Instructions for setting up and installing 68 Classifieds.

Before running the installation, a MySQL database will need to be created. Most hosting companies provide a control panel that contains all the tools necessary to create databases. Since different hosts offer different control panels, we won't be able to provide specific instructions on this task. Please read through your host's documentation or contact them directly to find the location of your host's control panel.

Some notes regarding database creation:

• You will need to make up three things when creating your database - the database name, a database username and a password. Each of these three items can be pretty much anything you like - just remember to write them down! You will need them later.
• Some hosts append your account name to your database name. For example, if you name your database 'classifieds' (without the quotes!), your host may refer to this database as 'youraccountname_classifieds'. The same thing may occur with the database username you create ('youraccountname_username'). Typically, the only thing that remains exactly the same is the password you assign.
• Most control panels will review the values to use (such as 'youraccountname_classifieds') on the main database page after the database is created.
• On a vast majority of hosts, the location of the database will be 'localhost'. You can verify this on the main database page after the database is created.

We'll use a method called 'ftp' (FTP = File Transfer Protocol) to transfer files from your computer to your host's server. You'll need an FTP application in order to complete this process. Some popular FTP programs are:

• SmartFTP (http://www.smartftp.com)
• CuteFTP (http://www.cuteftp.com)
• FileZilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/).

If you don't have an FTP program installed, you can use Windows Explorer to transfer files.

Please note: It's very important that ALL your files are uploaded to the server in order for your site to work properly. Some 68 Classifieds customers have had problems using Windows Explorer for FTP'ing their files. More advanced FTP programs will actually report which files were not successfully uploaded. Each of the FTP programs mentioned above should be fine but of the three, we prefer FileZilla. We've included images from FileZilla and Windows Explorer in our example.

CHMOD is a command that stands for 'CHange MODe' and is used on *nix computers (Linux, Unix, etc) to set the permissions of files and folders. These permissions include read, write and execute. We need to change the permissions on the following folders:

• catimages
• license
• photos
• templates_c
• thumbs
• uploads
• Connections

So far, we've downloaded the files from the 68 Classifieds site, unzipped the files, uploaded the files to the server, changed the permissions on 5 folders and 1 file and created our database. We're now ready to start the installation process. Open a browser window and visit www.yoursite.com/setup/index.php (replacing 'yoursite' with your Domain Name). Then follow the steps.

The final step after installation will be to COMPLETELY DELETE THE ENTIRE 'SETUP' DIRECTORY. If this is not done, your site will not work correctly.