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<h1>PRADO Framework for PHP 5 </h1>
<p>Version 3.0.5, October 8, 2006<br>
Copyright&copy; 2004-2006 by <a href="http://www.pradosoft.com/">PradoSoft</a><br>
All Rights Reserved.
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<p>PRADO is a component-based  and event-driven framework for Web application
  development in PHP 5. </p>
<p>Components following the PRADO protocol are highly configurable and reusable.
  Properties defining the basic features of a component can be configured in specifications,
  templates or code. New components can be developed by either inheriting an existing
  component class or composing several components together. The work of using
  a component amounts to placing the component tag on the page template, configuring
  component properties, and writing handler functions to respond to component
  events.</p>
<p>PRADO shares many similarities with ASP.NET and other RAD tools for Windows
  GUI development, such as Borland Delphi. In particular, it supports event-driven
  programming, viewstate maintenance, javascript, template, form validations, theme/skin,
  etc.</p>

<h2>Requirements</h2>
<p>
The sole requirement for PRADO is PHP 5.1.0 or higher.
Please run <a href="requirements/index.php">requirement checker</a> to obtain
more detailed requirement information.
</p>
<p>
PRADO has been tested with Apache 2.0 on both Windows XP and RedHat Linux.
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<h2>Installation</h2>
<p>
After downloading the latest PRADO release file, unpack it to a Web-accessible directory.
The installation is done! You will see the following subdirectories,
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<ul>
  <li>framework - contains the core code of PRADO. This directory does NOT need
  to reside in a Web directory.</li>
  <li>demos - contains several demo applications.</li>
  <li>docs - contains tutorials and documentation.</li>
  <li>editors - contains editor support for PRADO.</li>
  <li>requirements - contains a requirement checker script that can check if your
  system can run PRADO applications.</li>
</ul>

<h2>Included Demos</h2>
<ul>
  <li><a href="demos/helloworld/index.php">Hello World</a></li>
  <li><a href="demos/quickstart/index.php">Prado QuickStart Tutorial</a> (contains many small demos)</li>
  <li><a href="demos/blog/index.php">Prado Weblog</a> (requires sqlite extension)
  <li><a href="demos/composer/index.php">Prado Component Writer</a></li>
  <li><a href="demos/peronsal/index.php">Personal Website</a> (incomplete)</li>
</ul>

<h2>Editor Support</h2>
<p>
A Macromedia Dreamweaver extension can be found under <b>editors/Dreamweaver</b>.
This extension contains a tag library that enables Dreamweaver to auto-complete 
PRADO component tags when you use it to edit PRADO templates.
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="docs/manual/index.html">API documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="docs/quickstart.pdf">Quickstart tutorial (PDF)</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Credits</h2>

<h3>Prado v3 Developer Team</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:qiang.xue@gmail.com">Qiang Xue</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:weizhuo@gmail.com">Xiang Wei Zhuo</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:jrags@jasrags.net">Jason Ragsdale</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:alex@linium.net">Alex Flint</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:nyeholt@optushome.com.au">Marcus Nyeholt</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:luftyluft@gmail.com">Brian Luft</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:carl@decart.no">Carl Mathisen</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:compte_messagerie@hotmail.com">Alban Hanry</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:knut.urdalen@gmail.com">Knut Urdalen</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Prado v2 Maintenance Team</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:rodolfo@equinoxe.g-networks.net">Rodolfo Gonzales</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:wkonkel@gmail.com">Warren Konkel</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:jnavratil@houston.rr.com">John Navratil</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Past Team Members</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="mailto:j.todd.patrick@gmail.com">Todd Patrick</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:pimvanderzwet@gmail.com">Pim van der Zwet</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:tim.evans@gmail.com">Tim Evans</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:johnteag@gmail.com">John Teague</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Special Credits To</h3>
<ul>
<li>Stever for providing an Apple G3 notebook for testing safari browser issues.</li>
<li>Stanislav Yordanov - the script of generating Dreameweaver extension for PRADO</li>
<li>All PRADO users - great suggestions, feedback and support</li>
<li>ASP.NET 2.0 for its great inspiration and reference</li>
<li>All <a href="framework/3rdParty/readme.html">third-party work</a> used in PRADO</li>
</ul>


<h2>License</h2>
<p>
The PRADO framework and the included demos are freeware. They are released under 
the terms of the following BSD License.
</p>
<p>
Copyright 2004-2006 by The PRADO Group (http://www.pradosoft.com)<br/>
All rights reserved.
</p>
<p>
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, 
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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<ul>
<li>Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this 
list of conditions and the following disclaimer. </li>
<li>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or 
other materials provided with the distribution.</li>
<li>Neither the name of the PRADO Group nor the names of its contributors may be 
used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific 
prior written permission.</li>
</ul>
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND 
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, 
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