Once purchased, Ban Man Pro™ is emailed as a zip file.  Follow these directions to install and configure Ban Man Pro™.

1. Create a Virtual Directory off of your main web site.  This directory will house the Ban Man Pro™ software so give it a familiar name such as "banmanpro".  For example, if your domain name is http://www.yourdomain.com, you might create a directory called http://www.yourdomain.com/banman
2. Extract Ban Man Pro™ into this directory.  Ban Man Pro™ includes several sub-directories.  These include images, database, zones and help.   You must maintain this directory structure and include the sub-directories.  DO NOT PLACE A COPY OF OUR ZIP FILE ANYWHERE ON YOUR WEB SITE.
3. Set the permissions for the newly created banman directory to allow files to be browsed and allow scripts to be run. Set these same permissions for the zones directory.
4. Register the banmanpro.mdb database on the web server as a system DSN.  Your Web Hosting Provider will most likely need to do this for you.  (Note:   You can connect to the database using the physical path should your web hosting provider not be available immediately to setup the DSN.)
5. Update the dbconnect.asp script to reflect this DSN name.   If you are using the physical path rather than a system DSN, make the appropriate changes as outlined in the following Knowledge Base Article.
6. Because Ban Man Pro™ must write some files using the FileSystemObject, you must make the proper security settings to permit this in the zones directory as described here.  This is only necessary if using SSI mode.
7. You must also make the same security settings changes to the database directory as outlined in this article.
8. Run the application in your browser by accessing http://www.yourdomain.com/banmanpro, set the preferences and change the administrative name and password.  The username and password are currently set to Admin1/Admin1.  DO NOT use "admin" for neither the username nor the password.  This switches the program into demo mode and will not allow you to make changes to the database.
9. Now proceed to the getting started guide available from the Ban Man Pro™ Help menu and be sure to update your preferences to reflect your particular server settings.