modules/copyright/README.txt

Drupal copyright.module README.txt
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This module manages copyrights/licenses for the entire site and optionally 
for any node. Books can automatically display a copyright notice for all 
child nodes.

This version of the copyright module only works on Drupal 6.x.

Installing copyright (first time installation)
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1. Backup your database.

2. Copy the complete 'copyright/' directory into the 'modules/' directory of
   your Drupal site.

3. Enable the module from the module administration page (administer >>
   site building >> modules). The needed tables will be automatically
   created. In addition, a couple of common licenses will be created.

4. Configure the module (see "Configuration" below).

Upgrading copyright (on Drupal 4.7 or later)
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1. Backup your database.

2. Remove the old 'copyright.module' and 'copyright.css' files or old
   'copyright/' directory from the 'modules/' directory of your Drupal site
   (possible after making a backup of it).

3. Copy the complete 'copyright/' directory into the 'modules/' directory of
   your Drupal site.

4. Go to the modules administration page ("administer >> site building >>
   modules") and select to run "update.php". The data from the previous
   version will automatically be converted to the new format if needed.

5. Configure the module (see "Configuration" below) if needed.

Configuration
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1. On the access control administration page ("administer >> user management
   >> access control") you need to assign the "administer copyright"
   permission to the desired user roles that are allowed to create or edit
   copyrights and configure the module.

   Owners of content nodes will be able to select a copyright from the list
   of available copyrights. They don't need the "administer copyright"
   permission for that.

   All users will be able to see the assigned copyrights.

2. On the content type settings page ("administer >> content management >>
   content types") you can for each content type for which the author can
   select a copyright, enable or disable the copyright selection. By default,
   all content types have this disabled.

3. You can find a list of available copyrights on the copyright overview page
   ("administer >> content management >> copyright >> list"). Here you can
   also set the default copyright to use. This copyright will be used on
   every page and for every node, unless set otherwise for nodes.

4. By default, the site copyright block is displayed in the footer. You can
   change this on the block administration page ("administer >> site
   building >> blocks").

5. Each user can set his own default copyright to use on his account edit
   page ("my account >> edit >> license").

Features
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 * You can assign the same license to a set of nodes on the content
   management page ("administer >> content management >> content"). To do
   this, select the nodes for which you want to change the license, select
   the license from the "Update options" and press "Update".

Customizing your theme(s)
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To customize the appearance of the copyright notices you can:

 * edit the 'copyright.css' file to your taste, or

 * implement the copyright theme hooks in your theme.

   The copyright module adds two theme hooks:
    - theme_copyright_footer - displayed as node footer,
    - theme_copyright_block  - for the inner text of the copyright block.

   Use of these hooks is not required. If you don't modify your theme to
   have these hooks, a default layout will be used for copyright notices.
   These hook functions can be customized within themes in the standard
   way. See the "Theme developer's guide" at http://drupal.org/node/509.

Bugs and shortcomings
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* See the list of issues at http://drupal.org/project/issues/copyright.

Credits / Contact
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Original author (version 4.5) of this module is Matt Schwartz (matt at
mattschwartz dot net).

Robrecht Jacques (robrechtj at gmail dot com) provided the port to drupal 4.7
and is the current active maintainer.

Best way to contact the authors is to submit a (support/feature/bug) issue at
the projects issue page at http://drupal.org/project/issues/copyright.

$Id: README.txt,v 1.7.4.4 2007/06/05 07:52:13 robrechtj Exp $

1	Drupal copyright.module README.txt
2	==============================================================================
3
4	This module manages copyrights/licenses for the entire site and optionally
5	for any node. Books can automatically display a copyright notice for all
6	child nodes.
7
8	This version of the copyright module only works on Drupal 6.x.
9
10	Installing copyright (first time installation)
11	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12
13	1. Backup your database.
14
15	2. Copy the complete 'copyright/' directory into the 'modules/' directory of
16	your Drupal site.
17
18	3. Enable the module from the module administration page (administer >>
19	site building >> modules). The needed tables will be automatically
20	created. In addition, a couple of common licenses will be created.
21
22	4. Configure the module (see "Configuration" below).
23
24	Upgrading copyright (on Drupal 4.7 or later)
25	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26
27	1. Backup your database.
28
29	2. Remove the old 'copyright.module' and 'copyright.css' files or old
30	'copyright/' directory from the 'modules/' directory of your Drupal site
31	(possible after making a backup of it).
32
33	3. Copy the complete 'copyright/' directory into the 'modules/' directory of
34	your Drupal site.
35
36	4. Go to the modules administration page ("administer >> site building >>
37	modules") and select to run "update.php". The data from the previous
38	version will automatically be converted to the new format if needed.
39
40	5. Configure the module (see "Configuration" below) if needed.
41
42	Configuration
43	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
44
45	1. On the access control administration page ("administer >> user management
46	>> access control") you need to assign the "administer copyright"
47	permission to the desired user roles that are allowed to create or edit
48	copyrights and configure the module.
49
50	Owners of content nodes will be able to select a copyright from the list
51	of available copyrights. They don't need the "administer copyright"
52	permission for that.
53
54	All users will be able to see the assigned copyrights.
55
56	2. On the content type settings page ("administer >> content management >>
57	content types") you can for each content type for which the author can
58	select a copyright, enable or disable the copyright selection. By default,
59	all content types have this disabled.
60
61	3. You can find a list of available copyrights on the copyright overview page
62	("administer >> content management >> copyright >> list"). Here you can
63	also set the default copyright to use. This copyright will be used on
64	every page and for every node, unless set otherwise for nodes.
65
66	4. By default, the site copyright block is displayed in the footer. You can
67	change this on the block administration page ("administer >> site
68	building >> blocks").
69
70	5. Each user can set his own default copyright to use on his account edit
71	page ("my account >> edit >> license").
72
73	Features
74	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
75
76	* You can assign the same license to a set of nodes on the content
77	management page ("administer >> content management >> content"). To do
78	this, select the nodes for which you want to change the license, select
79	the license from the "Update options" and press "Update".
80
81	Customizing your theme(s)
82	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
83
84	To customize the appearance of the copyright notices you can:
85
86	* edit the 'copyright.css' file to your taste, or
87
88	* implement the copyright theme hooks in your theme.
89
90	The copyright module adds two theme hooks:
91	- theme_copyright_footer - displayed as node footer,
92	- theme_copyright_block - for the inner text of the copyright block.
93
94	Use of these hooks is not required. If you don't modify your theme to
95	have these hooks, a default layout will be used for copyright notices.
96	These hook functions can be customized within themes in the standard
97	way. See the "Theme developer's guide" at http://drupal.org/node/509.
98
99	Bugs and shortcomings
100	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
101
102	* See the list of issues at http://drupal.org/project/issues/copyright.
103
104	Credits / Contact
105	------------------------------------------------------------------------------
106
107	Original author (version 4.5) of this module is Matt Schwartz (matt at
108	mattschwartz dot net).
109
110	Robrecht Jacques (robrechtj at gmail dot com) provided the port to drupal 4.7
111	and is the current active maintainer.
112
113	Best way to contact the authors is to submit a (support/feature/bug) issue at
114	the projects issue page at http://drupal.org/project/issues/copyright.
115
116	$Id: README.txt,v 1.7.4.4 2007/06/05 07:52:13 robrechtj Exp $
117