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Ad Eagle Suite comes in a .zip file. Please unzip it keeping directory structure intact, and then follow the instructions below.

In the first directory you will find a directory containing the ad-eagle directory. This whole directory has to be uploaded to your cgi-bin in ASCII mode. The file permissions on this directory should be drwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755 on Unix machines).

In the ad-eagle directory you will see the following files. Open them in a text editor such as Notepad (not Word of some other program that will convert the files into a binary format) and first make sure the first line in each script is the correct path to perl on your system. Examples:
#!/usr/bin/perl  or #!/usr/bin/local/perl on most *nix machines.
#!/perl on most Windows servers.

Next, set the file permissions on the files like so:
ads.cgi                  -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
go.cgi                   -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
remote.cgi             -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
jump.cgi                -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
include_ads.cgi      -rw-r--r--  (chmod 0644) * This file is no longer needed but is still used by some.
client_admin.cgi     -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)

Now set the permissions on the directories in the ad-eagle directory.
RTNS                   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)
SESSIONS            drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)
admin                  drwxr-xr-x   (chmod 0755)
lib                       drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)

Next we go into the admin directory. There are three .cgi files there and you need to set their permissions like so:
admin.cgi             -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
clients.cgi            -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
edit.cgi               -rwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
Make sure the path to perl is correct in these files.

Now the directories in the admin directory:
html                    drwxr-xr-x (chmod 0755)
queue                 drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)
sysdata              drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)
tmp                   drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)

Next we will go into the /admin/queue directory and set the permissions on the files inside it:
QUE.LCK             -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
QUEUE.BAK         -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
queue.list           -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)

Next we visit the /admin/sysdata directory:
admin_data.txt    -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
admins.list          -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
customers.txt     -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
cc.txt               -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
passwd.pwd       -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
rotations.txt       -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
sales.pwd          -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
sys.dat             -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)

There are also two lower directories in the sysdata directory:
backups           drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)         
sessions           drwxrwxrwx (chmod 0777)

Now for the /admin/tmp directory:
ADMIN.LCK       -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
admin_list.lck    -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
sessions.lck      -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)

Now we have to go back to the /ad-eagle/lib directory:
AdEagle.pm          -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
AdEagle.pm.bak    -rw-rw-rw- (chmod 0666)
AdEagleAdmin.pm  -rw-r--r-- (chmod 0644)

That is it for the file permissions. Now there is just a few configurations to take care of, and you will be ready to log in and start setting up.
First the /ad-eagle/lib/AdEagle.pm file. This is the file that contains all of your configurations, so be careful with them or your system will not work.

default => "main",

This is the global default rotation. Set this as you wish, but remember that you will have to create this rotation from the admin area once the program is up and running. This rotation will always have to have at least one ad in it. So if you were to change it to "default" it would look like so in the AdEagle.pm file:
default => "default",

bounce_url => "http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/ad-eagle/index.htm",

This would normally be the full url to whatever page you use to allow your advertising clients to log in. Default value as per these instructions would be:
bounce_url => "http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/ad-eagle/index.htm",

Failed login attempts will be redirected to that page, so it is best to set it up as your clients login page.

jump_url => "http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/cgi-bin/ad-eagle/go.cgi",
This is the full URL to the go.cgi script. It should read:
jump_url => "http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/cgi-bin/ad-eagle/go.cgi",

root_dir => "/full/system/path/to/cgi-bin/ad-eagle",
This is the full system path to the ad-eagle directory, without a trailing slash.

mailer => "sendmail",
sendmail or SMTP, which ever you wish to use.

location_of_sendmail => '/usr/sbin/sendmail',

The location of sendmail on your system, or the address of your SMTP server if you are using that instead. SMTP would look something like so:
location_of_sendmail => 'mail.yourisp.com',

domain => "veinotte.com",

Your full domain name.

admin_address => 'YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS,

The email address you want reports to go to, and also used as the from address when you email clients from within the admin area.

billing_subject => "Veinotte.com - Advertising Notice",

This is the subject of emails that you send out from your administation area. When you email a client from within the interface, their stats are included in the email as well.

upload_root => "/full/system/path/to/your/htdocs/ad-eagle",

If you want to upload images from the admin area, you must set this to the directory where you want the images to be uploaded to. This directory must be writable. This is the full system path, NOT the url.

The rest of the items can wait until you log into the admin and set up. This one:
customers_stats_area => "http://URL/TO/ad-eagle/index.htm", should be set to the same url as the bounce_url above.

Again, make sure that you upload the files in ASCII mode. Now you should be ready to login to the admin area and begin setting up. Your username and password are:
Username:    sitemaps
Password:    temp

Your admin area is: 
http://YOURDOMAIN.com/cgi-bin/ad-eagle/admin/admin.cgi

The first thing you will want to do is change your username and password. Then, see the Users Guide on setting up the rest of your system.

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