Browser installation
We assume that you have already followed the setup instructions before proceeding to the browser installation.
- Open your web browser (see Requirements for a list of supported browsers)
- Go to the URL of the server domain and Drake CMS installation path, i.e. http://www.example.com/drake/
- You will be redirected to the /install/index.php location; if you need to re-install over a previous Drake CMS version, see Reinstallation
- Stage 0 - The page now displayed will say Welcome to Drake CMS
- This page displays the license agreement, the GNU/GPL license, that you have to read and accept
- Click the hyperlink Click here to continue in the bottom right corner
- Stage 1 - This page checks your servers' PHP settings versus the recommended settings
- The Directive column describes the PHP setting being checked
- The Recommended column shows the recomended setting
- The Actual column shows your current PHP setting
- A specific notice will be shown if the recomended setting is not matched; even without any matching PHP setting it is usually possible to install and use (possibly with limitations) Drake CMS
- The second section of the page checks your directory paths
- On the left is a list of directories that must be writeable in order to allow some write-related Drake CMS features (for example, automatic updates)
- List on the right should all say Writeable in green
- If some folders are not writable, you should first try to make them writable
- After verifying your permissions click where it says Click here to continue
- If there were non writable folders and you could not change the permissions, you will not be able to perform online updates and will have to manually create the configuration file (config.php).
- Stage 3 - This page has your main configuration, admin account and database setup; you can change all these settings later through the admin interface
- Website URL: enter the URL of your site here (i.e. http://www.example.com/), be sure to specify the protocol (http://) and the trailing slash '/' if manually entering the URL
- Website title: enter the name of your site here. This information will be used throughout your site to identify it.
- Admin name: you can leave this as the default (Webmaster) or change it to whatever you like.
- Username: this name will be used for the administrator to log in. A high security name is recommended or you may use the default (admin) and change it later.
- Password: this is the password for the admin name you just provided. You may use the random one created for you or change it. A high security password is recommended, one that mixes numbers, upper case, lower case letters and punctuation.
- Important: Make sure to write down the username and password you just supplied to ensure you will be able to log into the site
- Administrator email: this is the email address that notifications and sites forms will be sent to. It will not be disclosed by Drake CMS automatic messages
- The second section of the page allows your database setup; see also Global configuration's database settings
- Database type: From the drop down menu choose the database type you will be using
- Gladius DB needs only a database name (container folder name) and database table prefix
- Database hostname: enter your database host name if different from the default (localhost).
- Database name: enter the database name you were given or create it if needed
- Database tables prefix: you can leave this at its' default setting unless you have a need to change it TODO: explain how prefixes work
- Database username: enter the username that has write access to your database tables; CREATE and DROP commands will be executed during installation and in future installations of components/modules
- Database password: enter the password you were given or created for your account/username
- Verifying your settings and click where it says Click here to continue
- Stage 5 - this stage will finalize the installation
and show the final results
- No interaction is need on your part, sit back and watch it work!
- After it is done running it will report the status of the installation.
- All responses should be green and say Successful TODO: handle error cases!!!
- After verifying installation was successful, you can click on Front Page to see you new site or Admin to log in and start managing your site.