PHP Scripts for Astrology Websites

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1) NEW! Download php_astrology_scripts.zip in order to be able to set up a website like what you can see here: click me. These scripts really replace the below - and there are more of them and the graphics are much improved.

1a) NEW! Download style 2 wheel scripts.zip in order to display a wheel instead of a linear chart. These scripts complement the above and really replace the below - and there are more of them and the graphics are much improved.

2) Download natal_reports_PHP_files.zip in order to be able to set up a website that allows your users to generate and read the interpretation of their natal chart/natal horoscope.

3) Download transits_PHP_files.zip in order to be able to set up a website that allows your users to generate and read their daily transit interpretations.

4) Download right_now_PHP_files.zip in order to be able to set up a website that allows your users to see the planetary positions RIGHT NOW.

How to set up an astrological website using Allen Edwall's PHP scripts and the Swiss Ephemeris

1. First, you must have a web hosting service that provides you with a website that runs Linux and PHP (make sure the PHP GD graphics library is installed AND THAT THE FREE TYPE LIBRARY IS INSTALLED).

2. Take your downloaded .zip file and unzip it in a local directory. Using your FTP program, create the following sub-directory on your website's server:

   * for 1) above, /public_html/astrology_scripts and /public_html/astrology_scripts/sweph and /public_html/astrology_scripts/natal_files and /public_html/astrology_scripts/transit_files

   * for 2) above, /public_html/natal_reports and /public_html/natal_reports/natal_files

   * for 3) above, /public_html/transits and /public_html/natal_reports/transit_files

   * for 4) above, /public_html/Now

3. Upload the unzipped files to your website in the corresponding and respective directories. After that, CHMOD the file called swetest to 755 in the root directory you created (/public_html/astrology_scripts/sweph OR /public_html/natal_reports OR /public_html/transits OR /public_html/Now).

4. To test your website, visit www.yourdomain.com/astrology_scripts OR www.yourdomain.com/natal_reports OR www.yourdomain.com/transits OR www.yourdomain.com/Now

5. If you get 0.0 degrees for all planets, then either you did not CHMOD swetest to 755 or your webserver is not allowing you to execute the file called swetest. If the latter, you will have to ask your web host why swetest cannot run properly.

Click here to see what the NOW page looks like (old-style graphics)

Click here to see what the NOW page looks like (linear chart)