INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Online installation instructions and program documentation are also available
online.  Visit your vendor's website for more information.

To install the program, you will need:

- The program zip
- PHP 8.0 or later
  - PHP Extensions: mysqli, gd, curl, openssl, mbstring
- MySQL 5.5 or later
- Your MySQL server information:
   - MySQL hostname (usually "localhost")
   - MySQL database name
   - MySQL username
   - MySQL password
- An FTP program to upload the files
- A web browser


1) UNZIP FILES
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Unzip the software files on your local computer, preserving the directory
structure.


2) FIND WEB ROOT
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Using an FTP program, log into your server and locate your "Web Root". This is
the top-level directory you can place web pages which will be displayed on your
website.

This is the same directory in which your website's homepage resides. It's often
named /www/, /html/, /public_html/, /httpdocs/, /htdocs/ or something similar.


3) CREATE A DIRECTORY UNDER YOUR WEB ROOT
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Create a new directory under your Web Root with your FTP program. By default the
directory is called /cmsb/ but any name you choose is fine.  You will use this
directory in place of "cmsb" below.


4) UPLOAD FILES
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Upload the folders and files from /cmsb/ into the web directory that
you created in step 3.


5) RUN THE PROGRAM
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Finally, run the admin program /cmsb/admin.php with your Web Browser. It
will probably look something like this:

http://example.com/cmsb/admin.php

The program will take you through the final steps of the installation. If you
encounter any problems when attempting to run this program, please see the
Troubleshooting section of the online documentation at your vendor's website.

6) TROUBLESHOOTING "INTERNAL SERVER ERROR" ISSUES
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The CMS comes with some default server config files in the /cmsb/ folder named
.htaccess, .user.ini, and php.ini. These config files attempt to reset PHP and
Apache settings to standard values and turn off deprecated or problematic
features that would otherwise cause errors or problems.

These files aren't supported on all servers, but on many they will prevent
problems. However, they are OPTIONAL and you can safely remove these files if
needed.

If you are getting errors on install try each of the following steps until the
errors stop occurring:

1) Disable /cmsb/php.ini by renaming it to php.ini.disabled
2) Disable /cmsb/.htaccess by renaming it to .htaccess.disabled
3) Disable /cmsb/.users.ini by renaming it to .user.ini.disabled
4) Contact support


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