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Getting Ready to Install

Tools Necessary for Installation

  • An access to your web server. This can be via FTP (with an FTP client), via SSH, etc.
  • A text editor which edits plain text files. Also called a source code editor. Notepad or Notepad++ on Windows or TextEdit on a Mac are common. (If accessing via SSH, then vi or other command line text editor is sufficient.)
  • Your web browser of choice: Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.

Before Installing

  1. Because each server environment may come with different sets of pre-installed software, confirm that your web host meets the minimum requirements to run Melody. If you're unsure, ask your web hosting provider to review the Melody System Requirements page and confirm that your account meets the requirements.

  2. Download Melody.

  3. Determine whether or not your web hosting provider requires CGIs* to be in a cgi-bin directory. If you use the wizard to set up your Melody site, it will determine this automatically and prompt you correctly on this step. (* If you look in the main Melody folder/directory, you'll see a series of CGI programs listed that make up Melody.)

    • If not and they have enabled CGIs to execute anywhere within your hosting account, then you can install Melody anywhere under your web root and the Melody static files directory will not need to be moved outside of the Melody home directory. Again, if you use the wizard to set up your Melody site, it will determine this automatically and prompt you correctly on this step.

    • If so and CGIs must reside in a cgi-bin directory, determine what name the web hosting provider has specified for the cgi directory. It's usually cgi-bin but it may be CGI-BIN or cgi. If this directory doesn't exist as a sibling or child of the web root directory, ask your hosting provider for the location.

  4. Have database details ready.

    For MySQL you'll minimally need the following: * database name * database user * database user password

    For PostgreSQL you'll also need this info.

    SQLite will require: * the path to the database file.

  5. Choose your install guide:

 

Category: Guide

Tags: installation


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Credits

  • Author: Six Apart Ltd, Violet Bliss Dietz
  • Edited by: Violet Bliss Dietz
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