Installation

1. Unzip the distribution into a temporary directory on your local computer.
2. Open the file config.php.dist (shown below) into a text editor, and then save it as config.php after making any changes as required for your server. Click here for a description of each variable.
   <?php
  $config_title = "Site Title";
  $config_charset = "utf-8";
  $config_baseHREF = "/";
  $config_useRewrite = FALSE;
  $config_useRelated = FALSE;
  $config_useTracking = FALSE;
  $config_currencyHTML = "";
  $config_resultsPerPage = 10;
  $config_databaseServer = "localhost";
  $config_databaseUsername = "";
  $config_databasePassword = "";
  $config_databaseName = "";
  $config_databaseTablePrefix = "pt_";
  $config_adminPassword = "";
?>

3. Upload the files and directory structure to your web server.
4. Browse to setup.php. The following should be displayed:
   Checking database connection...PASS
Checking database selection...PASS
Checking database tables...FAIL [click here to install tables]

5. Click the link to install the database tables. This completes the basic setup process. You can now proceed to administer your website by following the link to the /admin/ subdirectory.

See also: Additional Installation Steps