Brew Competition Online Entry & Management Developed by Geoff Humphrey - zkdigital.com With contributions by Mark Alston, Bruce Buerger, Oskar Stephens and Luis Balbinot Release 1.3.0.4 December, 2013 This software is free, open source, and is covered under the General Public License (GPL) from the Open Source Initiative. Therefore, you are permitted to download the full source code of the software for your own use and customize it for your own purposes (http://help.brewcompetition.com/files/license.html). http://www.brewcompetition.com http://help.brewcompetition.com Direct inquiries to prost@brewcompetition.com

Please read this entire document before attempting to install or use the application.

• This software utilizes PHP 5.3+ and MySQL 5+ to process and store data.
• Your web server needs both of these installed and ready for use.
• Contact your web host if you have any questions.
• To install on a local machine, we HIGHLY suggest you download and install XAMPP - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html - a free Apache web server package that includes both PHP and MySQL. -- Mac: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html -- Windows: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html -- Linux: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

Help

Online documentation and help is available at http://help.brewcompetition.com

Hosting

If you are unable to set up your installation, hosting may be an option for you.

Go to http://www.brewcompetition.com and click "Hosting" for more information.

About

The Brew Competition Online Entry and Management (BCOE&M) system is an online application to assist homebrew competition hosts (of the beer variety) to collect, store, and manage their competition entry and scoring data.

The biggest challenges of organizing a homebrewing competition is knowing who has entered what and how many, organizing judging efficiently, and reporting the results of the competition in a timely manner. BCOE&M provides a single online interface to collect entry and participant data, organize judging tables and assignments, collect scores, and report the results.

BCOE&M is free and open-source.

Changes in This Version

This is a bugfix release. Addresses Google Code Issue 330, Issue 332, Issue 333, Issue 334, Issue 335, Issue 336, Issue 337, Issue 338, Issue 339, Issue 340, and Issue 342 as well as other minor unreported issues.

For those experiencing any issues related to initial browser-based setup of BCOE&M, the bcoem_baseline_1.3.0.X.sql document is available in the package. It contains the necessary database structure and dummy data for a new installation that can be installed manually via phpMyAdmin or shell access. Be sure to follow the directions in the document before use.