-- Install PHP, configure your server to work with PHP scripts, and make sure it can work with PHP files.
-- Install the following PHP extensions: MySQL and GD. The GD extension is needed for pie-charts only.
-- Install a database server such as MySQL and make sure it is working properly.
-- Install, configure, and test Anuko Time Tracker like so:
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-1) Unpack distribution files into a selected directory for Apache web server.
-2) Create a database using the mysql.sql file in the distribution.
-3) If you are upgrading from earlier versions run dbinstall.php from your browser and do the required "Update database structure" steps.
-4) Create user name and password to access the time tracker database.
-5) Change $dsn value in /WEB-INF/config.php file to reflect your database connection parameters (user name and password).
-6) For UNIX systems set full access rights for catalog WEB-INF/templates_c/ (chmod 777 templates_c).
-7) If you install time tracker into a sub-directory of your site reflect this in the APP_NAME parameter in /WEB-INF/config.php file. For example, for http://localhost/timetracker/ set APP_NAME = "timetracker".
-8) Login to your time tracker site as admin with password "secret" without quotes and create at least one team.
-9) Change admin password (on the admin "options" page). You can also use the following SQL console command:
+- Install PHP, configure your server to work with PHP scripts, and make sure it can work with PHP files.
+- Install the following PHP extensions: mbstring and GD. The GD extension is needed for pie-charts only.
+- Install a database server such as MySQL and make sure it is working properly.
+- Install, configure, and test Anuko Time Tracker like so:
+
+1) Unpack distribution files into a selected directory for your web server.
+2) Allow writing to WEB-INF/templates_c/. Some hosting providers like Hostmonster additionally require files having 644 and directories 755. Otherwise you'll see error 500 (bad permissions, writable by group).
+3) Create a database using the mysql.sql file in the distribution.
+4) Create user name and password to access the time tracker database.
+5) Create a config file by coping WEB-INF/config.php.dist to WEB-INF/config.php.
+6) Change $dsn value in /WEB-INF/config.php file to reflect your database connection parameters (user name and password).
+7) If you are upgrading from earlier Time Tracker version run dbinstall.php from your browser and do only the required "Update database structure" steps.
+8) If you install time tracker into a sub-directory of your site reflect this in the APP_NAME parameter in /WEB-INF/config.php file. For example, for http://localhost/timetracker/ set APP_NAME = "timetracker".
+9) Login to your time tracker site as admin with password "secret" without quotes and create at least one group.
+10) Change admin password (on the admin "options" page). You can also use the following SQL console command: