The Great Reading Adventure

The Great Reading Adventure is a robust, open source software designed to manage library reading programs. The GRA is free to use, modify, and share. We hope you like it and will consider becoming a part of the community.

The code is open source, and is available on GitHub.

Note

This documentation is currently very incomplete. If you need help, please don’t hesitate to contact developers and users in The Great Reading Adventure discussions.

This manual is split into several main sections:

• Introduction - What is The Great Reading Adventure? How does it work?

• Installation - installing and configuring The Great Reading Adventure software

• Setup - setting the software up to work with your reading program(s)

• Technical Documentation - technical documentation

Introduction

• Overview
• Planning for initial configuration

Installation

• System requirements
• Requirements checklist
• Create the database
• Configuration
• Install the software
• Upgrading

Setup

• Setting up your administrator account
• Permissions and Roles
• Site settings
• Google Analytics Dimensions
• Adding avatars
• Customizing the look and feel
• Performer Registration
• Email
• Triggers
• Vendor codes

Technical Documentation

• Application Settings
• About the GRA and manual