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diff --git a/old/INSTALL b/old/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index 2c1964f..0000000 --- a/old/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,186 +0,0 @@ -EQdkp OpenSource DKP -Copyright (C) 2002-2005 The EQdkp Project Team - -Installation: -------------- -Pre-install: - Create, or have ready a MySQL database that EQdkp can use. It - should already have a username and password assigned to it. - -Step 1: - Making sure to keep the directory structure intact, move the - unzipped files to a web-accessible directory. - -Step 2: - All files and directories should be owned by your webserver's user/group - (Example: chown apache.apache -R *). All .php files should be - readable/executable - - $ chmod a+rx -R *.php - -Step 3: - Make sure the directory 'templates/cache' exists and that all sub-directories - are readable/writable/executable - - Note: The installer will attempt to do this for you, but should an error occurr, - you will need to do this manually: - - $ mkdir templates/cache ; chmod -R 777 templates/cache - -Step 4: - If you want the installation script to automatically set up your config.php file for - you, it should be readable/writeable - - Note: The installer will attempt to do this for you, but should an error occurr, - you will need to do this manually: - - $ chmod 666 config.php - -Step 5: - Browse to http://www.yourserver.com/eqdkp/install.php - - You should be presented with a page describing your server's settings and information. - Once you are sure that your server meets EQdkp's requirements, you can click the - 'Start Install' button. - - Step 5-1: - Database Host: - Your MySQL server name. If it resides on the same server as the web server, - you should enter 'localhost' - Database Name: - The name of the database you created for EQdkp, usually 'eqdkp'. - Database Username: - The username with permission to access the database. If you didn't - create the database yourself, your host should have given you this - information. - Database Password: - The password used with the username from above. - Prefix for EQdkp tables: - Simply prefixes the name of each table that EQdkp creates and uses. - The default of 'eqdkp_' should be sufficient for most installations. - - Domain Name: - Should be detected automatically by the installation script, but if not - just put the domain name of your server here (ex: mydomain.com, www.myhost.com). - Webserver port: - Unless the web server is running on a port other than the default (80), just leave - the setting as-is. - Script path: - The path following the domain name where the script is located. Example: If the full - path to the install script is http://mydomain.com/user/eqdkp/, you would enter - '/user/eqdkp/', if the full path was http://mydomain.com/eqdkp/', the path would be - '/eqdkp/'. - - Step 5-2: - Administrator Username: - This should be a username of your choosing. It will be your administrative account - for your EQdkp installation. - Administrator Password: - A password of your choosing. - Administrator Password [ confirm ]: - Simply re-type the password to verify it. - Administrator Email Address: - Your (valid) e-mail address. - - After you're satisfied with the values for the above fields, click the button to proceed. The - installer will automatically fill your config.php file and present you with a login field. - - You will be notified if your passwords didn't match, and it will be reset to a default of "admin" - - change this later by going to Settings. - - Log in to automatically be redirected to the EQdkp configuration panel where you can configure all - aspects of EQdkp. After that, you're ready to begin using EQdkp. - -You should now have a functional installation of EQdkp. Remove the install.php file for extra security. - -Upgrading: ----------- -Step 1: - BACK UP YOUR DATABASE. This cannot be stressed enough. Because some tables in EQdkp can - get to be VERY large (eqdkp_raid_attendees, eqdkp_logs), you should consider using - phpMyAdmin (http://www.phpmyadmin.net) which can use Completed Inserts that will be - necessary if you need to restore the database. - -Step 2: - Seriously, go back up your database since you skipped step 1. - -Step 3: - Back up your config.php file. You will not need to change any values in this file and you'll - want to be sure that unzipping the new version of EQdkp won't overwrite your old settings. 1.3.0 - doesn't have a new config.php file, so you shouldn't have an issue here - but back it up anyway. - -Step 4: - Unzip the new EQdkp version. Copy your old config.php file from Step 2, overwriting the - new version's config.php file into the unzipped directory to retain your old settings. - -Step 5: - Access http://www.yourserver.com/eqdkp/upgrade.php and select the version you're upgrading - from. The script will perform all the necessary changes to upgrade from the version you selected - to the newest version. - -Step 5: - Delete everything in the templates/cache directory ( rm ./templates/cache/* ). - -Step 6: - Seriously, delete everything in the templates/cache directory. Your new install may - not work right until you do this. - -Remove the upgrade.php file (or rename it to something else). - -Configuration: --------------- -Once you've logged in to your administrator account, your next step should be changing -the EQdkp configuration settings. Click on the 'Administration Panel' link in the top -menu, and then on the 'Configuration' link in the left frame. This is where you can -control all of EQdkp's settings. - -Most of the fields have descriptions where appropriate, but some need to be reinforced. - - Site Name: - Optional, appears in a large font above the menu of each page. Usually it's something like - 'Guild Point System'. - - Site Description: - Also optional, appears below the site name in a smaller font. Usually a short tagline or a - URL to the guild's official web site. - - Point Name: - Some guilds may find the use of the 'DKP' acronym archaic (or even stupid) and may wish to change - their point system name to something else. - - Enable Account Activation: - None - Everyone who registers is given an account and automatically set up with the default - permissions (see below). - User - A user must validate their e-mail address in order for the account to become active. - Admin - The administrator must approve the account personally for it to become active. - - Enable Gzip Compression: - If your PHP installation supports Zlib, you may consider using this option. It compresses - the output of pages to save you some bandwidth, but may use slightly more processing power. - - Default Permissions: - Probably the MOST important thing you'll set up here. When a person comes to your EQdkp site and - isn't logged in, you may not want them seeing what your guild has killed in the last couple of - days, or who got what item. - - These default permissions are also given to people when they register and can only be changed by - an administrator with the 'Manage Users' permission. Items in bold text should only be given - to trusted members of your guild who will be responsible for maintaining the point system. - - Cookie Settings: - For 99% of the installations, the default values should be sufficient. - - - Default Game: - If you are running something other than EverQuest for your game, you'll need to change it - now. Select WoW, Everquest2, or any of the other games available. - - Backup Database: - This will take you to an add-on that will let you back-up your eqdkp database without having to - use phpMyAdmin - very useful if you don't have access to the box after the admin leaves the - guild, no? Can also be used to restore a database - so be very careful as there are no - special permissions needed for this functionality - admin access allows access to backup (this - is intentional) - -Have Fun! - |