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Joomla Vehicle Manager Free, version 6.x, for Joomla 3.9.x - Joomla 5.x and PHP7-8
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CONTENTS
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01. Introduction
02. System Requirements
03. License
04. Installation
05. UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS TO Pro WITHOUT LOST DATA
06. Getting started
07. Support
08. Addons
09. Languages
10. Other components/plugins
11. Customisation
12. Keeping up-to-date



01. INTRODUCTION
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The Joomla Vehicles Free component for Joomla allows you to manage and maintain
a vehicles with ease on a Joomla-based website.

Because Jooma Vehicles incorporates Lend-Return management and user contributed
Vehicle Review options, it is excellent for Vehicle shop management.
It can be used to set up and manage shops, vehicle rentals, vehicle ehtusiast
sites, brand sites, etc.

The Pro version of Joomla Vehicles has a lot of added functionality compared to
the Free version. For full details on the different options visit
http://www.joomlawebserver.com.

Version    : 6.x Free
Maintainers: Andrey Kvasnevskiy
Homepage   : http://www.ordasoft.com



02. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Vehicles Manager is a Joomla component. It needs a functioning Joomla 
installation. Joomla Vehicles needs PHP 5-8 with CURL, XSL and GD extensions
to function properly.

PLEASE CHECK BEFORE INSTALLING Vehicle Manage:
In order for csv export to work, you need to compile PHP5 with support for the
XSL extension!
In order for CAPTCHA images (Guest User anti-spam for reviews)
to work, you need to compile PHP5 with the GD extension!

CHECK YOUR PHP INSTALLATION FOR PROPER EXTENSIONS:
First please make sure PHP has the above extensions enabled!
- If you run your own web server, please recompile PHP with support for XSL,
  CURL and GD.
- If your website is with a hosting provider, check with them for the inclusion
  of these PHP extensions.
Vehicle Manager needs these PHP extensions to install and function correctly!

INSTALLER CHECK FOR PHP EXTENSIONS:
The Vehicle Manager installer will check for the availability of these PHP extensions
and issue a warning if they are missing. If you get such a warning, just uninstall
Vehicle Manager, fix the PHP extensions first, and then reinstall Vehicle Manager.

PLEASE NOTE:
Even though we can do checks for the proper PHP extensions inside the Vehicle Manager
installer package, we have no way to roll back the installation once started, not
even when a check fails. So installation will continue, even if a PHP extension is
not present. This is unfortunately a limitation of the Joomla installer!



03. LICENSE
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Joomla Vehicles Pro is released as a commercial component.
Check the included LICENSE.txt file for license details.
There will also a Free version available (with limited functionality), released
under the GNU/GPL.
All rights to this product have ordasoft.com and Andrey Kvasnevskiy



04. INSTALLATION
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Joomla Vehicles is installed easily with the standard Joomla component installer.
For additional information on how to set up and configure Vehicle Manager to
suit your needs, please consult the [Vehicle Manager Manuals] section on the website.



05. UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS TO Pro WITHOUT LOST DATA
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Full save so files and folders:

{yours site}/administrator/components/com_vehiclemanager
{yours site}/components/com_vehiclemanager

Please do full dataBase backup.

If you have Pro version, Then go to [Admin] [Components] [Vehicles] [import/export] and and Please do full XML export.

At first please check upgrade/update process at the test website!

Please install new component and modules without remove old.

When component is updated, the update may  overwrites the Component configuration, please check component configuration.

If you have custom changes of component or site, you can lose your changes.

Please, in that case do not make update.

Together with component you need update modules.

Please careful, for some modules me changed XML file name, so new module will not update old. 
You need Publish new module in same position as old and copy all settings from old module to new. (advance settings also)
After new module will look like old, you may uninstall old module
At first please check Upgrade process at test site



06. GETTING STARTED
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The [Vehicle Manager Manuals] section on the website has many articles
with instructions on Vehicle Manage setup and use.



07. SUPPORT
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The OrdaSoft site has a [Support Forums] section for support to the
Vehicle Manager component, modules and plugins. There is a special forum section
dedicated to registered Vehicle Manager Pro users.



08. ADDONS (MODULES, PLUGINS)
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Modules and plugins (mambots) are constantly being developed for use with
Joomla Vehicles. You can download them from the download sections on the website.



09. LANGUAGES
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Vehicle Manager Pro comes with languages files included.
The Vehicle Manager interface will automatically pick up the frontend or backend
language set in your Joomla configuration. 

You can add non-included languages to Vehicle Manager by creating your own
translations.
Copy english.php from the directory /components/com_vehiclemanager/language/,
rename it to your language and then create the translation. Next add the
language selectors to the code and upload the translation to your Vehicle Manage.
You can find full instructions on creating translations and adding languages
on the website.
Remember that Joomla needs files saved as UTF-8, so do NOT use Notepad or
Wordpad (they are not UTF-8 capable)!



10. OTHER COMPONENTS/PLUGINS
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Add-ons for interaction with other components are also available developed
(SEF, Sitemap). Community Builder and full JoomFish integration will be
developed later.



11. CUSTOMISATION
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If you need a new specific feature added to Vehicle Manager Pro for your own
installation, you can order a custom development.
Just contact sales@ordasoft.com describing the details of your requirements.
We will then investigate your request and send you a price quote for this
development. When you pay for a customisation for Vehicle Manager, you will receive
the next version of Vehicle Manager Pro with your feature included.



12. KEEPING UP-TO-DATE
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Please check http://www.ordasoft.com for news, details and contact
information regarding Joomla Vehicles. In time there will also be a Vehicle Manager
Newsletter to which you can subscribe (news, developments, etc.).
