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		<title>Tomato Cart Detailed Step By Step Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2011/01/25/tomato-cart-detailed-step-by-step-installation-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I have done an installation guide. About more than a year since the last time I did one. If I remember correctly, it was for the XZeroscript Classifieds. However, the best part about the new scripts, they are ever-so-easy to install. And the Tomato Cart is no exception. It is an easy to use, easy to configure and easy to install script, meant for general use. In fact, most scripts nowadays are meant for general use. It would be silly for developers to make it complicated. Anyway, Tomato Cart is a open source PHP based shopping cart e-commerce script. Basically, you can create an functional, money making e-commerce store with this script and it is based on the osCommerce 3 script. Your webhost needs to have PHP 5.2.0+ installed as well as MySQL v4.1.13+ or v5.0.7+ . Well if your webhost doesn&#8217;t support such basic requirements, it is high time you change to another webhost. You will also need to know a little about webhosting and some basic Windows usage. First of all, you will have to go to the Tomato Cart website and download the latest version. At time of writing, the latest stable version is 1.1.3. Save it somewhere you can remember.  I usually just save it on my desktop for easy retrieval. It is a rather big file, around 15.5MB. Note that if you are downloading other versions of Tomato Cart, the size will of course be different. As you can see from the picture above, the file is actually a zip file, which is a compressed archive file. You will need a software to extract out the files. In this case, I am using IZArc as my unzipping utility. I have been using IZArc for years and found no problems with it. You can use any unzipping software you want, even the Windows default software (which is kind of slow if you ask me). Extract out ALL the contents of the zip file. It is important that all the files are extracted out. It could cause a lot of problems if you fail to extract out all the files. I have extracted out the files onto my desktop. You should be able to see the folder of what you have just extracted. You will need to upload the files in this folder to your webserver. But first, let&#8217;s check out what are the files and folders inside. Inside the first folder, you will find another folder called tomatocart. Why? I have no idea. Click into this folder to continue. Ignore the upgrade folder. The folder and the files you are interested in is in the qtunk2 folder. The contents in the qtrunk2 folder, you will have to upload them to your webserver. Yes, these are the files and folders you need to upload. So start your FTP client (software). I am using Filezilla FTP client which i believe to be one of the better ones. Furthermore, it is free, just...]]></description>
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		<title>XZeroscript Classifieds Detailed Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/09/19/xzeroscript-classifieds-detailed-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/09/19/xzeroscript-classifieds-detailed-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yup guys, it is yet another one of those installation guides. I am hoping to create even more such guides to help beginners install scripts without the major headaches associated with script installation. But in all seriousness, nowadays scripts are more user friendly and installation is a breeze for most.  We no longer need to spend hours and hours figuring out how to install complicated scripts anymore. Thank goodness for that. I really hate spending so much time installing stuff. And with a detailed installation guide, beginners will no longer worry about being stuck halfway during installation. Anyway, I just purchased this XZeroscript to use as the base for my latest web venture. No, I won&#8217;t tell you guys what it is yet. But come back in a few weeks time and I will be more than willing to share it with you. XZeroscript is a classifieds script, a script to build something along the lines of Craigslist. Yes, the place where you post and read ads.  This script helps you manage all the ads you have in your classifieds site. From what I read, XZeroscript is supposed to be a very low resource script, making it suitable for high volume classifieds sites and for those (like me) who don&#8217;t have a dedicated server. Furthermore, it is value for money. As compared to other classifieds scripts, this is at the lower range of the spectrum and comes with a impressive array of features. In addition, their support is supposed to be top-notch, unlike most other script developers where you need to pay another huge amount just for support. Okay, enough of the nonsense. It is now time to start the installation guide. First of all, I would assume that the user has some knowledge of Windows commands and usage. In addition, a little knowledge of webhosting is needed. Since XZeroscript requires PHP and MySQL, users should ensure that their webhost supports these. However, most webhost should support these features. If not, time to change your webhosting company. After purchasing the script, you will receive an email attachment. You should save the zipped file somewhere you can remember as you will need to access it. As you can see, I save mine on my desktop.  