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Installation Guide

  • Created August 5, 2017
  • Author Andrew Ozols
  • Category Developer Manual
  • Comments 3

Installation

Bloxby comes with an easy installation script, saving you from the trouble of having to do everything manual.

Bloxby requires to be installed in the root folder of the domain you’re planning to run Bloxby on. Installing Bloxby in a sub folder will result in the application not functioning as expected.

You would start by uploading the files to your server/VPS/hosting account. After uploading, make sure you double check that the “.htaccess” files are present in the root folder and the “/elements” folder.

Next, make sure you have an empty MySQL database setup and ready to go on your server/VPS/hosting account.

Open a browser and point the URL to the “/install/” folder of the files you have just uploaded. This will bring up the installation window; here you will need to enter a number of details to complete the installation process.

Bloxby will attempt to install on the non-www version of your domain. Due to the nature of the application and the fact it’s possible to for end-users to publish their sites on sub domains of the main domain, using the non-www version of the main domain is a requirement.

The above only applies to the application’s main domain name. End-users who are using custom domain names to publish their sites can use either the www or non-www version of their custom domain name.

Things to check after installing

The first thing you should check are a couple of folder permissions. You’ll need to make sure the following folders are writable by your web server:

  • /images
  • /images/uploads
  • /tmp
  • /tmp/sitethumbs
  • /tmp/thumbs

Make sure you have “.htaccess” files present in your root folder and in your “/elements” folder.

Make sure the ENVIRONMENT variable in “/index.php” is set to “production” and not to “development”.

Make sure you delete the /install folder after completing the installation.

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3 Comments

  1. Avatar ezhov.maxim
    6 years ago

    If you’re running instance of Bloxby on Windows IIS, make sure, that you converted .htaccess mod_rewrite rules, to avoid assets loading issues.

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    1. Avatar [email protected]
      6 years ago

      were you able to run bloxby on windows? I thought that the documentation said only LAMP was supported.

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  2. Avatar Remco Vogelpoel
    6 years ago

    Is it an idea to add this info as a checklist in the install screen before you do the install?
    Then you are always sure that all files has got the rights they need

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