Nov 29, 2015 - Create the Elgg data folder as C: xampp htdocs sites data. You will be taken to the Elgg installation steps. 1.5.7 Internationalization. Installing Elgg on XAMPP. Once the installation is completed, it will prompt you to start the XAMPP controller panel. Open C: xampp apache conf httpd.conf file with notepad and uncomment these lines: Edit the php.ini file and change arg_separator.output = & to arg_separator.output = &.
These days social networking sites have become more powerful for interacting people to people. It has been estimated that more than 80% of students rely on such kind of social networking sites in their daily communication such as surfing online, social activities, discussion etc. In most of the university social networks are considered as a communication method among teachers and students.
Social networks improves performance of the students. A wide range of educational institutions have started using open source network application “ Elgg“. Elgg is an open source social network web application that build all kind of social environment from business to education. Create and manage your own social networking site with this open source tool.
It runs on LAMP ( Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) platform. It offers file sharing, blogging, social networking and groups. It provided you with a personal web blog, online profile, RSS reader, file repository.
In addition all user content can be tagged with keywords. This way you can connect to people with same interest and can create a personal learning network. However Elgg is different from other social network, each profile item, uploaded file etc, can be assign to its own restrictions. It is integrated with Drupal, Webct, Mediawiki and Moodle and it also supports most of the open standards along with RSS, LDAP for authentication and XML-RPC for integrating most of the third party web blogging clients. Its very easy to create and manage your own web blog with full customization. Requirements of Elgg.
Elgg runs on dedicated LAMP based server. Usually needs Apache, MySQL, PHP scripting language. Apache modrewrite module Multibyte String support for internationalization.
GD for graphics processing. JSON (included in PHP 5.2+). XML Elgg Features Elgg is packed with bundle of features that you wish to have in your networking website. Here’s a full feature list:.
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Elgg allows you to integrate with other web based tools like wikis and blog. It offers a large number of links between blog and community or users. That can be used to examine the actives and system of users once it finds exact start point. Elgg helps you to manage user and fulfill their requirement. It gives you a powerful data model which can make the creation simple and flexible.
With the help of granular activity stream API your plugins pushes the required content to all your users. API plugin allows you to build and add required features like create video, edit, add title, tags descriptions of a video.
In Elgg you can find files repositories for communities as well as individual. However it is highly recommended to increase PHP memory limit to 128MB or 256MB, and increase upload file size to 10MB. By default, these settings are already added in the.htaccess file in the Elgg directory. This article shows a depth instructions on how to install and setup Elgg on RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Scientific Linux and Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian systems.
Installing Elgg To install Elgg, you must have Apache, MySQL and PHP installed on your system. If not, install them using the following command as shown below. On RHEL/CentOS/Fedora/Scientific Linux # yum install mysql mysql-server httpd php php-mysql php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc wget unzip Turn on Apache “ modrewrite” module. Open the following file. # vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf Change “ AllowOverride None” to “ AllowOverride All“. # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in.htaccess files.
# It can be 'All', 'None', or any combination of the keywords: # Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit # AllowOverride All Finally, restart Apache and MySQL service. # /etc/init.d/httpd restart # /etc/init.d/mysqld restart On Debian/Ubuntu/Linux # apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql wget unzip Next Turn on the Apache “ rewrite” module by running the following command. # a2enmod rewrite Once you’ve Turn on “ rewrite” module, now enable it for “.htaccess” processing.
Open the following file with your choice of editor. # vi /etc/apache2/sitesavailable/default Change “ AllowOverride None” to “ AllowOverride All” Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all Finally, restart Apache and Mysql service. # /etc/init.d/apache2 restart # /etc/init.d/mysql restart Creating Elgg MySQL Database Login to your MySQL server with root password. # mysql -u root -p Once you in MySQL shell, create “ elgg” database as shown. Mysql create database elgg; Create a “ elgg” user for MySQL and set password. Mysql CREATE USER 'elgg'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'abc'; Grant “ All” privileges on “ elgg” database to “ elgg” user and exit. Mysql GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON elgg.
TO 'elgg' IDENTIFIED BY 'abc'; mysql flush privileges; mysql exit; Downloading and Installing Elgg Elgg 1.8.15 is the latest recommended version, download it using wget command and extract it. # wget # unzip elgg-1.8.15.zip Next, move “ elgg” directory to your web server document root directory. For example, “ /var/www/html/elgg” (For Red Hat distro’s) and “ /var/www/elgg” (For Debian distro’s). # mv elgg-1.8.15 /var/www/html/elgg OR # mv elgg-1.8.15 /var/www/elgg Go to “ elgg” directory and then “ engine” directory.
# cd /var/www/html/elgg # cd engine OR # cd /var/www/elgg # cd engine Copy “ settings.example.php” to “ settings.php“. Cp settings.example.php settings.php Open the settings.php file with your choice of editor. # vi settings.php Enter the dbuser, dbpass, dbname, dbhost and dbprefix parameters as shown below. /.
The database username. @global string $CONFIG-dbuser. @name $CONFIG-dbuser./ $CONFIG-dbuser = ' elgg'; /. The database password. @global string $CONFIG-dbpass./ $CONFIG-dbpass = ' abc'; /.
