Installing SWCMS

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- Signup with a hosting provider. We recommend Bluehost.

- Download the latest release of SWCMS from our website.

- Unzip the files (using an application like TUGZip).

- Upload all the files via an FTP client (e.g. [http://www.filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla) to your host.

- Create a MySQL Database (e.g. "SWCMS").

- Rename settings.php.default to settings.php.

- Rename /libs/dbconnect.php.default to /libs/dbconnect.php.

- Change the permissions on the following directories to 777 (Read/Write/Execute for User/Group/All). If you cannot use 777, use 755. If a directory does not exist, create an empty directory with this name:

 - /avatars/user_uploaded/.
 - /backup/.
 - /cache/.
 - /languages/.
 - /templates/.
 - /templates_c/.

- Change the permissions on the following to 666:

 - /libs/dbconnect.php.
 - /settings.php.

- Change the permissions on the following to 655:

 - config.php.

- Open www.yoursite.com/install/ in your browser.

- Follow the wizard directions to install.

- Enter your database information (the database you created at the beginning of these instructions).

- Change /libs/dbconnect.php to 644.

- Delete the /install directory.

- Login to the admin area (www.yourname.com/admin/admin_index.php) using the default username (god) and password (12345).

- Configure your installation in the administration area.

- Visit the SWCMS forums to get the answers to any questions you may have.