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 ====== New Rotation Step By Step ======
-Basically any site consists of at least 2 pages: index (with list of thumbs or list of categories or both) and X pages with list of thumbs for each category. You can also have galleries created by SmartCJ (Demo [[http://demo.smartcj.com/]]). You can also add use registration, favorites, votes, comments and so on. It's all available but to simplify process right now we will work with basic templates only.
+A modern rotation system that meets current needs.
+This rotation is built on the old system but lets you quickly build multi-niche, multi-content sites. You can also create your own galleries from FHG content or upload content via FTP.
-===== Basics =====
+Most multi-niche sites have 4 core pages: index, category thumb list, content page (video or gallery), and optionally a search page. With SmartCJ, you can launch such a site in 15 minutes.
-Basically there are 2 types of galleries: embedded and external. External - this is regular FHG. Embedded - galleries created by SmartCJ. Script can create custom galleries from sponsor's FHG (download all content from FHG and create new gallery at your domain with your design), from flv files, actually from any content. You can use both types of content at one site (Demo [[http://demo.smartcj.com/]])
+Extended versions add user registration, favorites, voting, comments, and more—all built into SmartCJ. For now, we'll focus on the basic 4 templates.
-===== Setup =====
+The system is extremely flexible. You can create almost any site type with it.
-  * Rotation -> Settings turn it on ( Rotation = On )
+===== Basic Concepts =====
-  * Rotation - Groups : Create groups (categories, niches) for your site, minimum 1, maximum - unlimited.
-  * Copy (!!! copy, not move, do not delete source) to the root of your domain index.php and common.php from scj/cgi
-  * Create .htaccess at the root of your domain (**NOTE** If you use nginx or lighttpd - ask admin to add those rules to config file) and add rewrite rules [[tcms_install|Install]]. Those rewrites are for version 2.X (TCMS)
-  * Settings - CJPages: type PATH (not URL, you need PATH!!!) to scj/tube/index.php (for example /usr/home/user/domain.com/scj/tube/index.php)
-  * Add content [[new_rotation_content]] in Rotation - Import, the process of adding content in maintenance - logs (gallery_grabber.log)
-  * in few minutes you should see content in Rotation - List thumbs
-  * then you should see you site up and running
+There are two main content types for tube CMS:
+**External galleries** - Content from sponsors (like FHG) that lives on their servers. Clicking links external galleries is an external redirect.
+**Embedded galleries** - Content played directly on your site (like any tube site). The video stays on your domain; no external redirects.
+You can use both types. SmartCJ can also convert sponsor content into either format.
+===== Engine Setup =====
+  * Go to Rotation → Settings and enable the rotation engine (Rotation = On)
+  * Go to Rotation - Groups and create site categories. You can create unlimited categories.
+  * Copy index.php from the **scj/cgi** directory to your domain root (along with common.php)
+  * Verify that your rewrite rules are configured (see [[Installation]])
+===== Adding content =====
+All galleries are DYNAMIC—no physical directories or files are created on your server. Gallery links are virtual; the script generates them on the fly. This is convenient because if you change advertising, it updates everywhere automatically without regenerating galleries.
+See [[New Rotation Content]] for details.
+After adding content, your site will have galleries. Next, move to [[New Rotation Templates]] to customize appearance.