Installing KBPublisher manually

If you don't want to install KBPublisher using the install wizard, you can install it manually as follows:

1. Unpack the distribution package.
2. Place it somewhere in your web-server's document root, preferably the parent directory of your root web directory. For many people, this will be the public_html directory.
3. By default, the distribution package is in a folder called kb, and this link will be included in the URL of the knowledgebase. For example, the default URL of the knowledgebase will be www.your_domain/kb/, where your_domain is your domain name.
   You can rename the 'kb' folder as you wish. If, for example, you rename it to 'kbbase' and place it in the document root directory, the URL for knowledge base will be www.your_domain/kbbase/.
   
4. Create an empty MySQL database to be used by KBPublisher, or use existing one.
   

   To create new run the following commands at the MySQL console:

   CREATE DATABASE db_name [DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name | [DEFAULT] COLLATE [=] collation_name;
   GRANT ALL ON db_name TO 'username'@'host' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

   e.g. 

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE kbp DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
   mysql> GRANT ALL ON kbp TO 'me'@'mydomain.com' IDENTIFIED BY 'xda44f54fddGHRECT';
5. Create a directory to store files uploaded by the File option. We recommend that you name it kb_file and place it somewhere outside your document root directory. It should not be accessible via http (web browser).
   
   Create a directory to store files uploaded by the HTML editor. We recommend that you name it kb_upload and place it in document root directory.
   
   Create a directory to store cache files. We recommend that you name it kb_cache and place it somewhere outside your document root directory. It should not be accessible via http (web browser).
   
   The structure of directories should look like this:
   
   
6. If you are installing a new version of KBPublisher:

• Create tables using db dump file at kb/setup/db/install.sql
• Create an admin user using file at kb/setup/db/create_user.sql

If you are upgrading from a previous version of KBPublisher:

• Use DB dump file kb/setup/db/upgrade_from_[version]_to_[version].sql
• Do not forget to backup old DB.

7. Configure your kb/admin/config.inc.php configuration file.
   
   If you installed KBPublisher in document_root/kb/ directory
   $conf['admin_home_dir'] = '/kb/admin/';
   $conf['client_home_dir'] = '/kb/';
   
   If you installed KBPublisher in document_root directory
   $conf['admin_home_dir'] = '/admin/';
   $conf['client_home_dir'] = '/';
8. In some cases you have to configure your kb/index.php file to set the correct path to admin directory and kb/rss.php, kb/captcha.php files to set the correct path to kb installation directory. Normally these will work without any modifications.
9. Give your kb_upload, kb_file, kb_cache directory full write permissions.
   In unix you can type "chmod 777 <directory>". On Windows you must go through your webserver to give it write permissions.
10. Set up scheduled tasks to enable scheduling, reporting and subscriptions.
11. You're done.
    
    The public area screen will be available at www.your_domain/kb/
    The admin area will be available at www.your_domain/kb/admin/
    
    Login: admin
    Password: demo
    
    DO NOT FORGET TO CHANGE PASSWORD!
12. Log on to KBPublisher and go to Settings tab to configure settings.
    Make sure you set correct email address at Setting -> Email .
13. Read the FAQ