Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category
| 6 Nov 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Phplist |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category
Phplist is an open-source newsletter manager. phplist is free to download, install and use, and is easy to integrate with any website. phplist is downloaded more than 10 000 times per month and is listed in the top open source projects for vitality score on Freshmeat.
Main Website: http://www.phplist.com/
Demo Website: http://www.phplist.com/demo
Support Forums: http://forums.phplist.com/
Installation
Step1: Go to the phplist download center and get the latest release.
Step2: Create a fresh new database name.
Step3: Open the config.php file from the config directory and enter your database info.
Step4: Upload the files from public_html/lists on your web server using a FTP client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step5: Make sure that the config.php file is writable.
Step6: Go to yoursite.com/admin to begin the installation.
Step7: Choose your language and click Go to initialise database to continue.
Step8: Success. Continue with phplist setup.
Step9: A checklist page will appear. Go to Change admin Password.
Step10: Go back and configure general values, configure attributes, create lists, create subscribe pages.
Congratulations! You’ce succesfully installed PhpList. Now you can go to your administration page http://yoursite.com/admin/?page=home.
| 3 Nov 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install phpcoin |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category.
Php Coin is a free WebWare package originally designed for web-hosting resellers to handle clients, orders, invoices, notes and helpdesk, but no longer limited to hosting resellers. phpCOIN is used by over thirty-five thousand people worldwide*, including web-hosts, designers, lawyers, accountants, and a school band.
Main Website: http://phpcoin.com/
Demo Website: http://cpdemo.phpcoin.com/
Support Forums: http://forums.phpcoin.com/
Installation
Step 1: Head over to the phpcoin download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 3: Open the config.php file and enter your database info.
Step 4: Upload the files on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. SmartFTP).
Step 5: Now go to yoursite.com to begin the installation.
Step 6: Read the license and check ” I Agree With The License “.
Then enter your database password in the box and click install.
Congratulations! You’ve succesfully installed Php Coin. Now go to yoursite.com/login.php to login.
| 1 Nov 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Phprojekt |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category
PHProjekt is a modular application for the coordination of group activities and to share informations and document via the web.Components of PHProjekt: Group calendar, project management, time card system, file management, contact manager, mail client and many other modules. PHProjekt supports many protocols like ldap, xml/soap and webdav and is available for 38 languages and 9 databases.
Main Website: http://www.phprojekt.com/
Demo Website: http://www.phprojekt.com/…….
Support Forms: http://www.phprojekt.com/index.php?name=forum
Installation
Step 1: Go to the Phpprojekt download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 4: Go to yoursite.com/setup.php to begin the installation.
Step 5: Select your language. Enter you database info, and your admin account info and click default install.
That’s it! Congratulations! You’ve succesfully installed phprojekt on your website. Don’t forget to make the upload/ and attach/ directories writable. Now you can go yoursite.com and see your phprojekt site.
| 29 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install New Php Links |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category.

DewNewPHPLinks is based on and continues the software evolution that started as phplinks. A search engine, web directory, link exchange open source php script. This, version of DewNewPHPLinks has all the features of the previsou version, as well as all the current add ons.
Main Website: http://www.dew-code.com/
Demo Website: http://www.dew-code.com/demo/directory/
Support Forums: http://www.dew-code.com/component/option…./
Installation
Step 1: Head over to the New php links download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 3: Open the include/config.php file and enter your database info.
Step 4: Upload the files from the archive on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 5: Go to yoursite.com/docs. At Fresh Install you can see the 3rd step:
Create tables as definded in docs/NewPHPLinks.sql which can be done by clicking HERE if you have set up config.php correctly.
Click on the word “here”.
The tables have been created and your config is almost done.
You can select from some pre-made categories HERE.
Click on the word “here” and choose if you want to “Create 8 top level categories” or “Creates 14 top level categories” each with several sub-categories for a total of 521. Some category relations have been set up too. Now go back to the install and Click Configuration and setup final variables.
Step 6: Complete the boxes with your site’s url, path, your site’s title, your name, email, Theme, country etc. and click Update.
Congratulations. You’ve succesfully installed Dew-NewPhpLinks. You can now go to yoursite.com to see your NewPhpLinks site.
| 28 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Php Support Tickets |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category.
PHP Support Tickets (PHPST) is the powerful, all-in-one email helpdesk / ticketing software that is incredibly easy to use and a snap to install. This application was written following design pattern principles and Object Oriented design. Developers delving into the code may be a bit disorientated at first, because the code doesn’t follow the common php/template pattern. The design is instead focused on expandability and ease of maintenance. Most of the visual aspect of the application is controlled by CSS stylesheets, while the internal workings are neatly and coherently organised in logical classes and methods.
Main Website: http://www.phpsupporttickets.com/
Demo Website: http://www.phpsupporttickets.com/get/demo/
Installation
Step 1: Go to the Php support tickets and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files on your web server using a FTP client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 4: Make sure that the Upload/ folder is writable.
Step 5: Go to yoursite.com/install to begin the installation.
Step 6: Enter your database info.
Step 7: Enter the users table merge if you want to use an existing users table (enter your existing field names)
Step 8: Create a administrator user for your php support tickets site.
Step 9: Enter your path settings.
Step 10: Enter your email settings and click Submit.
Congratulations! PHP Support Tickets has been successfully installed and configured. Now go to yoursite.com and login.
| 27 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install DotProject |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category
dotProject is a volunteer supported Project Management application. There is no “company” behind this project, it is managed, maintained, developed and supported by a volunteer group and by the users themselves.
Main Website: http://www.dotproject.net/
Demo Website: http://www.dotproject.net/…
Support Forums: http://forums.dotproject.net/
Installation
Step 1: Head over to the DotProject download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 4: Make sure that the following folders are writable:
./includes/config.php
./files
./files/temp
./locales/en
Step 5: Go to yoursite.com/install/index.php and click Start Intallation to begin the installation.
Step 6: Enter your database info and click install db & cfg
Database successfully setup
Config file written successfully
Congratulations. You’ve successfully installed dotproject. Now just click on Login and Configure the dotProject System Environment.
| 26 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install TikiWiki |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category.
TikiWiki (Tiki) is your Groupware/CMS (Content Management System) solution. With Tiki, you can create online applications, web sites, portals, intra/extranets, and just about anything else. Tiki has all of the features you want (wikis, blogs, surveys, forums, maps, and more) in a tightly integrated package. Simply pick and choose the features for your site.
Main Website: http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php
Demo Website: http://www.opensourcecms.com/…..
Support Forums: http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-forums.php
Installation
Step 1: Go to the tikiwiki download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files from the archive on your web server using a FTP client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Create e fresh new database name.
Step 4: Go to yoursite.com/tiki-install.php to begin the installation.
Step 5: Enter your database info and click connect.
Step 6: Select default installation profile and click install.
Installation complete. Congratulations, you’ve succesfully installed tiki. Now go to yoursite.com/tiki-admin.php to configure tiki.
| 24 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Gallery |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category.
This is the official website of Gallery, the open source web based photo album organizer. Gallery gives you an intuitive way to blend photo management seamlessly into your own website whether you’re running a small personal site or a large community site.
Main Website: http://gallery.menalto.com/
Demo Webiste: OpenSourceCMS.com
Support Forums: http://gallery.menalto.com/forum
Installation
Step 1: Go to the Gallery download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Make sure that the following files are writable:
main.php
index.php
embed.php
upgrade/index.php
lib/support/index.php (optional)
Step 4: Create a fresh new database name.
Step 5: Go to yoursite.com/install to begin the installation.
Step 6: Choose your language and click Begin Installation.
Step 7: Now you have to create a login.txt file and put it in the same directory where the main.php file is located. The login.txt file should contain the characters that Gallery randomly generated for you. After that click Authenticate Me.
Authentication successful! Continue to step 2.
Step 8: A System Check page will appear. If everything is ok click Continue to step 3.
Step 9: Choose your installation type, and click Continue to step 4.
Step 10: Enter your directory path and click Save.
Storage directory set successfully. Continue to step 5.
Step 11: Enter your database information and click save.

