Installing Webonizer

Webonizer has an installation script that will, for the most part, walk you through each step--however there are a few things you will have to do to complete the installation. The yellow box below contains server requirements to install and use Webonizer. The Installation Prerequisites detail actions you will need to do to install Webonizer.

Installation Prerequisites

On top of the required server components, you will need to do the following actions before installing Webonizer:

1. Create a MySQL database for Webonizer
2. Create a MySQL User for your database
3. Make your domain�s root folder group writable

Your web domain control panel or webmaster should have the tools to create your database and database user. Please refer to your domain control panel or server documentation for information on creating these.

Loading Installation Files

Once the above requirements and prerequisites are met, you should load the installation files to your site. Our installer program will load these installation files.

When you run the installation program, you will be prompted to enter your server's FTP login information. This information will have come from your web host and includes the domain name, the FTP username, the FTP password and the root directory of your web site. (The root directory is where you load web page files to and is usually a folder named "httpdocs" or "public_html".)

After the installation program has loaded the install scripts to your server, you will go to a page on your site that is similar to the content on this page. You may review the information again.

When you are ready to install, click the link at the bottom that says �Click Here to Install Webonizer�. If all the requirements are met, a form should appear with fields explained below:

Site Name

Enter the name of your site as it should appear at the top of every page. (This name will appear in outgoing emails, as the Alt Text of your site logo and in other places identifying the name of your site.) For example, if your company is �Acme Automotive� and your domain is www.acmeautomotive.com you might enter �Acme Automotive� or �Acme Automotive Online�, etc.

Default Email Address

Enter the main email address for your site. This is the email address from which most emails the site generates will come from. IMPORTANT! You should enter an email address that actually exists. This is the main email address that will receive site notifications and reports. Upon installation, this email address will receive an email that includes your login information and some other helpful tips.

Database Name

Enter the name of the database that MySQL will use. You should use a brand new database that is not shared by third-party applications�as those applications may delete information vital to your Webonizer system. If you have not created a MySQL database, you should do so now with your site�s administrative control panel.

Database User

Enter the name of the MySQL user that has permission set to ALL for the database listed above.

User Password

Enter the MySQL User password for the user listed above. The password must be alphanumeric.

Login Username

Create a username for logging into your site. This must be alphanumeric and no longer than 16 characters.

Login Password

Create a password for your login account. This must be alphanumeric and no longer than 16 characters.

After entering the information above, the installation script will download the current files from Webonizer.com. If there are no error messages, you will be directed to a page that will give you an overview of using your site. If there are errors, take note of the problems that Webonizer spits out. At this point, the most likely error is that Webonizer could not copy the installation files from Webonizer.com because the root directory for your domain does not have Write access granted to Group. If you are installing Webonizer onto a shared host, please read about Security Risks of Shared Hosting.