In most cases, installing mooSocial is a very simple process which takes only a few minutes to complete. Before starting installation, there are a few things you need to know and do before the installation process.
Know
Do
By default, mooSocial is shipped with mod_rewrite enabled. If you are not installing mooSocial on apache server or your server does not have mod_rewrite, please read the last section of this guide. Or if your server is not running apache and you still want to use mod_rewrite, check out “Installing mooSocial without mod_rewrite” section.
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Check to ensure that your server meet the follow requirements: PHP 8+, MySQL 5+, PHP extensions:mbstring php, PHP XML Extension, MySql PDO, GD2, Curl, libxml, exif, zlib (if you need to export theme), Magic quotes must be disabled, Memory Limit: 128M+, suhosin.session.encrypt should be turned off, mod_rewrite should be enable. Should “Turn off” mod_deflate or the zlib.output_compression on PHP.
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Download the latest release available of mooSocial
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Unzip the downloaded file on your hard drive
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Make sure the following directories are writable by the web server user: app/Config, app/tmp and all its subdirectories, app/webroot/uploads and all its subdirectories
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Create a database for mooSocial on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
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File Upload
Upload files and folders within mooSocial Directory to the desired location on your web server
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If you want to install mooSocial into the root of your domain (e.g.
http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped mooSocial directory (excluding the mooSocial directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
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If you want to have your mooSocial installation in its own subdirectory on your website (e.g.
http://example.com/moosocial/), create the
moosocial directory on your server and upload the contents of the unzipped mooSocial package to the directory via
FTP.
Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert file names to lower case, make sure it’s disabled.
Installation Wizard
Step 1: Check Requirements
Click Next to continue
Step 2: Setup MySQL Database
Enter your database information and click Next. Unix Socket and Table Prefix are optional, leave them empty if you are not sure.
Step 3: Site Setting
Enter your site name (Ex. mooSocial Demo). Site email is the email address your site will use to send out email notifications. Once chosen, default time zone will be preselected for all new signups.
Step 4: Root Admin Account
Enter information for Admin account and press Next.
DONE!
Installation Service
We offer Installation Service for customers who do not want to be bothered or feel comfortable performing the installation. It could be purchased in the Client Area of our website after the initial purchase of mooSocial license. Submit a support request with your site information once Installation Service has been ordered for us to initiate the installation process. Please allow up to 24 to 48 hours after submitting the support request for us to perform the installation.
NOTE
By default, mooSocial is shipped with mod_rewrite enabled. If you are not installing mooSocial on apache server or your server does not have mod_rewrite, please read the section below. Or if your server is not running apache and you still want to use mod_rewrite, check out “Installing mooSocial without mod_rewrite” section.
Installing mooSocial without mod_rewrite
For some hosting services (e.g. GoDaddy, 1and1…), you might need to add RewriteBase statements to the .htaccess files mooSocial uses (/.htaccess, /app/.htaccess, /app/webroot/.htaccess).
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /
If you don’t want or can’t get mod_rewrite (or some other compatible module) up and running on your server, you’ll need to use the built in pretty URLs. In /app/Config/core.php, uncomment the line that looks this
Configure::write(‘App.baseUrl’, env(‘SCRIPT_NAME’));
Also remove these .htaccess files:
/.htaccess /app/.htaccess /app/webroot/.htaccess This will make your URLs look like www.example.com/index.php/controllername/actionname/param rather than www.example.com/controllername/actionname/param/