MiniMate - An Administration Tool for MiniVend
**********************************************

MiniMate, formerly called MaxiVend, is a web frontend for MiniVend. It has
been written by Mike Heins, also the author of MiniVend. With MiniMate you
can easily: 
     
   * Edit MiniVend databases
   * Upload/Download pages and other files
   * ...

License
*******

MiniMate is distributed under the terms of the GPL (URL:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

Version and Download
********************

The current version of MiniMate is `3.14.0.2'. It is available from this site (URL:
minimate.tar.gz) and from ftp.minivend.com (URL:
ftp://ftp.minivend.com/pub/minimate/minimate.tar.gz) (daily updates).

Installation
************

Unpack the sources and change into the directory `MiniMate-3.14.0.1'. Then
run the `install' script with the installation directory of MiniVend as
parameter:


perl install ~/mvend

The script checks the existence of `minivend.cfg', creates a subdirectory `
lib/MiniMate' in the installation directory and copies the necessary files
into this directory.

Now you need to edit your `minivend.cfg' and add the following line: 


#include lib/MiniMate/minimate.cfg

The administration tool is available after a restart of MiniVend. You can
access it from every catalog. Use the pages `admin/menu.html' (with frames)
resp. `config/menu.html' (without frames). Please note that you are
responsible for protecting the administration tool against access from other
people.

Security
********

The administration tool should only accessible for the shop owner.

Changes
*******


29.June 99
     
     Useless import of `Data::Dumper' removed.

16.June 99
     
     Support for internationalization added.


Credits
*******

Mike Heins for writing MaxiVend in the first place and being a invaluable
resource for tips and bug fixes.

Bob Jordan for reporting the `Data::Dumper' problem.

History
*******


30. June 99
     
     Version 3.14.0.2 released

29. June 99
     
     Version 3.14.0.1 released