The database name. @global string $CONFIG-dbname./ $CONFIG-dbname = ' elgg'; /. The database host. For most installations, this is 'localhost'.
@global string $CONFIG-dbhost./ $CONFIG-dbhost = ' localhost'; /. The database prefix. This prefix will be appended to all Elgg tables. If you're sharing. a database with other applications, use a database prefix to namespace tables.
in order to avoid table name collisions. @global string $CONFIG-dbprefix./ $CONFIG-dbprefix = ' elgg'; Elgg needs a different directory called “ data” to keep uploaded photos and profile icons.
So, you need to create this directory outside of your web document root directory for security reason. # mkdir data # chmod 777 data Finally, Open the web browser and navigate to “ Follow the installation wizard instructions as shown below.
4 Shares Hi, We are pleased to announce that Softaculous auto installer is now available on. Vesta Control Panel is a Free, Simple & Clever Hosting Control Panel licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENCE Version 3. Vesta Control Panel’s Web Interface is extremely fast and its even faster with keyboard shortcuts. Vesta uses latest and greatest versions and depending on available system resources it delivers optimized configuration for Low/Medium/High RAM server types. How to install Softaculous in Vesta Control Panel: 1. CLI Interface: SSH to your server as root and execute the following command: /usr/bin/sudo /usr/local/vesta/bin/v-add-vesta-softaculous 2.
GUI Interface: Softaculous can be installed from Vesta admin panel as well. Login to the Vesta Control Panel as admin and go to Server tab in the top bar. Click on the Configure button next to your server hostname.
Scroll to the bottom and click on Vesta Control Panel Plugins dropdown. Search for the Softaculous dropdown, select yes and click on Save button. That’s it! Softaculous is installed on your server. You can also refer to the following guide: Once Softaculous is installed you can access it using the Apps link in the top bar when logged in as a USER or ADMIN. By default Softaculous Free version is installed which has access to.
You can purchase the premium Softaculous license here: We hope you enjoy installing and maintaining apps via Softaculous in Vesta. Happy New Year from the Softaculous!! Regards, The Softaculous Team. 0 Shares 2017 has been a big year at Softaculous!! As we bid goodbye to 2017, its time to review the changes in the past 12 months.
Major changes in 2017. Added several features, bug fixes and improvements.
One of the features we recently added allows users to backup their installations on Remote location like Dropbox/FTP/FTPS/SFTP. Added 28 new scripts.
Some of the recent scripts we added include Handesk, Firefly III, Zdoo, Zsite, Akaunting, SimpleRisk, GeniXCMS, ILIAS, Nuked Klan, HuMo-gen. Check out the complete list. 1270 Script Updates.
With our commitment to keep our scripts library updated we released the updates for most of scripts on the same day when the script vendor released the update. Check out the complete list. We also added many new partners this year who started offering Softaculous to their clients for the ease of maintaining scripts. Check out our NOC partners list. We released a new product this year, SitePad Website builder which is a Drag & Drop Website Builder with 300+ templates and 40+ widgets which lets you create and publish your website within minutes. Visit website.
We would like to Thank all our clients for showing confidence in our products. We appreciate your business with us and assure you that we will deliver more features and enhancements in 2018 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Softaculous!! PS: We are working during the holiday season so you can contact us for support related or any other queries and we will be glad to help you.
Regards, The Softaculous Team. 2 Shares Softaculous now has a drag & drop website builder available within the Softaculous enduser panel. So Softaculous users can now create a website within minutes.
SitePad is enabled by default on all servers using Softaculous (can be disabled by server admins from Softaculous Admin panel). Note: SitePad is just a website builder which will help you build your website using drag & drop editor and publish static pages to your hosting account via FTP. The final website will be hosted in your web hosting account. 4 Simple Steps to build a website Step 1: Access SitePad Website Builder Access SitePad from the Softaculous enduser panel, look for the SitePad Website Builder link in the left panel under the Search box. Step 2: Choose a Theme from 290+ themes Once you are redirected to the SitePad editor server you will need to choose a Theme for your website. You can choose from 290+ Professional Themes which cover a wide range of categories like Blog, Business, Portfolio, Restaurants, Travel, etc. All the Themes are Responsive so your website will work across all devices sizes.
Step 3: Edit your website with drag & drop editor After choosing a theme the default pages will be populated with demo content. With the help of 40+ Widgets like Image/Video Slider, Image Galleries, Rich Text, Video, Audio, Service Box, Google Maps, Contact Form, Social Media Buttons, etc you can start editing the contents, add images/videos, text and also create new pages as per your requirements. Step 4: Final Step, Publish your website!
Once your website is ready you can click on the Publish button which will transfer static files i.e. HTML, CSS, JS to your web hosting account i.e. CPanel, Directadmin, Interworx, etc. The final website will be hosted on your web server and since the files are static your website will load much faster as compared to a PHP website. Your website is ready! What is SitePad Website Builder: SitePad is a drag and drop website builder with 290+ Professional Themes which cover a wide range of categories like Blog, Business, Portfolio, Restaurants, Travel, etc and 40+ Widgets like Image/Video Slider, Image Galleries, Rich Text, Video, Audio, Service Box, Google Maps, Contact Form, Social Media and many more.
