Many will. But please review the requirements and confirm these with your
hosting provider prior to installation.
+Before you begin: Choose a domain name or subdomain name for your server.
+Put some thought into this - because changing it is currently not-supported.
+Things will break, and some of your friends may have difficulty communicating
+with you. We plan to address this limitation in a future release.
+
1. Requirements
- Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a
encryption support
- PHP *command line* access with register_argc_argv set to true in the
php.ini file
- - curl, gd, mysql, and openssl extensions
+ - curl, gd, mysql, mbstring, and openssl extensions
- some form of email server or email gateway such that PHP mail() works
- mcrypt (optional; used for end-to-end message encryption)
- Mysql 5.x
- ability to schedule jobs with cron (Linux/Mac) or Scheduled Tasks
-(Windows) [Note: other options are presented in Section 7 of this document]
+(Windows) [Note: other options are presented in Section 8 of this document]
- Installation into a top-level domain or sub-domain (without a
directory/path component in the URL) is preferred. Directory paths will
3. Create an empty database and note the access details (hostname, username,
password, database name).
-4. Visit your website with a web browser and follow the instructions. Please
+
+4. If you know in advance that it will be impossible for the web server to
+write or create files in your web directory, create an empty file called
+.htconfig.php and make it writable by the web server.
+
+5. Visit your website with a web browser and follow the instructions. Please
note any error messages and correct these before continuing.
-5. *If* the automated installation fails for any reason, check the following:
+6. *If* the automated installation fails for any reason, check the following:
- ".htconfig.php" exists
If not, edit htconfig.php and change system settings. Rename
If not, import the contents of "database.sql" with phpmyadmin
or mysql command line
-6. At this point visit your website again, and register your personal account.
+7. At this point visit your website again, and register your personal account.
Registration errors should all be recoverable automatically.
If you get any *critical* failure at this point, it generally indicates the
database was not installed correctly. You might wish to move/rename
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-7. Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the poller once every 5-10
+8. Set up a cron job or scheduled task to run the poller once every 5-10
minutes to pick up the recent "public" postings of your friends. Example:
cd /base/directory; /path/to/php include/poller.php