OVERVIEW -------- WikiMS provides and easy to use graphical interface for an administrator to manage a set of TikiWiki installations. WikiMS users are provided with a set of tools to create new wikis, manage exisiting wikis (add/remove users, change user rights), and delete wikis. Groups are used to organize related wikis and allow for easy deletion of an entire group. REQUIREMENTS ------------ 1. Apache 2.0.49 (www.apache.org) Although WikiMS should run with any webserver, it has only been tested with this version of 2. PHP 4.3.4 (www.php.net) Again, WikiMS should work with most versions of PHP. However, it was only tested with version 4.3.4 The system does not require register_globals or any other unique settings to be enabled. 3. adodb 4.68 (http://adodb.sourceforge.net) WikiMS was only tested with version 4.68. 4. Database support WikiMS requires one database to store system information such as groups, WikiMS users, and other data. Since the system uses the adodb library, many different databases can be used (any supported by adodb). INSTALLATION ------------ 1. Unpack the archive in a web accessible directory (keeping permissions) tar xvfp wikims2.0.tar 2. Download the adodb database library (http://adodb.sourceforge.net) Install this package following the included documentation 3. Create database for WikiMS Create a database for the WikiMS system (named DBNAME). Give a user (USER) rights to this database. You will use this DBNAME and USER in the following step. 4. Access the install.php page Access the install.php file inside the folder to which you extraced the archive in step one using your web browser. Fill in each field. This page writes to the ./includes/settings.inc.php file so this file must be writable by the server. The WikiMS Database section refers to the database used directly by the WikiMS system to store its data. The database name and user is the DBNAME and USER used in step 3 above. The Tiki Database section refers to the database which holds the individual Tiki databases. This may or may not be on the same system as the WikiMS database. The default administrator is given administrative rights once the system in installed. The LDAP host is used to validate users for WikiMS. The adodb path is the absolute path to the adodb.inc.php file from step 2 above. 5. Clean-up You should now get a message that the system has been correctly installed. If you receive any error messages, fix the stated problem and try again. After the system is correctly installed, you must make sure that the ./includes/settings.inc.php file is not group/world writable. You also need to remove the install.php file. The system should now be operational. Try to access the folder which you extracted the files to with your web browser.
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