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how to install tinySimple CMS

 

don't be afraid ;-)

What you have to do is pretty much like this:
–  download tinySimple CMS
–  unzip it, and upload it to your web hotel
–  log in (systemadmin|notset), and change the logins for the administrator and the editor

•  no fiddling with weird configuration files
•  no need to be a web techie

before you start

You'll need a web hotel and an email or letter listing your FTP account (or login):
–  a web hotel is a  place on a server where you can put your website
–  the FTP account/login consists of these items:
the server name (probably ftp.your-domain.tld), a username and a password

You'll need an FTP program:
–  FTP is a way of transferring files between a computer and a web server
–  if you haven't used FTP before, your computer probably doesn't have such a program installed yet.
Try FileZilla (download the 'client', not the 'server'), or if your computer is a Mac you may try Cyberduck
(FileZilla requires OS X 10.5 or newer)

step-by-step installation

1)  Download tinySimple CMS' current stable release package (a .zip-file) from SourceForge.net

2)  Unzip the .zip-file to your desktop
–  when unzipped, the package consists of a folder named 'document_root',
which contains these folders and files:
[ ]
images
[ ] pages
[ ] pclziptinySimple CMS mandatory system settings
[ ] templates
[ ] tinymce
[ ] tinysimple
[] .htaccess
[] favicon.ico
[] index.php

3)  Launch the FTP program and upload the folders and files of the 'document_root' folder (but NOT the 'document_root' folder itself!)
to your web hotel

4)  Launch your web browser (preferably Firefox), type your domain, go,
and press control+shift+L on your keyboard
–  or type http://your-domain.tld/index.php?safemode in the location bar
(type the name of your website instead of 'your-domain.tld' ;-)

5)  The web browser should now display your website, including a login box
–  log in using systemadmin as username and notset as password

6)  Set the system settings of your site
–  press the 'system settings' button down in the right corner of the browser
–  set at least the logins for the system administrator login and the editor, and the ftp account details

experts only – using direct file-writing

If you're a hacker and in full control of your webserver you may opt for using direct file-writing instead of ftp.
Set the file write method to 'direct', and create a 777 folder in the document root named '_saved'.