====== New Rotation Step By Step ======

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.

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.

Extended versions add user registration, favorites, voting, comments, and more—all built into SmartCJ. For now, we'll focus on the basic 4 templates.

The system is extremely flexible. You can create almost any site type with it.

===== Basic Concepts =====

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.