Help Installing a PHP Script
Hi everyone,
I am a fairly new webmaster, well at least new to doing anything other than HTML. I am needing to install several different php scripts on my sites. Contact forms, image submission, guestbook, etc... I am having no problems at all finding these scripts for free or very cheap. However I have no idea how to install them onto my website and make them work.
If someone can point me to a tutorial that will help someone who doesnt even know what PHP stands for (in other words, I am completely illiterate in PHP), or even if someone would like to make a few extra dollars and install these scripts for me, please let me know.
Thanks a Bunch,
Gene
Shirthead posted this at 15:59 — 25th July 2006.
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For many PHP scripts you just need to upload them to the server. Easy as that!
If they have a database behind them it is a little trickier. Ask if you host has PHPmyadmin installed - as this makes this part easier as well.
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wowfreak posted this at 16:05 — 25th July 2006.
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Really??? Didnt relize it was that simple. How do i check or know if there is a database behind it?
Thanks,
Gene
wowfreak posted this at 16:06 — 25th July 2006.
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And also, i downloaded a php script with a lot of files, do i just upload the entir folder to my server??
Shirthead posted this at 16:17 — 25th July 2006.
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Usually, yes. Are there no installation instructions? There is usually a file called readme.txt or install.txt or similar.
If the script requires a database then it will usually tell you.
Shirthead : Cool T-shirts with a geeky bent
wowfreak posted this at 17:52 — 25th July 2006.
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Yep, i found it.
can someone help me with another issue, i pasted a code below (hope it comes out as code), where do i input my email address, so that when someone hits submit it submits the information from the form to my emailbox??
I know i type "mailto:email address", but not sure where to put this exactly.......
Sorry for being so noobish
gene
wowfreak posted this at 17:52 — 25th July 2006.
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