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- Unzip the contents to a new folder on your local computer. | - Unzip the contents to a new folder on your local computer. | ||
- Upload the contents of that folder with an FTP client to your host. You can upload everything to either the root of your server, or within a subfolder or sub domain. | - Upload the contents of that folder with an FTP client to your host. You can upload everything to either the root of your server, or within a subfolder or sub domain. | ||
- | - You may also need to recursively CHMOD the folder ''/data/'' to 755 if your host doesn't set it implicitly. | + | - You may also need to recursively CHMOD the folder ''/data/'' to 755 if your host doesn't set it implicitly. {{:initialuload.png|}} |
- From a web browser, navigate to the folder where you just uploaded GetSimple to. This will redirect you to an install screen. (e.g ''mydomain.tld'' or ''mydomain.tld/path-to-get-simple/'' ) | - From a web browser, navigate to the folder where you just uploaded GetSimple to. This will redirect you to an install screen. (e.g ''mydomain.tld'' or ''mydomain.tld/path-to-get-simple/'' ) | ||
- **NOTE:** The actual path of the installation page is: ''mydomain.tld/path-to-get-simple/admin/install.php'' | - **NOTE:** The actual path of the installation page is: ''mydomain.tld/path-to-get-simple/admin/install.php'' | ||
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It's never wrong to work on a **local webserver**, develop there and customize //your GetSimple// before you publish everything in the wild. Doing so, you have the chance to learn the new system before it is activated, to test plugins or themes ... | It's never wrong to work on a **local webserver**, develop there and customize //your GetSimple// before you publish everything in the wild. Doing so, you have the chance to learn the new system before it is activated, to test plugins or themes ... | ||
- | These server-software-packages are either called ''LAMP'' (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) or ''WAMP'' (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) and their job is to deliver content from webpages (HTML etc.) like the webservers which deliver the content in the WWW. | + | These server-software-packages are either called: |
+ | * ''LAMP'' (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) | ||
+ | * ''WAMP'' (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) | ||
+ | * ''MAMP'' (Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) | ||
+ | and their job is to deliver content from webpages (HTML etc.) like the webservers which deliver the content in the WWW.\\ | ||
+ | More info: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMP_packages]] | ||
You work with the local server the same way like you work with a //real// webserver. The only difference is that you do not need to ftp your files to the server, using a file explorer on your local machine does the job. | You work with the local server the same way like you work with a //real// webserver. The only difference is that you do not need to ftp your files to the server, using a file explorer on your local machine does the job. | ||
- | There are some software-packages out there, and they are free (mostly). The mostknown package is XAMP from [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html | Apachefriends]], but this is a real big bundle. | + | There are some software-packages out there, and they are free (mostly).\\ |
- | Others are [[http://vertrigo.sourceforge.net/ | Vertrigo Serv]] or [[http://www.server2go-web.de/ | Server2Go]], to name a few.\\ A comparison sheet of WAMP-servers: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_WAMPs]] | + | One of the most popuar packages is XAMP from [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html | Apachefriends]], this is a fairly large bundle. |
+ | Others are \\ | ||
+ | [[http://vertrigo.sourceforge.net/ | Vertrigo Serv]]\\ | ||
+ | [[http://www.server2go-web.de/ | Server2Go]]\\ | ||
+ | [[http://www.uwamp.com/|UwAmp]]\\ | ||
+ | [[http://www.easyphp.org/|EasyPHP]]\\ | ||
Each of these packages come with readmes, tutorials on their webpages or forums. So we can expect to find answers for our questions. | Each of these packages come with readmes, tutorials on their webpages or forums. So we can expect to find answers for our questions. | ||
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==== Installation ==== | ==== Installation ==== | ||
The installation of GetSimple on a local webserver is nearly identical with the installation on your webspace: | The installation of GetSimple on a local webserver is nearly identical with the installation on your webspace: | ||
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*[[installation:requirements|Server requirements and Apache Modules]] | *[[installation:requirements|Server requirements and Apache Modules]] | ||
*[[installation:upgrade|Upgrading to the Latest Version of GetSimple]] | *[[installation:upgrade|Upgrading to the Latest Version of GetSimple]] | ||
- | *[[how_to:svn_pull|Automatic installation via the SVN ]] | ||
*[[installation:specific-webhosters|Guidance for Specific Hosting Companies]] | *[[installation:specific-webhosters|Guidance for Specific Hosting Companies]] | ||