The latest version at the time of writing is v5.1. After saving the file, it is time to extract the contents out. For this tutorial, I am using IZArc as my unzipping utility. You can use any other software to do the unpacking. You can even use Window&#8217;s own extracting software. The steps should be about the same. As usual refer to your software documentation for help. It is now time to extract the files. Click on Extract to extract out the archived files. Remember where you extract out the files to. You will need to access them. Make sure you extract out ALL the files. There I have extracted them out into a folder on my desktop. Since we will need to do some modifications...]]></description>
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		<title>IceBB Forum Script &#8211; Step By Step Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/09/06/icebb-forum-script-step-by-step-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/09/06/icebb-forum-script-step-by-step-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IceBB is a forum script based on PHP and MySQL. It is meant to be a lightweight, responsive and easy to use open source forum script. Although it might not be as popular as some of the other forum scripts out there, it is gaining popularity. One of its advantages is that this script can scale very well. So if you have an ever increasing number of users, then you should give this script a serious consideration. I have written this step by step installation guide to make it easy for beginners to get started with IceBB. However, this guide still requires users to have some knowledge of Windows and windows commands and ftp and hosting know-how.But for most, this shouldn&#8217;t be a problem. And as with most modern PHP scripts, the installation is actually very straightforward and should not be difficult for most. Furthermore, IceBB has a very active community to turn to for help. Your webhost should support PHP4.3 or above. Okay, we will now start with the guide. Their website where you can download the script is located at http://icebb.net/. You should download the latest version of the script. At time of writing, the latest version was 1.0 rc10. Click on Download Now! to download the IceBB forum script. Save the file to somewhere in your computer. Do note the location where the file has been downloaded as you will need to access the file. It should not take very long to download as the file is pretty small &#8211; about 1.2MB. After downloading the file, you will need to extract the files out. In this example, I am using IZArc. You can use any other unzipping software like UltimateZip or even Windows own extracting utility. It does not matter. You will need to extract out all the files. Make sure you extract ALL the files in the archive. And again, note where you have extracted the files to as you will need to upload those files to your webserver. There, all done. The next step is to upload the files to your webserver. I am using Filezilla as my FTP client (File Transfer Protocol software). Of course, you can use other FTP clients, the steps should remain the same. You should refer to your software documentation for more information. I am using Filezilla as it is very stable and I do not have any problems with it. Once you have started your FTP Client, you will have to browse to the folder where you have extracted the files to. There should be a bunch of files like &#8220;admin&#8221;, &#8220;includes&#8221;, &#8220;install&#8221; and so on. These are the files and folders you will need to upload to your server. Connect to your webhost and if you so wish, create a directory on the server. So for example, if you are planning to have your forum in a subdirectory for example &#8220;http://www.example.com/forum&#8221; then you should create a subdirectory on your server &#8220;forum&#8221; and upload ALL the files to that...]]></description>
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		<title>Piwik Step By Step Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/08/08/piwik-step-by-step-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2009/08/08/piwik-step-by-step-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the installation guide for Piwik v0.4.2. This guide is for beginners who would like to install Piwik on their site and this guide assumes that the user have some basic knowledge of Windows commands as well as some webhosting how-to. For those who worry, well, don&#8217;t worry. The steps detailed here will guide you through the process of installing the Piwik scipt in no time at all. For those who have no idea what Piwik does, it is an open source webstats script. Yes, it gives you (the webmaster) detailed information on the visitors to your website. This is extremely useful for webmasters planning to optimize their site and improve their visitors experience. I believe that a webstat script is one of the most important aspects when it comes to website planning. There are actually quite a number of webstat scripts available out there.But in my