Database set up successfully. Continue to step 6.
Step 12: Create a administrator user.
Admin user info entered successfully. Continue to step 7. Config file created successfully. Continue to step 8. Installed Gallery Core successfully. Continue to step 9.
Step 13: Click Activate Selected Modules to install the plugins for Gallery. Continue to step 10… Continue to step 11.
Contragulations. You’ve succesfully installed Gallery on your webserver. You can now go to your gallery: yoursite.com/main.php.
| 22 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Php Form Generator |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category
phpFormGenerator is a an easy tool for creating reliable, efficient, and aesthetically pleasing web forms in a snap. No programming of any sort is required: phpFormGenerator generates the HTML code, the form processor code (PHP), and the field validation code automatically via an easy, point-and-click interface.
Main Website: http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/
Demo Website: http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/new_demo/phpformgen/
Support Forums: https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=149298
Installation
Step 1: Head over to the phpform download center and get the latest release.
Step 2: Upload the files on your web server using a FTP Client (e.g. SmartFTP)
Step 3: Make sure that the forms/ folder and ALL the files, folders and subfolders are writable (chmod 777)
Step 4: Now go to yoursite.com/index.php and that’s it. Congratulations!
After creating a form, take a look at the form1.html for cutomizations.
| 21 Oct 2008 |
Tutorial: Manually install Mambo |
This tutorial is part of the Install scripts that are present in fantastico tutorials category
Mambo (formerly named Mambo Open Source or MOS) is a free software / open source content management system (CMS) for creating and managing websites through a simple web interface. It has attracted many users due to its ease of use. Mambo also includes more advanced features such as page caching to improve performance on busy sites, advanced templating techniques, and a fairly robust API.
Main Website: http://www.mamboserver.com/
Demo Website: http://www.mamboserver.com/…..
Support Forums: http://forum.mamboserver.com/
Installation
Step1: Go to the Mambo Download Center and get the latest release.
Step2: Create a fresh new database name.
Step3: Open the configuration.sample.php file and configure your database. After that save the file as configuration.php
Step4: Upload the files on your web server using a ftp client (e.g. Smart FTP)
Step5: Make sure that the configuration.php file and the following folders are writable:
administrator/backups/
administrator/components/
administrator/modules/
administrator/templates/
cache/
components/
images/
images/banners/
images/stories/
installation/langconfig.php
language/
mambots/
mambots/authenticator/
mambots/content/
mambots/editors/
mambots/editors-xtd/
mambots/search/
mambots/system/
media/
modules/
templates/
uploadfiles/
Step6: Go to yoursite.com to begin the installation.
Step7: A pre-installation check page will apear. If everything is OK click Next.
Step8: Read the license and if you agree it click Next.
Step9: Enter your database info and click Next.
Step10: Now enter your new site’s name and click Next.

Step11: Confirm the site URL, path, admin e-mail and file/directory chmods. Usually the url and path are correct. You just have to enter your e-mail address and your desired password. If the files/folders from step 5 are writable select “Don’t CHMOD files/directories (use server defaults)”. Then click next.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed Mambo. Don’t forget to delete the installation directory. Now you can go to the administration panel (yoursite.com/administrator/index.php) and set up your new Mambo site.

































