Traffic Hurricane Version 1.4

Installation Instructions

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Thank you for downloading Traffic Hurricane.

Traffic Hurricane has the ability to create tens of thousands of highly optimized sub-keyword laser targeted web pages, which will explode your search engine presence and bring thousands of hits to your web site.

The first place to start is our F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions). Here you will find a glossary of important terms and information that you need in order to have a successful Traffic Hurricane installation. It also includes many tips and will answer many of your questions.

Please read these instruction completely through before you begin.

You may install Traffic Hurricane on as many separate domain names as you wish.

If you prefer to have our team of programmers install Traffic Hurricane for you please go to http://TrafficHurricane.com/install. After your first install, our programmers will do future installs for free.

Requirements: UNIX based web server with PHP 4.01 or better, Zlib enabled. There are more specifics on requirements in the F.A.Q.

Traffic Hurricane runs on a web hosting account not on a PC.  If you do not have a web hosting account you will first need a domain name.  We use http://Thetadomain.com for domain names.

You will then need a web hosting account.  For hosting that we know is compatible with Traffic Hurricane we use http://Domain-Webhost.com. Traffic Hurricane users get a month free.

Step 0. - Before you get started.

Before you get started, please take the time to watch our installation video on our web site, this tutorial was created using WS FTP Pro and it will be easier to follow if you are using the same FTP software.

You can view our current installation video at:     http://TrafficHurricane.com/videos.

This video will walk you through the installation process.  If you are very new to this or you prefer to have our team of programmers install Traffic Hurricane for you please go to http://TrafficHurricane.com/install.

If you have any  have any question please click here to visit our resources page.  The area is constantly being updated to answer your most frequently asked questions.  It's located at: http://www.TrafficHurricane.com/resources.htm.

If you come across any word that you don't understand, look it up in our glossary.   The glossary is located at http://www.TrafficHurricane.com/glossary.htm

Step 1.

To install Traffic Hurricane the first step you'll need to take is to unzip the folder you downloaded which contains Traffic Hurricane.

To unzip this folder you'll need a copy of WinZip.  You can download a free trial version copy of WinZip at http://WinZip.com

Once the Traffic Hurricane folder has been unzipped click on the "TrafficHurricane" folder and then click on the second "TrafficHurricane" folder to find the 9 Traffic Hurricane files.  Click on the file called "Installation Instructions".  This will open a web browser window and you must be connected to the internet to display the most the full installation instructions.

The next step is to upload or transfer Traffic Hurricane to your Web hosting account or dedicated server.  How to do this is described in step 2.

Step 2.

To upload Traffic Hurricane to your website you'll need an FTP program such as WS FTP Pro, which you can obtain on a thirty-day trial basis at http://www.ipswitch.com. 

For an easy tutorial on using FTP software, click here.

After trying many FTP software programs we recommend WS FTP Pro as our first choice in FTP software.

If you view our installation videos on our web site, these tutorials were created while using WS FTP Pro and they will make more sense if your using the same FTP software.

Their are others like Cute FTP and Smart FTP that will also work.

You can view our current installation videos at:

http://TrafficHurricane.com/videos

These video's will walk you through the installation process. If you are very new to this or you prefer to have our team of programmers install Traffic Hurricane for you please go to http://TrafficHurricane.com/install

Instructions:

1) Create a Directory on your Web site to install Traffic Hurricane

You will first want to FTP into your web site and create a directory folder to upload the Traffic Hurricane files into.

You can name this directory anything that you wish. 

You may also upload the Traffic Hurricane files into your root directory where the index page of your web site normally resides.  Please note, this is NOT the recommended installation.

Important: If you do upload the Traffic Hurricane files into your root directory you'll want to be sure to rename the index page of the Hurricane page’s you are about to create, otherwise your web sites index page will be overwritten.

2) Upload the Traffic Hurricane files to your Web site.

Now that you have created your directory, using the FTP program, set your location to this new directory.  You will then need to upload all of the files listed below into the directory you created on your web site.

The files to upload are:

• blank.gif

• hurricane.php 

• hurricanerss.php

• picker.html

• picker.js

• pie.php 

All of the above files must be uploaded for Traffic Hurricane to work properly.

3) Change the Access Permissions on the Uploaded Files.

The next step is critical to ensure that the environment is properly created to enable Traffic Hurricane to run without problem.  The process of changing access permissions is called to "Chmod".  This is literally computer talk for CHange MODe, hence Chmod for short.

If you are uncertain about this step, replay the installation video found at http://TrafficHurricane.com/videos.

To change permissions on the needed files, using your mouse, right click on the file located on your web site, with most FTP programs there will be either a Properties command or Permissions/Chmod command that is displayed on the Right Click drop down menu.

Change the permissions for each of the following files as specified:

• hurricane.php  Chmod this file to 755

• hurricanerss.php  Chmod this file to 755

• pie.php  Chmod this file to 777

The access permissions  of the above files must be changed exactly as specified  for Traffic Hurricane to work properly.

4) Change the Access Permissions on the directory containing Traffic Hurricane.

Once all of Traffic Hurricane files specified in 2) above have been placed in the directory you created Chmod the directory folder to 777.  Do not select the option to also Chmod all the files in the folder to 777.

To do this:

Using your FTP program, go up 1 folder or directory.  Right click on the folder that you have created in 1) above.   Then select the Properties or Permissions/Chmod menu option.  Set the permission on this file to 777.  Do not select the option to also Chmod all the files in the folder to 777.

Step 3.

Testing your installation and running Traffic Hurricane for the first time.

In order to run traffic Hurricane for the first time, please open up your internet browser window and point it to:

http://www.YourDomain.com/yourdirectoryname/hurricane.php

(note: replace "YourDomain" like above and "yourdirectoryname" with your actual domain and directory names)

Here you will first be prompted to enter an unlock code.  You will find this unlock code in the unlockcode.txt document that was included with your download.

Once you enter your unlock code you'll be taken to the initial login page.

Your login username and password should have been e-mailed to you immediately after downloading Traffic Hurricane.

If for any reason you did not get a password when you downloaded Traffic Hurricane please submit a support ticket at http://TrafficHurricane.com/support and a new password will be sent to you as soon as possible.

If you see the login page after entering your unlock code and no error’s are displayed then your installation of Traffic Hurricane has been successful.

Step 4.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Traffic Hurricane.  You are ready to get started creating Traffic Hurricane pages.   Please see our Tips and Techniques page and user videos for tips on how to obtain the most successful results using Traffic Hurricane.  At this time, the Traffic Hurricane program itself will guide you through the process of creating Traffic Hurricane page.  You can also follow along be viewing our tutorials at http://TrafficHurricane.com/videos.

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