Open the downloaded zip file on your computer and extract the files into a new folder on your desktop. If you can't open zip files you may need to download a zip client such as WinZip.
In addition, make sure that the .htaccess file in the root of the zip file is also extracted. Some operating systems hide files starting a dot by default. This file is needed for the mod_rewrite rules in the script and it wont work without it. You may need to amend your OS settings to show these files if you can't see it in the zip archive.
Using your hosting control panel, login and create a new MySQL database. Then create a database user and assign full privileges for the user on the database. Note the details for the next stage.
Within your hosting control panel, load phpMyAdmin and select your new database. In the right-hand section click on 'import'. Attach the .sql file located at /offline/database.sql and submit the form. Your database should now be ready.
Update "_config.inc.php" in your extract script code with your site url and the full path to the root of the script. In most instances, this will be your domain name (for _CONFIG_SITE_HOST_URL & _CONFIG_SITE_FULL_URL) in the format www.mydomain.com. Don't include the http:// or the trailing forward slash.
Set your database connection details in the same file. (host, user, password & db name)
Using an FTP client such as FileZilla, upload all the files to your webroot (normally public_html folder) apart from the 'offline' & 'install' folder.
Using your FTP client, set permissions to CHMOD 777 on the following folders: '/favicon_cache', '/logs' & '/plugins'.
The admin area can be accessed by adding "/admin/" onto the domain - i.e. yourdomain.com/admin/
Admin area access details:
- user: admin
- pass: password
We'd recommend that you change the admin password to something more secure on first login.