From: Matt L. <mat...@gm...> - 2010-08-30 22:37:20
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Jim C. Brown <jbr...@li...> wrote: > The real problem with using MySQL was getting an initial db set up. > Without a db of the right format and with the right set of initial data > in it, (IIRC) the forum software would crash... > > I think, instead of trying to figure out how to set this up, it'll be > easier to take a full dump of the listfilt database on the Demonology sandbox > test forum, and include that as a dump file to be imported for each user > setting up the software as part of the installation process. OK, that sounds like a reasonable way forward. We should be able to reverse engineer the schema, and then we can figure out the data that needs to be seeded. > I think the instructions here were the farthest I got to documenting the > process of setting up euweb : > http://oe.cowgar.com/forum/111566.wc > > It's been so long that I'd have to redo the entire process from scratch to > be able to properly document it again. OK, so for a start, we can put that stuff into a readme file or something. Once people start trying it out, I'm sure we'll find the missing or outdated stuff. > Installing euwiki is a completely different (and entirely separate) > matter. It doesn't use any sort of database though, and the "EuWikiDb" > that it does require is included and already set up in svn, so in this > regard it might be somewhat simpler. Yeah, looking at what's there, I think it's a bit simpler. It comes with an .htaccess file. -- Matt Lewis |