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SitePad publishes static files (HTML, CSS, JS) to your web hosting account i.e. Your cPanel, Directadmin, Plesk server and your final website will be hosted on your server. Static content makes your website load nearly 2X faster. Features:. One Click Publish.
290+ Themes. 40+ Widgets. Responsive Themes. Static content (HTML, CSS, JS) and SitePad website builder comes with 4 Plans which includes the Free plan with 15 Themes. 0 Shares Softaculous is now available as the default auto installer in ISPmanager 5. Install 350+ apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc with ease from your IPSmanager 5 panel.
Thanks to an integration module developed by team ISPsystem in collaboration with team Softaculous, the solution is available to all ISPmanager 5 users. Even if you are not an advanced ISPmanager 5 user, the web-script installation process will become seamless, quick, simple, and secure for you. All you need to do to start using this new functionality is to activate the integration module within your ISPmanager 5 control panel, after which it will become available in the “Additional Apps” section of the control panel. Server management without specialized administration skills is a fundamental part of ISPmanager’s philosophy. Now, with Softaculous included in ISPmanager as a plug-in, we can offer our clients the highest level of ease and convenience for installation and managment of applications!
Pavel Guralnik, VP of Business Development @ISPsystem Softaculous is available as a free module for ISPmanager 5 (from version 5.33) with 56 applications. By purchasing a premium version of Softaculous through our BILLmanager you will gain access to 350+ web-scrips.
Learn more about the integration. About ISPmanager ISPmanager 5 Lite is a flexible web hosting control panel with the perfect balance of functionality, usability and price. To this date the panel has been already been installed on hundreds of thousands of servers worldwide. With such features as multiple user roles, built-in PHP selector, backup management system, data import from remote server and many, many more great features, ISPmanager became a perfect solution for both Dedicated and VPS server administration! 0 Shares Hi, We are pleased to announce that Softaculous is now available as the default auto installer on.
CentOS Web Panel is a Free Web Hosting control panel is designed for quick and easy management of (Dedicated & VPS) servers without need to use ssh console for every little thing. There are lots of options and features for server management in this control panel.
How to install Softaculous in CentOS Web Panel: Softaculous can be installed with one click from CentOS Web Panel admin panel. Login to the CentOS Web Panel as root and go to Script Installers - Scripts Manager and click on the Install Softaculous button.
You can also refer to the following guide: By default Softaculous Free version is installed which has access to. You can purchase the premium Softaculous license here: Once Softaculous is installed you can access it under the File Management and Script Installers section when logged in as a USER. We hope you like the new changes and we will be adding more features in the upcoming releases. Regards, The Softaculous Team. 0 Shares Hi, The Softaculous Team has released Softaculous 4.5.5 1) Added Japanese language. 2) Admin can now create a blacklist of scripts (i.e. Scripts to be disabled).
3) Admin can enable backups to be taken by admin using CLI even when the backups are disabled for endusers. Enable the setting “Allow admin to backup from command line” from Softaculous Admin panel - Settings. Click for CLI backup guide. 4) Auto Install API now supports ISP System.
5) Improved Script packaging API to deliver script updates faster. 6) Bug Fix: In ISP System control panel user was unable to access Softaculous when logged in ISP System control panel into different browsers. This has been fixed now. Regards, The Softaculous Team. 0 Shares Softaculous auto installer is now available on your desktop environments like XAMPP, EasyPHP and WAMP server.
Installing apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and 330+ applications is now as easy as ONE Click via Softaculous. Get started with developing a blog, forum, wiki, e-commerce site within minutes. The Softaculous apps library includes popular applications, including: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Concrete5, Moodle, ShopSite, phpBB, MyBB, SMF, bbPress, b2evolution, StatusNet, Coppermine, Gallery, Mediawiki, DokuWiki, TikiWiki, Elgg, Dolphin, OpenX, SquirrelMail, LimeSurvey, Piwik, Mantis, SugarCRM, WHMCS, PrestaShop, Magento, CraftySyntax, osTicket, Claroline, etc. Most of which can be installed in several languages by just choosing the language on the Install form. Softaculous also offers AMPPS – a WAMP, MAMP and LAMP stack with Softaculous installed. AMPPS is a complete package on your desktop, same like the server that provides many open source web applications.
Application Management, Domain management, Database management, etc are provided in a secure environment to ease your development. All logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 0 Shares Hi, The Softaculous Team has released Softaculous 4.5.2 1) Added option for endusers to install WordPress themes from the WordPress install form itself. 2) Endusers can now select to auto update WordPress plugins or themes. This can be selected on the Install form or on Edit Installation page.
3) Improved the Import utility to import installations from other auto installers. 4) Bug Fix: When all the scripts in a Category were disabled the category was displayed as undefined. This is fixed now and the category will be hidden when there are no scripts enabled under that category. Regards, The Softaculous Team.