Talk:TemplaVoila/VideoTutorial

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[edit] UPDATE 09/2008

Financial difficulties suspended work on this project. Should be resuming shortly.

Feel free to expand / request features here!

1. I think it would be a good idea to break the basic environment list into things that are required and things that are preferred. That helps set the tone for the fact that you will be using stuff a noob may never have heard of, and that they can do it another way. Like so:

Required:

   * SSH/Shell access (w/ SUDO? is this absolutely required?)
   * FTP access
   * Apache based hosting
   * Image Magick
   * GD graphics library
   * cURL support
   * mod_rewrite support
   * .htaccess support
   * PHP (version?)
   * MySQL (version?)

Preferred:

   * wget (I am going to use wget from the SSH/Shell prompt. If you are using FTP you will need to download the files yourself. Insert links and mention assumed versions?)
   * nano / vi (These are text editors you can use while logged into a shell. I will use these in the tutorial, but you can use a plain text editor and copy the files via FTP instead )
   * Ability to use symlinks (info about what you do if you dont have symlinks)

2. If there is a way to do installation without Shell access and SUDO, perhaps a brief blurb about it?

3. When you have the "search for GD, cURL" etc, maybe make that a bullet list?

4. "And check out the owner and group of the file you created, along with the owner and group of the directory (Which will appear at the top of the list next to .. ) This is important because when we install TYPO3 the group that Apache belongs to will need write access to some folders. On the offchance that your login and Apache run with different permissions,

I see this paragraph isnt finished, but its a little confusing. Maybe say:

And check out the owner and group of the file you created, along with the owner and group of the directory (Which will appear at the top of the list next to .. ) This is important to note, because we will need to make sure Typo3 has "write" access to some folders. It's possible that your login and Apache run with different permissions.

5. I would just reword a little and add "or" in between here to make it a bit clearer:

Finally, just check for imagemagick using:

  find / -name composite 2>/dev/null

or

  find / -name combine 2>/dev/null

You'll get a result for one, or the other. Only one of these will be necessary, as you will have either composite OR combine. Composite is the more recent. Note which one it is as you'll need that to configure ImageMagick later. Next do:

  composite -version
 

(or combine -version)

This will show you which IM version you're using. Note it down also.

Maybe a quick summary:

So you should have confirmed that you have all the required tools on your server configured and ready to use, and you will also have noted:

- The owner/group that Typo3 will use for write access - The owner/group that PHP uses? (This isnt really clear, so this summary would be good) - Whether you have composite or combine installed on Apache

So, not sure if this all helps, I hope it does!

-JCal

Awesome notes, thankyou!

[edit] Changes merged

Thanks JCal, changes merged with main copy!

[edit] Status Update

have had a very difficult couple of months for a variety of reasons.

Things are settling down somewhat now, so I should be able to resume work on this soon.