Installation :

Installation is a very easy process, as OxyShout has an automatic install script, however it does need a few forms filled out. In your browser, goto install.php, e.g. http://www.mysite.com/oxyshout/install.php.

Step 1 :

The script will check that you have uploaded all the files correctly and that your server is running the correct version of PHP. If you receive no errors, click continue, otherwise correct the errors by doing what the script tells you to do.

Step 2 :

The script will now ask for your mySQL server information, if you are unsure about this, ask your host or server admin.

mySQL Host : This will normally be localhost, but may be something else.
mySQL User : This is the username that OxyShout uses to connect to mySQL.
mySQL Password :
This is the password that OxyShout uses to connect to mySQL.
mySQL Database :
This is the database name that OxyShout should install into.
Table prefix :
All the tables installed will have a prefix, if you have not installed OxyShout before, you can leave it as _oxyshout, otherwise it will need changing to something else.

After doing this, click continue.

Step 3 :

If you get an error message at this point, you need to return and correct your details, because the script couldn't connect to your mySQL database with them. It will also tell you if the table prefix needs changing because tables with those names already exist.

If it is all successful, the script will have written the configuration settings to mysql.php and you can click continue.

Step 4 :

You shouldn't get any errors in this stage, if you do something has gone very wrong, and you should head to our forums here and tell us about it. Click continue when it's all finished.

Step 5 :

They think it's all over, it is now ! Well, umm it's all finished, click the link on the page, and login using password 'setup'.

Click continue below to learn how what options are what.

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