What do I need to run Pligg?

Pligg requires that your server has installed a recent version of PHP (4.3.0 or higher) and MySQL. You must be able to access a MySQL database for storing data, if you don't know how or if your web host offers MySQL access please contact your host for details.

If you have not yet decided on a web host, we suggest either Midphase or Dreamhost for entry level hosting.

How do I install Pligg?

1. Create a mysql database. Example "pligg."
Note - Have your database name, username, password, and
host handy before installing

2. Rename settings.php.default to settings.php. Do the same
for /libs/dbconnect.php.default.

3. Upload the files to your server.

4. chmod 777
/avatars/user_uploaded
/backup
/cache
/templates
/templates_c

5. chmod 666
/libs/dbconnect.php
/libs/lang.conf
settings.php

6. chmod 655
config.php

7. Open www.yoursite.com/install/ in your web browser.
Step 1: Make sure to read the entire page and click continue
at the bottom when finished
Step 2: Fill out your database name, username, password, host,
and your desired table prefix.
Step 3: Make sure there are no error messages!

8. Delete your /install folder.

9. chmod 644 libs/dbconnect.php

10. Open www.yoursite.com

11. Use the god account. Login: god - Password: 12345 to make the changes needed.

12. Change the password from 12345 to something different as soon as possible.
How do I upgrade?

Please be sure to make a backup of your MySQL databases
and files before upgrading to the newest version of Pligg.
Some upgrades might require that you upgrade your MySQL
database, so please keep backups available.

Note: Upgrading is supported for versions beta 8 and newer

1. Make a backup copy of your config.php and settings.php
(or config2.php for older versions) file.

2. Upload the new build over current build. Make sure all directories
have the same chmod as mentioned in the installation instructions above.

3. If upgrading from beta 8 or below, Rename config2.php to settings.php.

4. Set permissions on config.php to 655.

5. Set permissions on settings.php and /avatar/user_uploaded to 777.

6. Run /install/upgrade.php.

7. Delete everything inside your templates_c directory.

8. Delete the /install directory

9. Login to pligg, go into the admin panel, and set pligg to your liking.

Note: here is currently no way to import an existing config.php file.
Any manual changes to settings.php will be overwritten the next
time you use the admin panel, so use t to make your changes
instead of manually.
How do I make a backup?

1. Log into your site as admin

2. Click on admin panel

3. Click on File and MySQL backup

4. Backup your files (and avatars) or your database

5. Save a backup to your hard drive and archive it.