Mortgage Calculators Technical FAQ

Installation

• What are the system requirements?
• How can I install your scripts on my server?

PDF-related

• May I change header and footer information in the PDF file?
• I want to generate a PDF file that fits into the different paper size. It is possible?
• How can I change colors in the resulting PDF files?
• Is there any way to change logo in the PDF file being generated?
• What is the specification for logo file?

Colors and Visual Appearance

• Can I change a color schema?
• It is possible to create a different visual theme?

Initial values

• How can I change initial values?
• Are there any limitations on the initial values?

What are the system requirements?

System requirements are pretty standard:

• Linux/Windows hosting with any PHP compatible web-server (Apache, for example)
• PHP 4.3.0 or higher

No database or third-party loaders are required.

How can I install your scripts on my server?

Installation process is quite simple. Connect to your server with any FTP client. Create a directory; let's say 'calculators' in a root directory of your web-site and upload scripts there. Next, you need to permit web-server processes to write temporary files to the 'templates_c' directory. If you are running your web-site under Linux, please, run the following shell or FTP command: 'chmod 775 templates_c'. In some cases you will need to run 'chmod 777 templates_c' command.

Also, you need to copy a calc.css into the root of your web-site (you can change css-file location in the templates/default/header.php).

Now, you are ready to test the installation. Simply type http://your-web-site-address.com/calculators/ and play a little with the calculators. If you see no warning or errors - you are done. If you see an error message, please, contact us (include the error message into the message).

Of course, you will need to change default settings like Company Name, Phone etc. You have to open 'install.html' file in your browser and fill all required fields then copy-paste generated content into the corresponding settings files and upload them on your web-site.

May I change header and footer information in the PDF file?

All PDF related settings are located into the 'templates/TEMPLATENAME/PdfSettings.php' file. You have to locate that file and change the following variables:

1. $Title1, $Title2 and $TitleURL - three header/footer strings
2. $URL - this URL being applied to the logo image and to the third string of the header/footer.

I want to generate a PDF file that fits into the different paper size. It is possible?

Available paper sizes are:

• A4
• Letter
• Legal

Other formats are not supported. You may set paper size in the 'templates/TEMPLATENAME/PdfSettings.php' file.

How can I change colors in the resulting PDF files?

All PDF related settings are located into the 'templates/TEMPLATENAME/PdfSettings.php' file. You need to change the following variables:

• $BackgroundColor
• $TextColor

• $TableBackground
• $TableBreakBackground
• $TableTextColor
• $TableBorderColor

• $InputTableHeaderBackground
• $InputTableHeaderTextColor

• $ResultTableHeaderBackground
• $ResultTableHeaderTextColor

• $ScheduleTableHeaderBackground
• $ScheduleTableHeaderTextColor

• $HeaderBackground
• $HeaderTextColor
• $HeaderBorderColor

Color values represented in the hexadecimal format, just like to the color representation in the CSS file. The only difference, that you should NOT include '#' symbol into the variable's values.

Is there any way to change logo in the PDF file being generated?

Yes, of course. You may change logo being inserted into the header and footer of the PDF file at the following location: 'templates/TEMPLATENAME/images/logo.png'. Please, check "What is the specification for logo file?" section for more information.

What is the specification for logo file?

• File format: PNG
• File location 'templates/TEMPLATENAME/images/logo.png'. JPEG, GIF and other image formats are not supported.
• Image resolution: 72 DPI
• Image size: height must be proportional to the number 40, i.e. 40, 80, 120 for better image quality. Width of the image is automatically adjusted, but the reasonable width should be no more than 5-6 times of the height.

Can I change a color schema?

Yes, you can easily change colors of our mortgage calculators by applying different colors to the CSS file, which comes with the calculators pack.

It is possible to create a different visual theme?

Yes, you can create other Smarty templates and use them for your site. There are no limits to the number of templates you may use on your site.

If you are unfamiliar to the Smarty or unsure that you can do template by yourself, you can order a custom template design - just contact us.

How can I change initial values?

You can easily change all initial values like a default home value, default interest rate or default closing cost in the defaults.php file so that you may easily configure initial values for your market, whether you broker loans or sell homes for $100,000 or $10,000,000.

Are there any limitations on the initial values?

Completely no! You can set any initial values you want.