opinion, Piwik is one of the better ones. In order to install Piwik, you will need a webhost which supports PHP and MySQL. Most webhost will be able to support these features. If yours don&#8217;t, then change to a better webhost. You should also get the userid and password (and the URL) to access your webhost admin console as you will need to create the database. Some webhost do not have an admin console, so you will have to ask your webhost to create a database and user for you. Anyway, let&#8217;s begin the step by step guide. First of all, you will need to go to www.piwik.org and download the latest version of Piwik. At time of writing, the latest version was 0.4.2. Just click on the red rectangle to download the file. It should come in a zip (archive) package. Download it and save it somewhere you can remember. I saved it on my desktop. Your next step would be to extract the files out. I use IZArc to extract the zip file. You can use any unzipping utility. The steps should be the same. Just remember where you have extracted your files to. After double clicking on the zip file, you will be able to see what is inside the archive. As you can see above, there is a directory and a html file.  Click on extract to extract out the files. Remember the location where you extract the files. You will need them later. Make sure you extract ALL the files out. There, I have extracted the files out. The piwik folder contains all the necessary files to start your installation. This is the folder that has to be uploaded to your server. Start your FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program. Here I am using Filezilla. I have been using this software for years and it is one very solid piece of coding. You can of course use other FTP programs to do your uploading. I believe the steps should be the same. Browse your FTP explorer to the folder which you have just extracted. In this example, I...]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Cart Step By Step Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/09/03/zen-cart-step-by-step-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/09/03/zen-cart-step-by-step-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/09/03/zen-cart-step-by-step-installation-guide/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just what exactly is this Zen Cart thingy?  If you are not running an e-commerce site, you will probably don&#8217;t know. It is actually a shopping cart script which means it is powering your e-commerce site. Let&#8217;s say you are planning to run a website selling shoes and socks and you need something to automate the process of payment, number of items, type of items, shipping charges and so on, you will definitely need a shopping cart script. Doing it manually can be very time consuming and it distracts you from doing your online business properly. So there you have it. The purpose of a shopping cart script. Now that you understand why you need such a script, you will have to choose from one of the hundreds of shopping cart scripts available on the Internet. And yes, I would recommend you Zen Cart. It is a robust and extremely user-friendly script. Even if you have no experience or the willingness to learn a programming language or something complicated, Zen Cart will work for you. No fuss. And hopefully with this tutorial, it will be problem free as well. If you would like to try out Zen Cart, you will need a webhost which supports PHP and MySQL databases. I am fairly certain that most webhosts out there supports them. Well, if they don&#8217;t, you should change to another better webhost. In fact, I have never encountered any webhost that don&#8217;t support PHP or MySQL. So now let&#8217;s begin the tutorial. Please note that this tutorial is for beginners who would like to install Zen Cart on their server for the first time. You will need some basic experience in Windows command and operation as well as some webhosting knowledge. We first start by visiting Zen Cart&#8217;s website and downloading the latest version. At the time of writing, the latest version for Zen Cart was v.1.3.8. You should always download the latest version as it ensures that the script is at least better patched with less bugs. You will be directed to Zen Cart&#8217;s SourceForge site and from there you can download the script. It will usually be in &#8220;zip&#8221; format which is actually a compressed file. So click on the latest version to download it. You will have to remember where you download the file as you will need to extract out the files from that archive. I am using IZArc to extract out the files. You can use any other extracting software to extract the files out. Windows XP and above, they have native support for zip files so it shouldn&#8217;t be a problem. Anyway, if you are using IZArc, open the zip file and then click on Extract. You should remember where you have extracted these files to. You will have to upload these files to your web server. Well, there you go. These are all the files you have just extracted from that zip file you downloaded from Zen Cart&#8217;s website. I have extracted them out...]]></description>
