🎓 YCSpout Certificate System Setup

1. Creating Directory Structure

ℹ️ Directory already exists: /uploads/certificates/

✅ Directory is writable

2. Testing Certificate Generation

✅ Test certificate created successfully

📄 View test certificate: /uploads/certificates/test_certificate.html

3. API Endpoint Check

🔗 API URL: http://www.ycspout.umwalimu.com/api/student/certificates.php?action=list

✅ API endpoint is working

4. Sample Certificate Creation

✅ Created sample certificate: certificate_YCSP2024000001.html

📄 View: /uploads/certificates/certificate_YCSP2024000001.html

✅ Created sample certificate: certificate_YCSP2024000002.html

📄 View: /uploads/certificates/certificate_YCSP2024000002.html

5. Setup Summary

🎉 Setup Completed Successfully!

Your certificate system is ready to use. You can now:

✅ Generate certificates via the API
✅ View certificates in the browser
✅ Print certificates as PDF

Next Steps:

Test the API using the certificate tester tool
Update your frontend to use the new certificate URLs
Customize the certificate design in the API file
Set up proper authentication (currently using mock data)

Setup completed at: 2025-12-12 10:18:35