Initial installation
Method 1: FTP upload
- Download BlaB! AX Pro from our support center.
- Unzip the files in an empty folder on your computer e.g.
/mychat
- Upload the folder
/mychat
to your webhosting server web-root folder with an FTP program. - CHMOD
config.php
to 666 and the subfolder/attachments
to 777 (Scroll down for help). - Navigate with your browser to
YOUR-URL.COM/mychat/
- (the install will start automatically) and follow the instructions.- Step 1: submit MySQL host, user, password and database name (Scroll down for help).
- Step 2: create your admin account (username, password, email etc)
That's all. Remove the subfolder /install
- you no longer need it.
Method 2: Cpanel
- Download BlaB! AX Pro from our support center.
- Upload the ZIP file to your webhosting server web-root folder
public_html
from Cpanel File Manager - Right click on the newly uploaded ZIP file and select Extract.
- Rename the extracted
blabax-pro
folder tomychat
or whatever you wish. - Navigate with your browser to
YOUR-URL.COM/mychat/
- (the install will start automatically) and follow the instructions.- Step 1: submit MySQL host, user, password and database name (Scroll down for help).
- Step 2: create your admin account (username, password, email etc)
That's all. Remove the subfolder /install
- you no longer need it.
MySQL host, user, password and database name
The installation script (step 1) cannot create a MySQL database and a MySQL user for you. You have to do this from your hosting panel. If Cpanel - go to Cpanel ยป MySQL databases:
- In the New Database field, type a name for the database and click Create Database
- Under Add New User, enter a username, a password and click Create user
- Under Add User to Database select your newly created user from the User drop-down menu, from the Database drop-down menu select the database and click Add
- A new screen will appear, select ALL PRIVILEGES and click Make Changes
MySQL host is in most cases localhost
- if you are unable to connect to your database you'll have to ask your hosting provider about this. Cpanel usually adds a prefix to the MySQL databases and users which is visible but cannot be changed. When you submit a MySQL database and a MySQL user during the installation process you have to enter both names with the prefix - xxxx_dbname
& xxxx_user
where xxxx is most likely your Cpanel username. No prefix for the password.
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CHMOD
CHMOD means to change the permissions (Read, Write, Execute) of a file or a folder on a Linux computer. You can do this easily with an FTP program - right click on a file or a folder and look for File permissions. Most FTP programs provide a field to enter a numeric value.