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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2006, 02:20:10 AM »
to snoble
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if you have to have this just install in an ibay
I need to access the joomla dir to overwrite files in my language (ITA). I've tried to make an ibay called joomla but it's not possible: SME Server says "the account joomla already exist". I can't ftp the \opt\joomla dir. What can I do?

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« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2006, 11:28:13 PM »
I've serveral Joomla! sites. I follow always the following steps:

Create database:
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Login as root and type 'mysql'. At the mysql promt:
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CREATE DATABASE yourdatabasename;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON yourdatabasename.* TO yourdatabasename@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit


(choose your own name for "yourdatabasename" and "yourpassword")

Create ibay:
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Create a new ibay or use Primary
Go to the "html" directory of your ibay and delete the file "index.htm".


Make the "PHP session save-path" writable:
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/sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop youribayname PHPBaseDir /home/e-smith/files/ibays/youribayname/:/tmp
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify youribayname


(change "youribayname")

Get the software:
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Get the latest version from the Joomla! site:

http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/downloadFile/projects.joomla/frs.joomla_1_0.1_0_11/frs6655?dl=1

Unpack the file with:

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tar -zxvf Joomla_1.0.11-Stable-Full_Package.tar.gz

and copy the directories and files to the "html" directory of your ibay.


Start Joomla!
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In your browser type:
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http://your.domain.name/youribayname

Follow the instructions of the install-program.
The install-program will tell you which directories you have to make writable.
In your ibay's html-directory you can make them writable with:
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chmod -R 777 mambots modules ........... (I don't remember exactly which directories you have to make writable but the install program will tell you)

You can get your language files from: http://extensions.joomla.org/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,1837/Itemid,35/. Unpack and copy them to
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/home/e-smith/files/ibays/youribayname/html/language

There are a lot of add-ons and templates. I use the templates from http://www.rockettheme.com/
You can find add-ons at http://www.joomlaresource.com/

success
Rien
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uomonet

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« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2006, 12:28:25 AM »
Great post Rien  :D Very useful for me!
I'm new to joomla. Have you tried other CMSs?
everything is clear for me now... so I don't need a "special" contrib to install joomla! I can download and install the italian version from http://www.joomla.it
The only think I still don't understand is:
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Make the "PHP session save-path" writable:
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Code:
/sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop youribayname PHPBaseDir /home/e-smith/files/ibays/youribayname/:/tmp
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify youribayname


(change "youribayname")
Please, what is for? :shock:

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« Reply #18 on: September 28, 2006, 04:54:01 PM »
Hi uomonet,

My son plays in a football team and they want their own website. My first website was entirely in HTML. But I was the single point of failure because I had to place all the content on the site by myself.

So I looked for a cms that was easy enough to understand for me as well as for those who have to put content on the site.

I first tried Xoops. Easy to install but it took me some time to make it look nice.
Then I tried Plone (on top of Zope) under SME6. I think Plone is a much better cms than Joomla! because it has a sofisticated authorisation structure combined with real workflow. It is written in Python and is a layer on top of Zope with its own webserver, objectdatabase and so on. Because of this structure it is much slower and for a newbie much more difficult to understand and to modify.

Than I tried Mambo. Very easy to install, al lot of add-ons available and very easy to use. It has no real workflow capabilities and the authorisation structure is very flat. But that is no problem in my case.

I tried to install Typo3, but untill now I didn't succeed.

Joomla is based on Mambo and has the same structure for now. Joomla 1.5 will be quite different.

There are also very good templates available for Joomla (see http://www.rockettheme.com/). I use the 'Versatility II' template (see http://fczcsel.mlkok.nl)

I know very little about PHP, but when you install Joomla it needs some directories to be writable. It also checks for the 'PHP session save path" to be writable. PHP needs a place to store its session data in. It is normally not writable.

To install Joomla! you don't need a contrib. Just download the Italian version of Joomla or download the international version with the Italian language pack.
Rien
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« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2006, 12:22:06 AM »
Just a little update. Been trying MODX, and it is so easy, I have to wonder,

Does anyone know if it is secure, (as php apps go) as your usual mess? I am not worried about the site security, it's just a hobby, but do care about the server security?

NE1 have an opinion?

Thanks,
Ed

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« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2006, 10:58:08 AM »
Rien,

Do you have any ideas about the new Joomla 1.5 as you are running the current version.

Im developing a website at this moment with joomla 1.011 but i dont wat to mess up the future 1.5 features today.
Cheers
Mike
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« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2006, 02:33:51 PM »
Hi,

Well, 1.011 works great. But 1.5 is new so I want to find out what the difference is between 1.011 en 1.5 and what problems I can expect when migrating.

The only thing I'm missing in 1.011 is an advanced structure of authorisation (it is very flat in 1.011). It will come in later versions of 1.5 if I'm well informed.
Rien
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drfresh

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« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2007, 09:49:54 AM »
I've only just discovered this post.

Rien, it might be a stupid question - sorry - but what is the procedure if I want Joomla as CMS for my main page; e.g. not installed in an ibay?

And are there any conciderations/changes regarding your procedure with respect for the upcomming version 1.5?

There will probably be questions about how to opgrade  :)

Thanks - this is the kind of how-to's I like!

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« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2007, 02:17:01 PM »
Quote from: "drfresh"

Rien, it might be a stupid question - sorry - but what is the procedure if I want Joomla as CMS for my main page; e.g. not installed in an ibay?


I believe that SMEServer 'policy' is not to install web apps in iBays.
Regards,
William

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« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2007, 02:58:28 PM »
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I believe that SMEServer 'policy' is not to install web apps in iBays.


just a stupid question: why?

please explain it thinking i'm 5 years old :-D

ciao

Stefano

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« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2007, 08:22:05 PM »
Hi drfresh,

If you want Joomla! as CMS for your main page, you just have to install it in the "special" ibay called "Primary".

I place all my webapps in ibays (and Primary) but wasn't aware of a "SME policy". Why, isn't it safe enough?

It is very handy because you can direct virtual domains to ibays. How can you direct your virtual domains to ibays if you don't install them in ibays? (I suppose with "ProxyPass")
Rien
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« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2007, 11:41:21 PM »
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just a stupid question: why?



I don't know. I've just seen it posted around the place.

Where I first saw it spelled out.
http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/devinfo/msg09462.html
Regards,
William

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« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2007, 12:50:55 PM »
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If you want Joomla! as CMS for your main page, you just have to install it in the "special" ibay called "Primary".


 :lol:

Thanks!

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« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2007, 03:43:55 PM »
drfresh this isn't correct. You can install in any ibay, but you have to point your dns to it. Eg: www.domain.com points to ibay2.
But it is true that the defaults are set for primary ibay.
"It should just work" if it doesn't report it. Thanks!

drfresh

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« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2007, 05:03:44 PM »
Quote from: "bpivk"
drfresh this isn't correct. You can install in any ibay, but you have to point your dns to it. Eg: www.domain.com points to ibay2.
But it is true that the defaults are set for primary ibay.


Dough! Now I'm confused? Do you meen, that I can or can't do as Rien says?