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Tutorial: How install the script on a Blue Host hosting account.

This tutorial describes how to install the script under a Lunix based Blue Host hosting account. Blue Host uses CPanel, so these instructions can be useful for others who have CPanel based hosting.

Step 1 - Logging in to administer your account

 Log into your admin panel. You will see the following screen:

 

Note: The above screen is customized for Blue Host, it will look different on other hosting accounts, but the features / options will be basically the same.

 

Step 2 - Creating the database

Setup the database. Click on 'MySQL Databases'

On the following screen:

#1 Create a new database - you can name your database 'board'

#2 Add a new user. Here we add a new user called board

 

#3 Add the user do the database

 

 

 

Click on ALL PRIVILEGES and then click on Make Changes

 

Important: Write down or remember your MySQL database, username and password - you will need them for the next step. This information is shown in the Current Databases section of the page. Please note that your database name and username were automatically prefixed with you hosting account username!

 

Step 3 - Uploading the Files

Use an FTP client to upload the files to your server.

Any FTP client can be used. Here we show examples with FileZilla, a free FTP client that can be downloaded from here: http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

How to connect with FileZilla?
#1 - Click on Site Manager
#2 - Click on 'New Site', type in the name of your site
#3 - Type in the ftp host (eg. ftp.yourdomain.com)
#4 - Click on 'Normal'
#5 - Enter your username & password
#6 - Click on 'Connect'

When you log in to the server with FTP, you will see a list of directories. Blue Host and most other users: upload your files to the public_html directory. Files placed in to the public_html directory are visible to the web.

 

To upload the files, simply select the unzipped files on your computer on the left, right click, and then select 'upload'. (Do not select the top-most directory with the double periods ..)

Note: The screenshots here show FileZilla, but the files can be uploaded using any other ftp client.

 

Step 4 - Running the installation script

Go to the script's installation page, http://www.yourdomain.com/admin/install.php

Fill in the database details that you entered in step 2

Make sure to fill it in carefully.

For the Database Host, put in: localhost

Note: Please enter your database name, MySQL Host, MySQL Username and password as shown in step #2

 

Continue, filling in the rest of the form:

 

The script will automatically detect and recommend the paths and locations for you. Please copy and paste them in, but be careful to include the entire paths exactly, without any spaces or additional characters!

Click 'Continue' when done.

If the database connection is successful, the script will show this button:

Click the 'Install Database' button. This will install the database. Once successful, delete admin/install.php from your server.

You can now continue and log in to the Admin section. The default password is: ok

Please change the default password in the Main Config screen.

 

Step 6 - Configuring the job board

Finish off the rest of the configuration. Log into the admin http://www.yourdomain.com/admin/

The default password is: ok

 

Go to the Main Config and enter the remaining setup values:

1. Site's Name, Site Heading, Description, Keywords, Site Logo URL, Site Contact Email and Administrator's password.

2. Time zone & date format

3. Don't forget to change the Admin password!

Step 7 - After installation

That's it! The script is now installed. There are other things you can now do:

- Edit the language strings

- set the prices

- setup the payment modules

- customize forms & customize columns on the list

- customize categories

- Customize the Email Templates

etc.

Please refer to the manual for detailed instructions.

Password protection

Additionally, it is recommended that you password protect your admin/ directory using .htaccess (This can be done using the 'Password Protect' feature in your hosting account's control panel)

The following screenshot shows the password protection page in Cpanel:


Setting up Cron Jobs

Cron Daemon is a tool on Unix type servers which allows you to schedule the running of tasks, chronologically. The job board needs to process the Outgoing Email queue every few minutes and process the email alerts every hour. Additionally, several other 'house keeping' tasks need to be performed. (Note: On Windows a similar tool exists in the System Tools folder called 'Scheduled Tasks')

It is recommended that you set up a Cron job / scheduled task for the Job Board. If your hosting company does not provide this service then the job board can emulate a cron job, although this approach is not recommended for large websites. You can turn cron emulation On / Off from the Main Config.

The script that needs to be scheduled to run every minute is called cron.php and it's located in the cron/ directory.

For more details about the cron jobs, please see the notes in the Admin under 'Cron Info'

 

Blue Host 'Cron Jobs'

 

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