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Installation Guide
The installation and configuration of MagicForms form builder doesn't require special technical knowledge, though your experience with uploading files via FTP and MySQL database setup is a plus. In any case, if you experience any problems during any step described below, you are more than welcome to contact our team for FREE support services. All your requests will be replied within 24-48 hours (normally sooner). This tutorial will help you to quickly set up this powerful form solutions tool and start creating your first forms within just a few minutes.
PLEASE BE AWARE:
your server has to meet such requirements:
Server requirements
- Unix-hosting
- Apache Web Server version 1.3.41 or later
- PHP4/PHP5 support
- MySQL database server 4.1.0 and above
- mod_rewrite module
Browser requirement (obligatory for administration management):
- Java Script enabled
- Cookies enabled (also required for user management)
You may ask your hosting service provider for this.
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1
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Download and unpack the archive with the MagicForms files |
You will see the following list of files*:
- css/
- files/
- img/
- install/
- js/
- kcaptcha/
- system/
- index.php
- .htaccess
*The files set may differ depending on the version you've purchased and downloaded
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2
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Log into your server using any FTP client (e.g. WinSCP, CuteFTP, FARManager, etc.) or File Manager within your hosting Control Panel. Go to the root directory of your website (usually 'public_html" or "htpdocs') and create a new folder (e.g. magicforms). Upload the unpacked files to this new folder. |
Depending on your Internet connection, the files will be uploaded within 1 - 10 minutes.
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3
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Change permissions** for the following files and folders:
Set permissions 777 for
- / magicforms/
- / magicforms/system/application/config/
-/magicforms/files
Set permissions 666 for the folders within the magickforms folder:
- /system/application/config/database.php
- /system/application/config/email.php
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You can easily change permisions using the instructions below:
Most commonly, permissions can be changed (CHMOD-ed) via an FTP cliet by right-clicking on the file/folder name, where you'll need to find a menu called Properties (Permissions):
To change permisssions via Control Panel, you'll need to go to the File Manager, right-click on the folder/file name and select Permissions.
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4
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Because MagicForms is a database-driven software, you need to have MySQL database where the script will create its own tables and will store records. You can use an existing database, or create a new one. |
To view your database connection details, go to your Control Panel -> MySQL Databases (Databases) and click on the database name (or the Edit icon).
To create a new database via hosting admin panel, go to the MySQL Databases (Databases) section and follow these steps:
1) Create Database
Enter the name for the new database and click the button "Create Database". Once the database is created, a user must be created/assigned for this database.
2) Create User
To create a new user, enter its username/password and click "Create User".
3) Add User To Your Database
Select the user and the database from drop down menus, tick the checkbox "All" under "Privileges"
and click "Add User to Database"
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5
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Open your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera) and put the following address to the address bar:
http://Your_Domain.com/magicforms/install/index.php
where Your_Domain.com is the name of your domain, magicforms is the name of the folder with the script files
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The installation of MagicForms will start. Agree to Terms and Conditions and follow the instructions of the installation wizard.
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6
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Enter the details in the installation form
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To create files on your server and tables in the database, the script needs to know the connection details. Copy MySQL hostname, Database name, Database User and password (see step 4 above) to the installation form:
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7
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Send emails via SMTP
Check the "SMTP server settings" box to enable the SMTP function (all forms will be sent via your SMTP server)
SMTP server is the name of your SMTP host
SMTP user is your SMTP username
SMTP user password is your SMTP password
SMTP server port is the port of your SMTP server (usually 25)
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If you want the script to send emails via your SMTP server, check the box "SMTP" next to the database input form. The following fields will be displayed:
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8
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Enter the details in the installation form:
Login is the username that will be used to access the admin interface
Password is the password to access the admin interface. For security reasons, the password must contain at least 6 characters
First and Last Name - personal data
E-mail is the administrator's email address
Language is the default language of the interface
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You'll see the following form:
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9
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Log into the admin area using the details specified on step 8.
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If on any installation step you experience problems, please feel free to contact us via an online form at the contact us page or email
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to get a free assistance.
**In most cases, you do not need to change permissions for files and folders if you are on a Window-based server. However, sometimes servers are configured in such a way that PHP scripts do not have permissions to write to their directory and data files. In this case, you will have to ask your server administrators for further assistance.
Errors During Installation
During the installation of MagicForms, several error are possible. This section is intended to list the mesage and provide reasons and suggest actions.
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Action |
| Database doesn't exist |
Wrong database is specified |
Check if the database name is specified correctly |
| Database conection error |
Incorect db username or password |
Check the correctness of the username and password specified in the installation form |
| Coldn't create database |
Database connection problem |
Check if tables were created in the database. Try to delete them and start the installation over |
| Internal Server Error |
Incorrect permissions for files and folders |
See step 3 in the intallation guide |
Blocked the installation file install.lock
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The installation files have been created
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Check if there is a file insall.lock in the magicforms directory on your server. If you cannot log into the admin area, remove the file, clear the database and start the installation over.
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Any questions or problem with installation? Please feel free to contact us at
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