Part 1 - Gathering Information
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Part 1 -  Gathering Information
1. Contact your website host for the following
    information.
   
Parameters you will need for scripts are marked in red.
         a. Type of server used determines
FTP upload
              folder application folder will reside.
              1. Linux       
public_html
              2. Windows 
http docs
         
b. Insure that PHP and MySQL extensions are
               available on the server.
          c. Determine
hostname for any MySQL databases
              you create.
          d. Establish
Username and Password that give
               you  (read/write) privileges to your
              database.
2. Contact Google for account and Maps API key
     a. To sign up for account (
popup)
           Logon to:
          
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
          
to fill out and execute the New Account Form
     b.  Sign in to your new Google Account
           Logon to:
          
http://www.google.com and click on Sign in at top
           right of screen to Sign in to Google (
popup)
     c.   To obtain a free Google map API key
            Logon to:
           
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
           
to fill out key generation form. (popup)
            fill in your website url
            and click on Generate API key