[Phpwiki-talk] Fwd: hello Carsten - important question concerning the wiki-Module

[Carsten K. <car...@us...>]

Hallo Jobst,

I have some answers, the rest can probably be answered on the=20
phpwiki-talk mailing list by the other members, so I am forwarding a=20
copy there too to see whether the rest of the team has any comments to=20=

add.

Glad to hear you like PhpWiki! :) Actually I am just one of the project=20=

contributors, PhpWiki is not all my doing.


BTW, which operating system do you have?

Standalone:
PhpWiki requires a web browser and web server (like Apache) with a PHP=20=

interpreter module, so technically it cannot really be "standalone".=20
However, if you install it onto your personal computer probably no one=20=

will notice, or you can set up a firewall to block port 80. (I am=20
running this way with Mac OS X and Apache, for my private note-taking).

Pear:
The required PEAR files are now included with PhpWiki. (It also comes=20
with ADODB, but pear is still the default I think).

Tar vs. Zip:
I'm not sure what you mean, would you elaborate a little more? Which=20
tar file are you referring to?

Database:
There is no automatic setup of the database yet. Schemas are already=20
prepared and can be found in phpwiki/schemas, see=20
phpwiki/doc/INSTALL.mysql for instructions to create the database and=20
the tables from a shell. phpMyadmin should be fine too, but as I never=20=

used that I imagine one would have to read the=20
phpwiki/schemas/mysql.sql and input it manually.

Editing index.php:
It really depends on how your server is set up. If you have ssh or=20
telnet access to the server you can always edit index.php once it is on=20=

the server. I think it best to configure as many options as you can=20
before you upload it, PhpWiki won't work at all without at least the=20
database configuration in place.

Cheers,
Carsten Klapp <car...@us...>
Toronto, Kanada

P.S. Wenn Du das Wiki letztendlich konfiguriert haben und es=20
funktioniert, wir w=E4ren uns freuen da zu erfahren :) Vorschlagswesen=20=

f=FCr die Deutsche =DCbersetzung w=E4ren auch immer gesch=E4tzt.

P.P.S. Eigentlich ist das Wetter hier sonnig geworden, Heute ist es 15C=20=

Grad in Toronto, jipii!

On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 09:10  am, jobst m=FCller wrote:

> hello Carsten, Good day!
>
> hope everything is ok across the Atlantik!
>
>  many thanks for creating the wiki-module ! i love it very much! It=20
> gives me the
> right tool for my community! So i want to ask for a little help in=20
> installation matters:
>
> I wanna set up the base wiki module and run it as a standalone!
>
> how to do that?  I have several questions that make me wonder?
>
>
>
> First - Do i need a PEAR-Library or don =B4t i do  that?
>
> Second: - I want to take the zip.Version -  Am i able to unzip the=20
> TARed version?
>
> Third: - what about the database: Should i create the database on my=20=

> own;
> or is the database created by a special installation-routine?  I am=20
> able to
> create the tables by using the phpMyadmin. I can create the tables by=20=

> using the
> phpMyadmin-Frontend! Should i do that?
>
> Fourth : - what about the editing of the index.php
>
>
> Should i edit the wiki index.php local or should i do this when the=20
> files are on the server
>
> thanks for the answer - Thanks alot Carsten for the great=20
> Wiki-Application!
>
>
>
> many thanks
>
>  flobee your Wiki-Friend!