How to installation, setup and configure PHP-Fusion?

When you download PHP-Fusion, what you download is a zip-file (a compressed file), which you first have to extract with a program like WinZip (or similar).
After unpacking the file, you will see a folder structure like this:

In the folder php-files you will find all the program files. The file readme-xx.HTML (indifferent language versions) stipulates the conditions for using PHP-Fusion (GNU - GPL) and the main instructions for the installation.

You begin the installation process by making a new MySQL database or by getting your provider to create one for you on the web server where your web-page will reside. After that you copy all the files in the folder php-files to the root of the web server (by using a FTP-program such as CuteFTP or SmartFTP).

Before starting the installation process, you must set the permissions on a number of files and folders for the installation process to run smoothly. The README files refer to the CHMOD command. This means to ‘change the mode’ of the file, which is simply setting the file or folder permissions. The permissions stipulate which users have which level of access to the files or folders. You can set these permissions either through your FTP-program or via the interface solution provided by your service provider.

In the examples here we have used a FTP-program called CuteFTP, but the principles are the same no matter which solution you use.Permissions As you can see in the Readme-xx.html, this is how you set the permissions1:
The folders and files:
· administration/db_backups/
· images/
· images/imagelist.js
· images/articles/
· images/avatars/
· images/news/
· images/news_cats/
· images/photoalbum/
· images/photoalbum/submissions/
· forum/attachments/
· config.php
- should be set to 777.

The code 777 means, that these folders should have the permissions:

Installing PHP-Fusion

step 1

Here you start out by choosing the language in which the dialogue of the installation process will proceed (the number of languages will grow rapidly in the near future). In this example we choose ‘English’. If you choose another language, the language of the setup screen will change. But here we just fill out the fields in the form – like this – and click
‘Next’:

step 2

As you can see in this screen, the setup script checks whether all permissions have been set correctly, and if the server has the correct version of PHP installed. If you get the message Write permissions check passed, it means that everything is OK. If you get an error message here, you will have to go back, change the permissions and start the installation from the beginning.

The name of the Database host is information you have received from your provider – the same is the case with the username and the password for the database. In most cases the Database Hostname will be ‘localhost’.

In some cases you are allowed to create the database yourself. Should this be the case, you will have to write the database name, the name of the system user and the password for the system user down and use it here. The information in the last field is the prefix that your tables get in the database. If you are using one database for several installations, you can separate the tables by using different prefixes for each installation. If this is not the case, just accept what the installation program suggests.

It is important to note that the PHP-Fusion setup does not create the database for you. You must create the database on your web host and use those details in the PHP-Fusion installation. If you’re unsure about any details, contact your web host for assistance. When you are finished typing in the required information click Next and you will see this on your screen:

As you can see, all the tables in the database have now been created and the necessary values written to the config.php file.
In order to make the system accessible (so that you can log on and set up your page) you have to create a super administrator (typically the owner of the page), and this is what you will have to do next.

It should look like this:

Step 3

As you can see, your page is now installed and ready to use. Click ‘Click here’ and your new homepage will open for the first time.

Step 4

This is your login site on PHP-Fusion looks like.

Step 5

You’ve already login to the site which allow you to go to the admin panel.

Step 6

This is you admin panel. On this content admin, you can manage your content such as add, edit, delete or etc. You also have user admin which allow you to control your user account. System admin allow you to manage your system wisely. CONGRATULATION!!! You’ve already successfully installed PHP-Fusion.Enjoy using PHP-Fusion.