I have had no prior PHP experience. I uploaded the Providence software to my hosting provider, in a separate folder (not in the root), and set the variables in the setup.php file to their correct settings. No reply from the system when entering this folder, nor when entering in the /[folder]/install folder.
How can I fix this? I understand this is a very general question. setup.php:
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CollectiveAccess :: Open-source collections management software
Version 1.0
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THE VALUES BELOW MUST BE CHANGED TO SUIT YOUR ENVIRONMENT
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CA_BASE_DIR = the absolute server path to the directory containing your CollectiveAccess installation
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Enter the correct directory but omit trailing slashes!
For Windows hosts, use a notation similar to "C:/PATH/TO/COLLECTIVEACCESS"; do NOT use backslashes
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define("CA_BASE_DIR", "/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db");
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CA_URL_ROOT = the root-relative URL path to your CollectiveAccess installation
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Leave the __CA_URL_ROOT_ BLANK if the CollectiveAccess directory is the web server root
or in the root directory of a virtual host. If CollectiveAccess is in a subdirectory or
an alias is used to point the web server to the correct path, set 'CA_URL_ROOT' to
the relative url path to the subdirectory; start the path with a slash ('/') but omit trailing slashes.
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Example: If CollectiveAccess will be accessed via http://www.mysite.org/apps/ca then CA_URL_ROOT would be set to /apps/ca
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define("CA_URL_ROOT", "/db");
CA_SITE_HOSTNAME = the hostname for your system
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This must be the full host name. Do not include http:// or any other prefixes.
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define("CA_SITE_HOSTNAME", "www.openphidias.net");
CA_APP_NAME = a short name alphanumeric-only (no spaces or punctuation) name for this CollectiveAccess installation
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If you are running more than one instance of CollectiveAccess on the same server make sure each instance has its
own unique CA_APP_NAME setting. CA_APP_NAME must include letters, numbers and underscores only - no spaces or punctuation!
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define("CA_APP_NAME", "phidias");
CA_APP_DISPLAY_NAME = the name of your system for display purposes
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This value will be used on emails, on the login screen, in window titles, etc.
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define("CA_APP_DISPLAY_NAME", "OpenPhidias");
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The following settings allow CA to connect to its database. These settings should have been given to you by
your system administrator or hosting provider.
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Database server host name (often 'localhost')
define("CA_DB_HOST", 'db2.hosting2go.nl');
Database login user name
define("CA_DB_USER", '*********');
Database login password
define("CA_DB_PASSWORD", '************');
The name of your CollectiveAccess database
define("CA_DB_DATABASE", 'm1_3a429ce7');
Only MySQL databases are currently supported so leave this set to 'mysql'!
define("CA_DB_TYPE", 'mysql');
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date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Amsterdam');
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The following settings define how CA sends email on your server. These settings should have been given to you by
your system administrator or hosting provider.
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SMTP server to use for outgoing mail
define("CA_SMTP_SERVER", 'server117.hosting2go.nl');
SMTP port to use for outgoing mail
define("CA_SMTP_PORT", 25);
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If your SMTP server requires you to authenticate then you can set the login information
below by uncommenting the smtp_auth, smtp_username and smtp_password lines and giving them appropriate values
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define("CA_SMTP_AUTH", 'server117.hosting2go.nl');
define("CA_SMTP_USER", 'dvbroekhuizen');
define("CA_SMTP_PASSWORD", '*********************');
Generic site admin email - used as the "from" address.
define("CA_ADMIN_EMAIL", 'dick@openphidias.net');
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That's it! The settings here should be enough to get you up and running...
Don't forget to take a look at your global.conf file though. It defines additional settings you might need to change.
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