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osDate server Requirements
- PHP 4.3.0 or higher
- PHP safe mode must be turned off
- MySQL 4.0 or higher
- Ability to change the permissions of files and folders
- PHP GD or GD2
- Flash 7 Player or higher
- osDate should work in MySQL 3.2.3, but MySQL 4.x is strongly recommended. Also, it may work in safe mode in some cases, but if you have script time-outs during installation, please try disabling PHP safe mode.
a) After you have upload all the files to your website point your domain to the install file.
Ex: www.mydomain.com/install.php or if you have installed osDate in a folder point the url to that folder.
Ex:
www.mydomain.com/some_folder/install.php
You should see the following screen :
b) On the next screen you will have to enter the MySQL details. Click here to learn how to create a database.
c) On Step 3 you will have to enter the admin username and password. Also on the Document Root make sure to enter the correct path for osDate.
If you are installing osDate at http://www.yoursite.com/osDate/ then the Document Root is /osDate/. If osDate will be used for your primary website domain, then use / as the Document Root.
d) On Step 4 you should see at the end the following words "Congratulations!! osDate is now installed. which means that the database was installed successfully.
e) On Step 5 you can bypass the mail settings and osDate will use your server email settings.
f) Step 6 tells you which files and folders permissions must be changed.
After osDate is installed make sure you delete the install_files folder and install.php
IMPORTANT!
On some servers (Godaddy for sure) you will get a blank page after the installation. In order to fix this do the following thing:
On your server go to the myconfigs folder and edit the file config.php
Do a search for define ('DB_CLASS', 'ADODB'); and replace that with define ('DB_CLASS', 'PEAR_DB');
Save the file and osDate should be working now.
2. How to install a template on osDate.
a) Upload the template folder to the Templates folder on osDate.
b) Go to the admin side of your website: www.mydomain.com/admin/
c) From the Tools menu click the Site's Global Settings link.
d) On the right side look for the Site theme / skin option and click the Edit button next ot it.
e) From the drop-down menu choose the template name and click the Save button.