Installation / Quick Start Guide


Product Release Information

Product: CRE Loaded Standard  6.2.08
Release Number: 6.2.08
Release Date: October 1st, 2006
Customer Support: For more information or support, please visit our website or email us at support@creloaded.com

Introduction

This document describes how to install and get started with CRE Loaded Standard.


Minimal System Requirements

What other software must be installed first?
Before you can install this product, you must obtain access to a web server with the following:

Installation

 
How do I install CRE Loaded Standard?

Please follow these steps:
  1. Dearchive the distribution.
  2. Prepare your webserver
    • Obtain an appropriate LAMP server and domain name (See software Requirements).
    • Assure that the domain names DNS entry is pointed to your new server or use a temporary domain name provided by your host.
    • Make sure you have FTP or SCP access to upload files to your webspace.
    • Decide on a root (recommended) or subdirectory based install.
    • Create the install subdirectory if needed.
    • Assure that you have working ID and Passwords for FTP and mySQL and know the hostname for your server (usually your own domain).
    • Select an Administration user id and password
      • The ID must be a valid email address containing no dots in the username
      • The password should be at least 8 characters and contain numeric or special characters
    • Upload to your webserver
      • Point the upload into either your webroot (for a root install) or:
      • the subdirectory you created above for a subdirectory based install.
      • Monitor the upload closely.
        • FTP may fail to upload all files. Re-upload as needed to get a full and complete copy.
    • Run the web based installer
      • Point your web browser to http:///install/ and run it. Follow the instructions
      • Use FTP, SCP, SSH or your hosts web based file manager to reset permissions until the preinstall file access check tool reports each item to be writeable.
      • If necessary, copy the included configure_dist.php file found in includes/ and admin/includes directories to includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php
      • Enter the selected Administration User ID and Password when prompted.
      • You will be prompted for server information twice. This is not a mistake. It will allow you to set the store up using a mySQL user with limited privileges for security purposes. Do not attempt this on a live store without carefully establishing what mySQL grants are required to run the script on your server.
    • Secure your new store
      • chmod 444 includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php
      • delete the install directory and all contents
How can I uninstall CRE Loaded Standard ?
Simply removing the files from the webroot and deleting the database should do it.

 To rollback to a previous verision,  Completely remove the files, and reinstall the desired backup codeset
What if I encounter problems?
Notify us using the bug tracker at  CRE Forge. 
The Bug tracker can be found at http://creforge.com/tracker/?atid=126&group_id=12&func=browse .

Company Proprietary
Copyright © 2006 Chain Reaction Works, Inc.  Software licensed under GPL.  CRE Loaded, the CRE Loaded logo, and Chain Reaction Works are trademarks of Chain Reaction Works, Inc.  All rights reserved.