Basic Install Documentation

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I am trying to install c5 to hostpapa and I'm just not clear on a few things

2. Make sure your config/ directory is writable by a web server. (Note, this is the config/ directory in the root of the archive).

I'm not sure how to check or where to check ??

3. Make sure files/ and its subdirectories are writable by the Apache process (or the world.)

I'm not sure how to check or where to check again ??

4. Make sure mod_rewrite is setup and functioning. If you try and install Concrete5 and receive a 404 error, and the URL is "/install/-/configure," mod _ rewrite is probably not enabled.

Installed c5 to the public html folder without incident

5. Create a new MySQL database and a MySQL user account with the following privileges on that database: INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, INDEX, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, ALTER

Performed this with the cpanels mysql wizard done and done

6. Visit the folder in which you placed the Concrete5 site on your site, in any web browser. You should see a gray installation screen where you can specify your site's name, your base URL, and your database settings. This screen should also take you through installation and determine whether all your settings are correct.

How do I access the folder through a web browser ... This one has me completely lost and is truly my biggest question

7. Concrete 5 should be installed.

Please Please help me Concrete5 members your my only hope.

Ekko
 
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Ekko
Ok I figured it out, and figured that I would leave my own reply to prevent others from answering a solved question and the information about how it was resolved for others as inexperienced as me.

Using Filezilla Ftp I copied c5 to the public_html the version being 5.4.1.1 so the folder was labeled concrete5.4.1.1 so what I was entering in my browser waswww.www.mysitename.com/public_html/concrete5.4.1.1... (

What I needed to enter was simplywww.www.mysitename.com/concrete5.4.1.1...
leaving out the public _html part. I simplified this further by renaming the concrete5.4.1.1 folder to just concrete5 in filezilla so that it would just bewww.www.mysitename.com/concrete5... that I would have to go to

Hopes this helps someone that is as equally green as me