We hope that those who make their first steps in the creation of the own website will benefit from this instruction.
It is recommended to view the video in full screen mode. Expand it to full screen [the rightmost button on the control panel of the player] and start viewing.
We also offer you to view the other video instruction. This detailed video instruction covers all the steps of creating a website on the Internet, from choosing the hosting and domain name registration to the installation of DLE to your server. It is recommended to view the video in full screen mode. Expand it to full screen [the rightmost button on the control panel of the player] and start viewing.
Before you install the Datalife Engine, make sure that your servers have the System Requirements and recommendations, so if your servers don't meet the requirements and settings then your website will not run or function properly.
- First, upload all files from the archive to your server at root directory [This can be done using any FTP Client software like FileZilla etc...
- Set the files and folders CHMOD [writable file permission]
- Folder: "templates" and all "sub-folders" to 777 [CHMOD 777]
- All Files in the "templates sub-folders" to 666 [CHMOD 666]
- Folder: "backup" to 777
- Folder: "uploads" to 777
- Folder: "uploads/files" to 777
- Folder: "uploads/fotos" to 777
- Folder: "uploads/posts" to 777
- Folder: "uploads/posts/thumbs" to 777
- Folder: "uploads/thumbs" to 777
- Folder: "engine/data" to 777
- Folder: "engine/cache" to 777
- Folder: "engine/cache/system" to 777
- Run the script installation by point your web browser to //website.com/install.php
- Follow the instructions on installation pages until finish the installation.
- Remove "install.php" to prevent the repeat or overwrite the script installation
- Set file chmod for the following htaccess to 444
- /templates/.htaccess
- /uploads/.htaccess
- /uploads/files/.htaccess
- /engine/data/.htaccess
- /engine/cache/.htaccess
- /engine/cache/system/.htaccess
Installation Screenshots [10.2] [for older version please see below!]
Installation Screenshots [10.1 and older]
The automatic installer will check all the necessary files and configures the connection to the database. After installation is complete, you can see the script on the demo page //website.com/index.php. To access the administration Control Panel, you must run //website.com/admin.php
NOTE: After successfully installed the Datalife Engine you must delete the file "install.php" from the server to prevent re-install which will overwrite the existing installed data.
Starting in DLE 9.5, the following htaccess files are required to set CHMOD [file permission] from 644 to 444
- /templates/.htaccess
- /uploads/.htaccess
- /uploads/files/.htaccess
- /engine/data/.htaccess
- /engine/cache/.htaccess
- /engine/cache/system/.htaccess
So you must set chmod for those .htaccess files otherwise you will be notification in Admin Control Panel, to set chmod, you can easily use ftp client software, but in some webhost are not allowed you to set chmod for htaccess, in that case you can set chmod using cPanel File Manager
To install CMS DLE [Datalife Engine] on web hosting you need to add a domain to ISPmanager 5 panel. If the domain has already been added to the section “Domain names”, then proceed to step 2.
Step 1. Domain adding
Go to “WWW-domains” menu and press “Add” button.
Enter your domain name in the field «Domain name» andpress “ОK” button.
Step 2. Database creation
You need a database to work with Datalife Engine. To create it go to “Instruments” – “Database” and press “Create a database” button.
Enter a name of the database using Latin alphabet, specify the encoding of the database [most often it is cp1251 or utf8], enter the username and password using Latin alphabet. To create the password you can use “Password Generator”.
Step 3. Upload of installation files
To purchase Datalife Engine script see the official website: //dle-news.ru/release. Download distribution and go to “Instruments” – “File manager” in the web hosting control panel:
Go to www/your_domain_name directory [e.g., www/test1.com]
Click “Upload file to current folder”
Select the distribution file and click “OK”:
Select the downloaded archive and press “Extract the archive to the current directory”
A folder with CMS Datalife Engine will be created in the current directory. Go to “DLE” folder – “Upload” and copy all the files to the current domain directory. Check your permission, it must be 777 for the folders and 644 – for the files.
Step 4.Installation.
Open your website //your_domain_name in the browser to run DLE installation.
Press “Start installation” button, put a check mark “I accept terms of service” and press “Next”.
Make sure that all items meet the minimum requirements and click “Next”:
In “Database Configuration” enter “Database Username”, “Password for a Database” and “Database Name” [you specified them in step 2] and click “Next”.
DLE is installed now. Do not forget to delete install.php file.
If you need help on the administrative server, you can order the Server Administration service from Unihost