Installing Vesthelm Engine¶

1. Preparing the Database¶

You will need an empty database and the following credentials to install Vesthelm Engine. If you are not sure how to create a new database try to find this information or ask your hosting company.

• MySQL Database Name
• MySQL Server Address (often localhost or the server IP address)
• MySQL Username
• MySQL Password

2. Uploading the Files¶

After downloading Vesthelm Engine from Downloads Area unzip the files to a folder on your computer. Then use your favorite FTP client to upload the files to a publicly-accessible directory on your server.

3. Setting File Permissions¶

Provide 'write' - 777 permissions for these files & directories:

Vesthelm Engine:

• includes/
• compile_dir/
  • compile_dir/tpl/
  • compile_dir/cache/
  • compile_dir/log/
  • compile_dir/tmp/
• uploads/

Bulletin Board application:

• uploads/bulletin_board/
  • uploads/bulletin_board/category_icons/
  • uploads/bulletin_board/images/

Forum application:

• uploads/forum/
  • uploads/forum/forum_icons/
  • uploads/forum/images/

Configurations addon:

• uploads/configurations/

Users addon:

• uploads/users/
  • uploads/users/avatars/

4. Running the Installation Wizard¶

Point your browser to the URL, for example: http://example.com/installation/

Follow the on-screen instructions to install Vesthelm Engine.

Once the Installation Wizard is finished, you must remove the installation/ directory from your server.

Welcome to Vesthelm Engine!¶

You can now log in to your Administration Control Panel at http://example.com/acp/