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		<title>Pligg CMS Step By Step Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/30/pligg-cms-step-by-step-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/30/pligg-cms-step-by-step-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/30/pligg-cms-step-by-step-installation-guide/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure that most of you guys know what is social bookmarking (or social networking) right? I mean who doesn&#8217;t know about Digg, Stumbleupon, Friendster, Facebook and so on. These are social networking sites which people from all over the world meet, chat and exchange information. Sites like Digg and Stumbleupon provides an interface for users to come together and share interesting or useful information, news or articles about a particular topic or subject. And now, you can create your very own Digg site! With Pligg! Basically it is a Content Management Script which allows users to &#8220;rate&#8221; or &#8220;vote&#8221; on articles which other users submit. Yes, it sounds so very familiar. Imagine having your own very cool site which everyone gathers to exchange ideas? You will certainly be the coolest kid in your kindergarten.  Na, not really. It is not just for little kids, but adults too can interact with others with the same interest. Do you like meeting others with the same hobbies as you? Well, social networking is the way to go now. Anyways, if you are looking to create such a site, I would highly recommend you Pligg. If your webhost has PHP and MySQL support, then you can host Pligg based sites. And if your webhost doesn&#8217;t support these features, you should change to a better webhost. And I mean it. And for installing Pligg, it&#8217;s pretty easy and straightforward. All you need is a browser, FTP Client (Software) and same basic Windows and webhosting knowledge.I have written this tutorial for beginners and if you follow these steps, you should not go wrong. Your very first step to setting up your Pligg based site is to go to Pligg&#8217;s website. From there click on Download. Scroll down all the way and click on the Attached File. Please note that your version of Pligg might be different from the screenshot shown above. At the time of writing, the latest version of Pligg is the Beta 9.9.5. I would highly recommend you to download the latest version of Pligg as the latest version is usually the most bug free version available. Download the zip file to your computer and remember where you have stored it. After it has finished downloading, you should extract out the files. You can use Windows (WinXP and above) own extraction software to do that. However, in this example, I am using IZArc to extract my files out. The reason why I choose to use IZArc is because I find it very stable and easy to use. Now, remember where you have extracted the files to as you will need to modify some of the file names first. So after you have extracted out ALL the files, you should open up the folder where the files are extracted to. There should be several folders and a whole lot of php files. Look for a file called &#8220;settings.php.default&#8221; in the original folder. You will need to rename it to &#8220;settings.php&#8221;. So right click...]]></description>
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		<title>Step By Step OpenX Installation Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/28/step-by-step-openx-installation-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/28/step-by-step-openx-installation-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpenX was formerly OpenAds which was formerly PhpAdsNew which was formerly probably something else nobody can remember. Not too sure why they changed the name. Probably they were worried that the words &#8220;Open&#8221; and &#8220;Ads&#8221; (as in Advertisements) together project a kind of advertisement system which is open for everyone to see. Definitely not something someone who is interested in advertising on the Internet would want. Plus, OpenX sounds kind of mysterious. Or maybe the domain name &#8220;OpenX.org&#8221; was available? Who knows? Who cares? All that is important is that it is a great script which allows webmasters to effectively and efficiently serve advertisements on websites. Think of it as a advertisement (or banners) management system. To setup OpenX, all you need is a webhost that supports Php and has MySQL database support.  Most webhosts nowadays do have these features. If not, you can definitely do better by changing to another webhost. If I am not wrong, OpenX also supports PostgreSQL. However, this tutorial will not cover it. But the truth is, even setting up the PostgreSQL database is pretty straightforward. In fact, once you follow the following steps to setup OpenX, I am quite confident that you can install any other PHP based script available on the Internet without breaking a sweat. Scripts nowadays have become very user-friendly, which is good as it encourages more webmasters to go and understand more about the programming language. Anyways, before I go off-topic again, I shall now start the tutorial. You will need some basic Webmaster and Windows knowledge to follow the tutorial. This is meant for beginners who have never installed OpenX before. Your first step is to browse to OpenX&#8217;s website