install - Installing Link Popularity Checker
This document describes the process of installing the Link Popularity Checker on your machine.
Link Popularity Checker requires the following:
If you wish to upgrade the link popularity checker, please follow the same steps as outlined under the topic INSTALLING LINK POPULARITY CHECKER.
When you reach the step of the installation wizard ( www.yourdomain.com/linkpop/install ), then select Upgrade from 1.x to 1.2 as the Installation Type.
The distribution can be downloaded from the CheckURL web site at http://my.checkurl.info.
After downloading, the file that you downloaded is saved either in .zip or .tar.gz format; this is a compressed bundle containing the files in the Link Popularity Checker distribution. Unpack this archive.
Upload all of the files in the Link Popularity Checker distribution to your webserver.
NOTE: be careful when doing this, as certain files must be uploaded in ASCII mode, whereas others must be uploaded in binary mode. If you get it wrong, the scripts WILL NOT WORK.
Upload these files/folders in ASCII mode:
Folders
- cache
- extlib
- themes
Upload these files/folders in Binary mode:
Folders
- config
- install
- lib
- themes/checkurl/images
Files
- admin.php
- export.php
- index.php
Permissions set to 777 means that all users on the system have Read
,
Write
, and Execute
permissions.
If your FTP client uses a graphical display for setting permissions, that
display will look something like this:
If you are setting permissions through a Unix shell, simply use the command from the scripts root folder
$ chmod 777 config/config.inc.php cache
Open your web browser and point it at the URL for the install directory on your site. For example, if your site is http://www.your-site.com/, and you uploaded the the Link Popularity Checker files into the /linkpop directory, you'd type http://www.your-site.com/linkpop/install/.
If you get a Fatal error: Smarty error: unable to write to $compile_dir, then you did not set the correct permissions for the cache folder. Please refer to the Set Permissions topic for assistance.
If successful, the installer will report its success. If unsuccessful, it will report the error that occurred.
VERY IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE:
Afer running installer successfully, you should remove the install folder from the directory where you installed the Link Popularity Checker. Failure to remove the install folder could enable someone else to overwrite your configurations and gain access to the administration panel. FAILURE TO DELETE THE install FOLDER INTRODUCES A MAJOR SECURITY RISK. So you should delete it now.
Now that you have installed the system, you are ready to start using it.