From 7feed93a560182d80a5305650b016bc1b2db7542 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Macgirvin Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:28:39 -0700 Subject: added invitation module --- INSTALL | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 35417ed0d..5be33a751 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,26 +1,38 @@ Installation guide -The following notes apply to pre-alpha releases. Some manual installation is required at this time. +The following notes apply to alpha/beta releases. Some manual installation is +required at this time. 1. Requirements - - Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a local .htaccess file - - PHP > 5.1. The later the better. You'll need 5.3 for full openssl encryption support - - PHP command line access with register_argc_argv set to true in the php.ini file + - Apache with mod-rewrite enabled and "Options All" so you can use a +local .htaccess file + - PHP > 5.1. The later the better. You'll need 5.3 for full openssl +encryption support + - PHP *command line* access with register_argc_argv set to true in the +php.ini file - Mysql 5.x + - cron + + [Dreamhost.com offers all of the necessary hosting features at a +reasonable price. If your hosting provider doesn't allow Unix shell access, +you might have trouble getting everything to work.] 2. Edit htconfig.php and change system settings. Rename to .htconfig.php 3. Import database.sql into your database with mysql command line or via phpmyadmin -4. Import updates.sql to catch any late-breaking devel changes +4. Import updates.sql (if it exists) to catch any late-breaking devel changes 5. Put this directory into the root of your web server document area. - To use a subdir of your main site, set the config variable $a->path to the relative subdir - For example to use http://example.com/test - + in .htconfig.php - for example to use http://example.com/test - set $a->path to 'test'. + - Everything will work much better if you can dedicate a domain + or subdomain so that you don't require an extra server path. 6. Navigate to your site with a web browser and register an account. +7. Set up a cron task to run "php include/poller.php http://my.domain.name" once every 5-10 minutes. -- cgit v1.2.3