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Building Websites with e107

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Building Websites with e107

Overview of this book

e107 is a PHP-based content management system that uses the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. e107 is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is completely free, totally customizable and in constant development. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users.If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured website in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore e107, putting you in the picture of what it offers, and how to go about building a site with the system. The book covers all the core features of e107, and it is thorough and incremental tutorial approach it gives you the understanding to experiment with advanced features and customization.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Building Websites with e107
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface

Uploading e107 to Your Server


Now that you have a web space capable for handling e107 it is time to begin the installation process. First, you need to go to http://e107.org/ and download the latest version; at present it is version .0.7.7. Once you click on the Download link from the menu bar you will be presented with a page of download links (see the screenshot overleaf):

No Command-Line Access

For security reasons, many web-hosting companies do not give you command-line access unless you have a dedicated server or dedicated virtual private server account. If you do not have the command-line access, follow these steps:

  1. 1. Download the e107 0.7.7 Full install (.zip) file to your computer.

  2. 2. Open your FTP client to your server. (If your web-hosting company supports secure FTP then use it instead of regular FTP). If you do not have an FTP client you can download a free open-source FTP client called Filezilla at http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla. If you are not comfortable with the...