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===Perform these steps on your Linux web server=== | ===Perform these steps on your Linux web server=== | ||
* Extract board18-''version''.zip into your shell root directory. | * Extract board18-''version''.zip into your shell root directory. | ||
* Move the ''contents of'' the webroot sub directory to your web root directory. | * Move the ''contents of'' the webroot sub directory to your web root directory. | ||
* Edit the ''webroot''/php/config.php file. | * Edit the ''webroot''/php/config.php file. | ||
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*# Save the edited file. | *# Save the edited file. | ||
* Make note of the above values for use when creating the database (see below). | * Make note of the above values for use when creating the database (see below). | ||
* Copy the ''webroot''/php/config.php file to the utility directory. | * Copy the edited ''webroot''/php/config.php file to the utility sub directory. | ||
===Create the BOARD18 DataBase=== | ===Create the BOARD18 DataBase=== | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 5 September 2013
How to create a BOARD18 web site using Linux
These instructions assume that you already have shell access to a server environment that is running Apache with PHP version 5.3 or later and MySQL version 5.5 or later. You first have to decide whether to create a new domain for the application or to put it on a sub directory of an existing domain. In the following instructions, the directory that you choose to use will be referred to as the "web root directory" regardless of whether it is "really" a root or not.
The work of setting up a domain is well documented and quite beyond the scope of this how to. So it will be assumed that this work has been done.
Perform these steps on your local Linux PC
- Browse to the Download page and download the zip file: board18-version.zip where version is the version that you wish to have.
- Using FTP or SCP, move this zip file to your web server.
Perform these steps on your Linux web server
- Extract board18-version.zip into your shell root directory.
- Move the contents of the webroot sub directory to your web root directory.
- Edit the webroot/php/config.php file.
- Change DB_HOST only if your DB server is different from your web server.
- Change DB_DATABASE to the name you will give to your BOARD18 database.
- You can also change the database user ID and password if you want.
- Save the edited file.
- Make note of the above values for use when creating the database (see below).
- Copy the edited webroot/php/config.php file to the utility sub directory.
Create the BOARD18 DataBase
The BOARD18 database must be created and loaded with game boxes before this web sit can be used.
See the How To Create a BOARD18 Database page for advice on performing this function.
How to create a BOARD18 web site using Windows
If you have a Windows environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.
How to create a BOARD18 web site using a MAC
If you have a MAC environment please modify the above Linux instructions, test them and then enter them here.