of the script to /var/www/html/postcard/
Browse to the setup.php file and choose to do a new install - this will create the database tables and create an admin user. If there are errors creating the tables then your database information is probably incorrect - fix it in the config.php and try again.
Create 'sound' directory with your FTP client, then CHMOD the 'images' and 'sound' directories to '777' to allow image/sound uploads and modification.
To change file permissions using your FTP client, select the file by clicking on it once on the remote system side and then right-click on the file to bring up the option menu and select CHMOD.
Delete setup.php so that it cannot be accessed.
Login to the gCards Administration Console with the following information:
user: 'admin'
password: 'admin'.
You can access the login page at http://www.mywebsite.com/postcard/login.php
Click the 'Change Password' link in the upper right to change the admin password.
Add a Category using the 'Category Maintenance' link in the gCards Administration Console.
Add a new Card using the 'Card Maintenance' link in the gCards Administration Console.
Click the link in the bottom right to go to the index page of gCards - you're new Card should show up here!
Congratulations, the installation for gCards is now complete.
Drop Shadows
gCards includes an option (configurable in config.php) to use drop shadows on image thumbnails, full-size images, and cards. Choosing the drop shadow modealso enables a postcard style layout that includes stamp images.
The drop shadow option is simple to use if you use the default background color that ships with gCards. If you're using a custom color then it's a bit more difficult - the drop shadow images include the background color on them, so you'll need to create new images. The script provider provided a template for this and instructions on how to do it in the readme in the dropshadow template directory.
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