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Oscailt Install and Configuration Guide
Install and Configuration Guide Version 1.4
For use with Oscailt 4.3.1 onwards
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Oscailt Overview
1.2 Oscailt System Requirements
1.3 Oscailt Download Page
1.4 Oscailt Support
1.5 License
2. Oscailt Installation
2.1 Transferring the Download File to the Server and Extracting the Files
2.2 Creating the Empty Database Schema
2.2.1 Granting Privileges To the Database Username
2.3 Running the Oscailt Install.php Script
2.3.1 Setting up Access to the Install Script
2.3.2 Starting the Install
2.3.3 Post Installation Tasks
2.4 TroubleShooting the Install
2.4.1 The Install Page Displays Nothing
2.4.2 The Installer Cannot Create Directories
2.4.3 Cannot Connect to the Database
2.5 TroubleShooting Post Install
2.5.1 Tasks To Do Post Install
2.5.2 Tasks To Do When Using an Imported Template Site
3. Configuration Overview
3.1 Configuration Areas Overview
3.2 Hardcoded General Configuration
3.2.1 Database Credentials Configuration
3.2.2 Hardcoded Rarely Changed Configuration Parameters
3.2.3 Site Related Configuration Parameters
3.2.4 Allowed HTML Tags Configuration
3.2.5 Jabber Related Configuration
3.2.6 ffmpeg Related Configuration
3.3 Admin Configuration Page
3.4 Site Related Configuration
3.5 Site Layout Configuration
3.6 Oscailt Editors and Permissions Configuration
3.7 Cascading Style Sheet Configuration
3.8 Oscailt Site Graphics and Banners
3.9 Switch to new Date Format System in Oscailt 4.2
4. Designing an Oscailt Website
5. Language Related Configuration
6. Appendix A
6.1 Installing Apache
6.2 Installing PHP
6.3 Installing Jabber
6.4 Installing ffmpeg
6.5 Installing curl
6.6 Oscailt Support
Last updated: Mar 2024
