Prerequisites:

In order to run Noah's Classifieds on your computer, you will need the following software components on your unit:
  • MySql database server
  • Php script module
Notes:
  • mysql server may be downloaded from http://www.mysql.com/
  • php script module may be downloaded from zend.com.
  • We do not provide additional support for the installation of the above components. These web sites contain sufficient information for you to accomplish the task.

Installation process:

Quick installation:

  1. Unpack the distribution under your webroot directory;
  2. Locate install.php in your browser;
  3. Follow the instructions.

Detailed installation:

  1. Unpack the distribution and copy the files under a directory where the web server may accesses them.
    (Unpack: tar xvzfp classifieds_<versionnumber>.tgz)
  2. The Noah's Classifieds installation will need a web interface. Start your browser and open install.php (of course, not as a file but through the apache web server, e.g. http://your.server.com/classifieds_1_3/install.php)
  3. Follow the instructions in your browser.
  4. During the installation, a mysql database will be created among the database tables and the necessary data will be written into the tables. The program will attempt to write the Noah's Classifieds configuration file (config.php). If the given server configuration doesn't allow this (the apache web server doesn't have write permission in the classifieds directory), you have to write the config data yourself in config.php. Of course, the browser displays all the information you need to do this.
  5. If the root permission needs a password, an input form will appear. Type the user name and password there (this user name is not necessarily the root, but it must till have written permission to an existing database, or permission to create a database if it doesn't yet exist).
  6. The install program now displays the parameters it needs to continue the process of creating the database and the new tables. If you accept these settings, click "Ok". If you want to change the settings, click "Edit parameters". One reason to change these may be, if you don't want the install program to create a new database called "Classifieds", but you have your own existing db and want to put the Classifieds tables in it. In this case, you can specify the name of your db under "Edit parameters".

Uninstall

If for any reason, you want to remove Noah's Classifieds from your system, you must delete the classifieds mysql database and the program files with .php extension.

Upgrade to Php5, MySql5

The version 1.3 you can download from this site is now compatible with both Php5 and MySql5. If you have an older installation and your server provider updates the server from Php4 or MySql4, you should simply download this version and replace all the .php files of the program with the new ones (maybe except 'template.php' if you previously made some customizations in it!).