and download the latest version of the script. At the time of writing, the latest version was 2.6.0. You should always download the latest version as bugs and errors have to corrected over time by the developers. Download the zipped file and save it somewhere on your computer. Make sure you know where you have downloaded it to. The next step is to extract the files in the zipped file out. You can use a third party software to do that. Or you can use Windows (WinXP and above) own extracting software to do it. I am using IZArc to extract out the files. It is a very stable and pretty user-friendly software to use. Remember where you have extracted the files to. You will need to upload the files to your webserver and thus need to use an FTP Client to upload the files. For that to happen, you have to get the FTP username, password and hostname from your web host. However, there are some webhosts which uses a web-based interface for you to upload files to your server. In that case, you should refer to your webhost for more information on how to do it. I am using Filezilla as my FTP Client. If you are using some other FTP Client, you should refer to the software&#8217;s documentation but...]]></description>
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		<title>Step By Step Installation Guide For osCommerce</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/22/step-by-step-installation-guide-for-oscommerce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/22/step-by-step-installation-guide-for-oscommerce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/22/step-by-step-installation-guide-for-oscommerce/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pretty sure most of you guys have heard of osCommerce. If not, then let me tell you what it is. It is a shopping cart script meant for web owners to setup a e-commerce store, usually to sell stuff online.  And it is one of the most popular shopping cart scripts out there. When I first started experimenting with e-commerce, I used a manual system to get sales. I didn&#8217;t realize that you could get such a power script for free (it&#8217;s open source). And when I started playing with it, I realize that it is indeed very useful for someone thinking to setup a shopping cart on their website. In fact, it acts perfectly as a CMS (though bit limited in functionality) as well. I guess that is why a lot of webmasters are so keen on anything open source. Okay, this tutorial is for beginners to learn how to setup their first online store website using osCommerce. Yes, it&#8217;s the bling bling that matters! All you need is some Windows experience, a little webmaster knowledge and the osCommerce script. You must also have a webhost to host your files and they must support Php and MySQL. These are the two major requirements in order for your script to run. However, I am certain that most of the webhost nowadays will support these two features.  if not, then it is high time for you to change your webhost. I have seen &#8220;free&#8221; webhost offering their users MySQL database support, so there is no reason why your paid webhost is not. And osCommerce is a very easy script to setup and install. In fact, most Php based scripts are getting easier and easier to setup and install. Now, let&#8217;s begin. Goto osCommerce website and under solutions in the menu, click on downloads. Choose the latest version (at the time of writing the latest version is 2.2rc2a) and click on it to download. You should keep a note of where you have downloaded the file to as you will need to extract out the files from the original zipped file. I am using IZArc to extract the files out. You can of course use any other unzipping software to extract the files. The steps should be pretty straightforward. If you are using IZArc, you should open the zipped file you have just downloaded and extract it out. Again, you will need to keep track of where you have extracted the files to. After opening the file and choosing the location you want the files to be extracted to, click on Extract to extract out the files. The files IN the catalog folder are what you will need to upload to your webserver. You do not need to upload the rest of the files to the webserver as they are more for documentation. You will need to get your FTP username, password and hostname from your webhosting company. These are the information you need to access to your FTP server....]]></description>
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		<title>Detailed Guide To Installing PunBB Forum Script</title>
