Installation Instructions

1. Unpack the distribution archive, ie to "c:/htdocs/mydomain.com/www/" (this path is used in the following examples)
   This will create a directory named "metajour" below the installation directory. Make sure the webserver has write access to "c:/htdocs/mydomain.com/www/"
2. Create a database in MySQL
3. Copy or rename "config-dist.php" to "config.php" in the metajour directory.
   Insert correct values for:
   $system_path
   the complete path to the METAjour directory, ie "c:/htdocs/mydomain.com/www/metajour/"  Remember the trailing slash!
   $system_url
   Full URL to METAjour, ie http://www.mydomain.com/metajour/  Remember the trailing slash!
   $CONFIG['sql_host']
   hostname or IP of the MySQL databaseserver. Usually localhost
   $CONFIG['sql_user']
   Username to the MySQL databaseserver
   $CONFIG['sql_password']
   password to the MySQL databaseserver
   $CONFIG['sql_database']
   name of the database metajour should use, ie. "metajour"
4. Open http://www.mydomain.com/metajour/install and carefully follow all steps of the configuration checking and installation procedure.
   On dialog no. 4 you'll need to enter the information for your new website. In the form fill in values for:
   Name of the site
   Absolute path to documentroot, ie "c:/htdocs/mydomain.com/www/". Remember the trailing slash!
   URL to the website, ie "http://www.mydomain.com/". Remember the trailing slash!
   Username for the website administrator
   Password for the website administrator
   Click "Create site".
5. IPW METAjour is now installed. Go to http://www.mydomain.com/metajour/ to login.
   Inside METAjour, open the menu "Tools" -> "Development" -> "Install predefined site"
   Select "Default English Site"
   Click "Create"
   IPW METAjour will now install default templates for your initial website.

Common installation problems

Be sure that the directory to store the session files from PHP is configured properly. Check that you have set the session.save_path parameter in php.ini and that the directory exists.

Make sure that PHP is not configured to use magic quotes. Search php.ini for the parameter magic_quotes_gpc, and make sure that it is set to "Off", which is the default value. We know of at least one Apache-PHP-MySQL package, WAMP5, where magic_quotes_gpc is set to On by default.