Thank you for purchasing a subscription of SocialAds. Please go through the below documentation to ensure that you can satisfy all the prerequisites of using SocialAds on your site.
Minimum & Recommended Requirements
In order for SocialAds to work well, you need to ensure that your operating environment satisfies a few basic requirements.
Joomla!
SocialAds requires that you have Joomla! installed on the site. We support the following versions of Joomla!
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Joomla 3.X
We recommend that you ensure that you have the latest stable version of the supported Joomla series installed on your site.
PHP Requirements
SocialAds runs on PHP and it requires PHP to exist on the site.
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PHP v5.3.3+ and above.
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GD Library. In order to manipulate images that are uploaded on the site.
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CURL Library.
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Settings |
Minimum |
Recommended |
Reason |
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memory_limit |
64MB |
128MB |
It determines the maximum amount of memory that site can use. |
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upload_max_filesize |
8MB |
128MB |
It determines the size of files that can be uploaded on the site. |
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post_max_size |
8MB |
128MB |
It determines the size of files that can be posted on the site. |
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max_execution_time |
60 |
120 |
It determines the maximum execution time for the site in seconds. |
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magic_quotes_gpc |
Off |
Off |
On Joomla 3 and above, this needs to be explicitly disabled as per Joomla's requirements. |
MySQL Requirements
SocialAds requires a minimum version of MySQL 4.1.3+
Recommended Joomla extensions
SocialAds will work perfectly well without any of the following extensions. However having these installed will greatly enhance the capabilities.
Supported Community Extensions
SocialAds can work well without any Social or community extension on your Joomla site. However having one of the supported extensions that manages user data/communities/social networks on your site will let SocialAds offer features like Demographic and Social Targeting.
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EasySocial
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JomSocial
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Community Builder
Extensions Supporting Ads in Email
With these extensions, you can enhance SocialAds by delivering Ads via email.
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J!MailAlerts
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Invitex
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EMail Beautifier
Extensions for Chat
Using the following extensions, you can allow user and advertiser to chat with each other directly via a Call to action in the ad.
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JBolo
Checking System Requirements
Joomla! provides system administrator's an extremely simple method to check the your system requirements. These options are available through System > System Information.
You can also create a very simple PHP script and include the codes below in your php file.
<?php
// This is a very simple method to load up php's settings.
phpinfo();
?>