		<link>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/16/detailed-guide-to-installing-punbb-forum-script/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autho-rity.info/2008/08/16/detailed-guide-to-installing-punbb-forum-script/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh&#8230;..PunBB. One of the better open source forum scripts out there. It feels a bit like PhpBB but PunBB is definitely more lightweight and responsive than PhpBB. I am a definite fan of it as I am always keen on scripts that are lightweight. No point having a script that comes with tons of features which nobody uses and is very slow and sluggish. It would be better to create a script that is fast and responsive and if you need additional functionality, add on or modify the script yourself. Don&#8217;t forget to thank the developers of PunBB for making such a nice script. Anyway, installing PunBB onto your server is a very easy thing to do. This tutorial (with pictures!) will show you the steps to get it right the first time. You will need PHP support and MySQL. I believe that PunBB supports PostgreSQL and SQLite, but in this tutorial, we will not cover them. Anyway, most webhost should support MySQL, so unless you have a preference for which database to use, then MySQL should be more than sufficient for our needs. No need to complicate things, right? Okay, we will begin the tutorial now. Your very first step is to download the compressed file from PunBB&#8217;s website.I have downloaded the zip version as this is the most popular achieving format for Windows.In fact, Windows XP itself can handle and extract files from zip files without any problems.  So download the file and save it somewhere you can remember. The latest version at the time of writing is version 1.2.19. I am using IZArc to extract the files from the PunBB zipped file. You can of course use any third party software to do that. Or you can simply use Window&#8217;s own utility to extract the files. It comes with a Wizard to guide you on how to extract your files too. Remember where you extract the files to as you will need to upload those files to the server as well as modify some of the files for PunBB to work. Again, I would like to stress that it is very easy to do, so dont worry. After you have extracted the files, you will need to upload the files to your webserver. Please note that in the newly created PunBB folder which you have extracted the files to, there are two additional folders, one of them is called &#8220;upload&#8220;. The files IN that folder is what you will need to upload to the server. Do no upload the punBB folder and its contents as this will create 2 subdirectories and your URL will change (to punbb-1.2.19\upload)! This is very important! I am using Filezilla as my FTP Client. If you have some other FTP client which you would like to use, please by all means use it. The main reason why I am using Filezilla is because it is stable. I never had any problems with my FTP file transfers after I switch to Filezilla. Plus...]]></description>
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		<title>Step By Step Guide To  Installing SMF Script</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it is yet another guide to install something. I must have done like 7 or 8 of these &#8220;pictorials&#8221; in the past 2 to 3 weeks and maybe I should take a rest. Na, I will continue doing them. I am pretty sure that this can be very useful to beginners. I remembered that when I first wanted to setup a forum, I had no idea how to begin and where to go for help. Most of the guides were usually text and can be pretty confusing, especially if you have no experience. Anyways, I have done this guide for setting up the SMF forum script. One of the more popular open source forum scripts out there. Maybe not as common as PhpBB, but in my opinion it is still a pretty solid script. My first forum was based on the SMF forum script as well. It worked very well for me then and even though I have stopped being a forum webmaster, I am certain that it is still very capable as I have seen a lot of forums using SMF. Kudos to the developers! As usual, these scripts require PHP and MySQL support from your webhost. Yes, most webhost supports these. The version of SMF I am using is 1.1.5 as will be shown below. According to SMF&#8217;s site, your webhost must have PHP version 4.1.0 and MySQL 3.23.28 for the script to work. Don&#8217;t worry, most webhosts should have at least that or else they should have gone bust long long time ago. Goto SMF&#8217;s website and download the latest version. At the time of writing, the latest version is 1.1.5, so I downloaded that. I have chosen the zip file instead of the rest because I am using Windows. If you are using Linux or others, you can try using the tarball versions. For Windows, even if you don&#8217;t have any third party unzipping software, you can still extract out the files as WinXP is capable of handling zip files without any problems. Make sure you remember where you download the files to on your PC. I am using Winrar to extract out the files. You can of course use any achieving software to extract the files. Their methods should be pretty easy as well. Just remember where you save the extracted files to. You will need the files to upload to your web server. I am using Filezilla as my FTP Client to transfer files onto my webserver. Again, you can use any FTP Client to do that. Since all FTP clients support uploading and downloading of files, you should have no problems transfering files to your webserver. However, you will need your FTP username, password and the hostname of your FTP server. Please get those information from your web host. What you need to do is to upload all the files and folders from the extracted zipped file to your webhost. Remember to only upload the files (and folders) and not the extracted folder...]]></description>
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