From GeeklogWiki
Folder/File Setup
- First download the latest Geeklog version
- Download the tarball into any directory.
- move the file to your webroot
tar -zxvf geeklog*.tar.gz
- Change into the Geeklog directory
cd geeklog-1.*
- Copy all files to your primary directory with
cp -Rf * /home/username/public_html
- Change the access rights in the directories:
chown -R webuser:webuser *
chmod -R 755 logs
chmod -R 755 backups
chmod -R 755 data
chmod -R 755 public_html/backend
chmod -R 755 public_html/images/articles
chmod -R 755 pulic_html/images/topics
chmod -R 755 public_html/images/userphotos/
Database
- Create your MySQL database, MySQL account, grant privileges to MySQL account.
- As root create the MySQL database and access rights:
$ mysql -u root
mysql> create database geeklog_db;
mysql>grant all on geeklog.* to geeklog@localhost identified by 'yourgeeklogpassword';
mysql>quit
Install
- run www.yourdomain.foo/admin/install/index.php
- follow the instructions
- login to your page using default Admin/password
- change password
- remove directory public_html/admin/install
