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Introduction

In this HOWTO I'll cover setting up Fedora 8 to run CMS Made Simple.

Setting Up The Base Server

• For a dedicated server start with the base server setup for fedora 8. Next you'll want to setup your server for serving virtual domains.

Install Softwre

Lets get started.

Download CMS Made Simple.
> wget http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/frs/download.php/1534/cmsmadesimple-1.2.tar.gz
> tar -xzvf cmsmadesimple-1.2.tar.gz
> mv cmsmadesimple-1.2 /usr/share/cmsmadesimple

To install CMS Made Simple for use just copy the directory to your web root.

Configuring Software

We need to start by setting some directory permissions.
> cd cmsmadesimple
> chmod 777 tmp/templates_c
> chmod 777 tmp/cache
> chmod 777 uploads
> chmod 777 uploads/images
> chmod 777 modules

Now create the config file.
> touch config.php
> chmod 666 config.php

Next we need to setup an empty database with a username and password. If you have multiple sites be sure to use a different database for each site.
> /usr/bin/mysql -p -u root
mysql> create database cms;
mysql> grant all on cms.* to cms_user;
mysql> grant all on cms.* to cms_user@localhost;
mysql> set password for cms_user=password('cms_pass');
mysql> set password for cms_user@localhost=password('cms_pass');
mysql> exit;
Its time to load the web interface. Go to yourserver.org/csmmadesimple/
Follow the screens to complete the installation.

Once you are done you should remove the install directory.
> rm -rf install

Conclusion

CMS Made Simple is easy to install. Read the documentation on their site. Your site will be up and running in no time.

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