FORWARD MODULE - README
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NAME:       Forward
AUTHORS:    Sean Robertson <seanr@ngpsoftware.com>
            Peter Feddo
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DESCRIPTION

Adds a "forward this page" link to each node. This module allows users to
forward a link to a specific node on your site to a friend.  You can customize
the default form field values and even view a running count of the emails sent
so far using the forward module.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Drupal 4.6.0+ or CivicSpace 0.8.2+


INSTALLATION

Step 1)
  Create the 'forward' database table.  If using MySQL, this can be done using
  the included 'forward.mysql' script.  From the command line, enter:

    $ mysql -u<username> -p<password> < forward.mysql

  For example, if your username is 'drupal' and your password 'secret', you
  would type:

    $ mysql -udrupal -psecret < forward.mysql

  If you use a database prefix, be sure to edit the table name in forward.mysql
  before importing it.


Step 2)
  Copy 'forward.module' and 'forward.theme' into your 'modules' directory.


Step 3)
  Enable the forward module.

  Go to "administer >> modules" and put a checkmark in the 'status' column next
  to 'forward'.


Step 4)
  Go to "administer >> settings >> forward" to configure the module.

  Edit 'forward.theme' to change the look and feel of your emails.  You can also
  create different themes for different phptemplate themes with by copying the
  contents of 'forward.theme' into your theme's 'template.php' file and
  prepending the function name with 'phptemplate_'.  Then you can customize the
  function as needed and those changes will only appear went sent by a user using
  that theme.  For more information, see the Drupal handbook:

  http://drupal.org/node/11811


Step 5)
  Enable permissions appropriate to your site.

  The forward module provides two permissions:
   - 'access forward': allow user to forward pages.
   - 'administer forward': allow user to configure forward.

  Note that you need to enable 'access forward' for users who should be able to
  send emails using the forward module.


Step 6)
  Go to "administer >> forward" to view forward usage statistics.


CREDITS & SUPPORT

Special thanks to Jeff Miccolis of developmentseed.org for supplying the
tracking features and various other edits.  Thanks also to Nick White for his
EmailPage module, some code from which was used in this module, as well as the
numerous other users who have submitted issues and patches for forward.

All issues with this module should be reported via the following form:
http://drupal.org/node/add/project_issue/forward

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