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   1  This directory contains source code to TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
   2  
   3  
   4  TikiWiki CMS/Groupware is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). It is a community-driven project. 
   5  It exists and improves by the participation of people just like YOU.
   6  
   7  
   8  
   9  IMPORTANT LINKS
  10  ---------------
  11  * General information & overview
  12    http://info.tikiwiki.org
  13    
  14  * Official TikiWiki documentation website
  15    http://doc.tikiwiki.org
  16    
  17  * Forums & community
  18    http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-forums.php
  19  
  20  * Developers
  21    http://dev.tikiwiki.org
  22      
  23  * Themes & styling
  24    http://themes.tikiwiki.org
  25    
  26  * Security
  27    http://security.tikiwiki.org
  28    
  29  * IRC chat channel: #tikiwiki on irc.freenode.net
  30    http://irc.tikiwiki.org/
  31  
  32  
  33  
  34  INSTALLATION
  35  ------------
  36  The rest of this document includes parts of the online documentation that
  37  might be enough to get you running TikiWiki. For more details, please see:
  38   http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Installation
  39  
  40  
  41  Before you get started it is a good idea to know:
  42  
  43      * Your database name, database user name and password
  44      * Your Apache user and group ID (e.g. www-user and www-data)
  45  
  46  
  47  If you are using the RPM that is available you can skip down to browser-based
  48  installation.
  49  
  50  These are notes on how to setup and configure TikiWiki.
  51  
  52  
  53  ----------------------------
  54  Step one: unpack the archive
  55  ----------------------------
  56  Unpack the TikiWiki files to the document root of where you want it installed,
  57  e.g. /var/www/tiki/ 
  58  
  59  To unpack the bz2 file, use:
  60  tar xjf tikiwiki-[version].tar.bz2
  61  
  62  
  63  
  64  -----------------------------------------
  65  Step two: run setup.sh to set permissions
  66  -----------------------------------------
  67  CHMOD the file setup.sh to 755.
  68  
  69  # chmod 755 setup.sh
  70  
  71  
  72  Run .setup and follow the instructions
  73  
  74  # ./setup.sh
  75  
  76  
  77  
  78  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  79  Step three: run htaccess.sh to make tiki more secure (OPTIONAL STEP)
  80  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  81  NOTE: you only should do this if the settings of your servers allow the usage
  82  of .htaccess files. But you can try it out, if it doesn't work for you, you
  83  can revert the changes with one step.
  84  
  85  CHMOD the file htaccess.sh to 755. "chmod 755 htaccess.sh"
  86  
  87  Usage ./htaccess.sh [off]
  88  
  89  If you call the script without parameters, it renames all the files named
  90  _htaccess to .htaccess, making them functional. If you get problems with
  91  active .htaccess files, just call the script with the parameter off to rename
  92  the .htaccess files back to _htaccess. That's it!
  93  
  94  
  95  
  96  ------------------------------
  97  Step four: browser-based setup
  98  ------------------------------
  99  * create a database for TikiWiki
 100    - often using PhpMyAdmin and MySQL
 101    - or on the command line "mysqladmin create dbname"
 102      the database name is usually called "tikiwiki" 
 103  * Point your browser to the web address that corresponds to the file
 104    tiki-install.php (e.g. http://localhost/tiki/tiki-install.php)
 105  * Follow the instructions there
 106    you'll need the password and user name for your database 
 107  * use a profile to populate your database.
 108    default values are very minimal, and basicEnabled maybe suits more
 109    immediate use
 110  * To log into TikiWiki for the first time:
 111    - user: admin
 112    - password: admin
 113  
 114  
 115  ------------------------------
 116  Step five: configure your site
 117  ------------------------------
 118  Next you can configure TikiWiki to your suit needs:
 119  
 120  * Choose which features you want enabled
 121    - go to tiki-admin.php by clicking on the "Admin" or "Admin Home" link
 122    on the left side of your screen 
 123  * (Optionally) create groups of users that share permissions
 124  * Assign appropriate permissions 
 125  
 126  
 127  Good luck and have fun with TikiWiki CMS/Groupware!
 128  
 129  
 130  ps:
 131  Now you may want to come to http://tikiwiki.org and join the community!
 132