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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

Setting File Permissions


When expanded, e107 will add 8 folders and 40 files to your directory (see the screenshot overleaf). Keep in mind that this may change with updates.

Note

Please note that during installation if you do not have enough storage capacity then the system will only unzip the number of files it has room for and not more than that; and it does not warn you that it has encountered this problem.

Now we are going to set some directory permissions to enable us to configure and customize e107. You may not want to use all the features (plugins) of e107 so the following is broken down into core permissions and plug-in permissions. If you have never changed permissions before, start with using the Help menu on your FTP program and it should provide guidance. Whether you are using FileZilla or some other FTP program the screens will look similar to the screenshot below. Right-click the folder or file for which you wish to change the permission and look for either CHMOD (a UNIX Command...