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===Install IPB Wiki===

Revision as of 00:21, 2 July 2009

Procedure.svg Install an Ipbwiki Forum Addon
Organic Design procedure

Purchase Software

Purchase an IP Board license and download its zip file.

Purchase a lifetime license version of IPB Wiki with the copyright release.

Have all three serials to hand.

Setup Server

Unzip the IPBoard file into your home directory.

Go to the board directory.

Rename the directory upload to forums

Move forums to /var/www/wikis/foo

You will now have a directory /var/www/wikis/foo/forums

Change /var/www/vhosts to allow browsers to pass through to this directory, ie

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forums
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*(foo.\com)
RewriteRule (.*) /%1$1 [L]

Create a new database with a suitable name.

Install IP Board

Navigate to http://foo.com/forums/install/index.php and install.

It will give you instructions on renaming and chmoding.

Just use defaults where provided.

Browse back to /forums to make sure its installed.

Install IPB Wiki