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March 09, 2009

How to Install Tiki Wiki in cPanel

TikiWiki is a content management system/groupware application commonly used to build content-rich websites and portals.  It can also be used to create everything from blogs and forums to knowledge bases and structured wikis like those you will find on Wikipedia and much more.  Like most content management systems, this one can be greatly enhanced through various add-on modules.  This tutorial will provide you step by step instructions for installing Tiki Wiki through your cPanel control panel.

cPanel gives you two ways to install TikiWiki.  You can install the software manually, or through Fantastico, which is integrated into cPanel.  We will go over both installation methods.

Fantastico Installation

Login into your cPanel account.

Locate and click the "Fatastico" icon at the bottom of the main page.

When Fanstastico opens, you will see a list of add-on programs that came included with your web hosting account.  Under "Content Management", locate and click on "TikiWiki".

To right of the page, click the "New Installation" tab.

The next step of the installation process calls for you to enter the directory where you want the TikiWiki application to be placed.  If you want it installed on your root directory, simply leave this field blank.

Below you will be required to enter the following information:

• Install in directory

• Admin access data

• Base configuration admin e-mail

• Admin full name

• Site name

Enter the required information and click on the "Install TikiWiki" tab.

On the next page, you will see a summary of the installation.  After reading this, click on "Finish Installation".  From here you will provided with a link that takes you directly to the administrative area where you can login and start building your TikiWiki site.

Manual Installation

To install the software manually, visit the official TikiWiki site and download the latest version of the application to your local hard drive.  Unzip the file you downloaded to a specified directory of your choosing

Upload the extracted files to your web host's sever on a specified directory of your choosing.  To do this, you will need an FTP client.

Login into your cPanel account, locate and click the "MySQL Databases" icon.

From the MySQL main page, create a database for the TikiWiki software.  Save this information, along with the username and password for later use.

After successfully creating a MySQL database, go to the location where the files you recently uploaded are stored.  An installation wizard will launch and ask that you enter the credentials for your database.

Once you enter these details, you will be prompted to select the installation profile.  You can choose the default option.

From here, the wizard will create the database tables and entries.  Once complete, you will be provided with results that let you know if the installation was successful.  You should then be provided with a link that takes you directly to the administrative area where you can login and start building your Tiki Wiki site.

Tiki Wiki Requirements

In order to get the best out of Tiki Wiki, your server must be equipped with the Apache web server, PHP 4 or higher and MySQL 4.1 or higher.  Postgre SQL and MS SQL are only partially supported and therefore not recommended.

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