allintaCMS 2.3

Trial Installation Guide

This document describes how to install the trial version of Allinta CMS.

Please note that some features of the trial are disabled. To try these features, please look at the online demonstrations at Allinta.com.

Installation of the CMS is fairly simple, and should take about 15 minutes or so.

If you are having trouble installing this free trial, you can consult the online FAQ at Allinta.com for further assistance.

Remember that if you buy the full version of Allinta CMS we offer free installation support.

The trial comes with 2 Microsoft Access databases, the Unique Travel database (as online at

Allinta) and a clean database ready for you to add content.

If you wish to use Microsoft Access as the database of choice when purchasing, you can continue to add content within the trial version and use that database with the production code when purchased

If you wish to use MySQL or SQL Server as the database with the full version, please test using the trial then purchase and add your content using the full version.

1. Extract the files (5 mins)

1. Locate the allintaCMS_trial.zip file.

2. Double click on the file.

3. Winzip or another application should open the file, if it does not, download and install WinZip from www.winzip.com

4. Within Winzip, click the Extract button and select a location to extract the files, eg

C:\allintaCMS\.

Make sure Use folder names is checked (see graphic).

2. FTP to web site (7 mins)

1. If you do not have an FTP program, try WS_FTP from www.ipswitch.com

2. Using your FTP program connect to your web site.

3. Upload all files from the location where Allinta CMS was unzipped to the root level of your web site (or a subdirectory of your web site if you are testing).

In WS_FTP (picture below), select all files on the Left (Local System), then click the green right arrow to transfer the files to the Remote System.

Note: Your FTP speed may vary from the 7 minute average.

It depends on the speed of your link and the speed of the remote FTP server.

3. Log in to Admin (2 mins)

Type the following address into your web browser:

http://www.yourwebsitename.com/trialadmin/

Where yourwebsitename.com is your domain name.

This screen appears:

Now enter the default username and password to access the Admin:

User: Admin

Pass: password

Note: These are case sensitive.

Note: This demo assumes that your web site has READ and WRITE permissions for the database folder.

If an error occurs, please consult the FAQ section of the Allinta website for more information on setting read and write permissions.

4. Set your URL details (2 mins)

IMPORTANT: Before you run anything within the trial, you will need to ensure the URL's identifying the site are configured in the Administration system.

1. On the main menu, click Settings.

2. Enter the Website URL with the exact location where the CMS is installed, including any sub directories

eg. http://www.mycompanyname.com/ where mycompanyname.com is your domain name

3. Enter the CMS Admin URL where your CMS Administration System is located.

eg. http://www.mycompanyname.com/trialAdmin/ where mycompanyname.com is your domain name

4. Click Update to save the settings.

If you do not change these settings, certain features, such as the website wizard, and WYSIWYG editor, may not work correctly.

Congratulations. Allinta CMS should now be installed and running with the Unique Travel demo database.

You can make changes to this content if you wish.

5. Change to blank database (optional)

If you want to install a blank database on your website to add content from a clean database, follow the instructions contained in the following files/locations:

allintaCMS\inc\db_connection.asp

allintaCMS\trialAdmin\inc\db_connection.asp

where allintaCMS is the location where you installed the files in step 1 above.

1. You’ll need to edit both files with a text editor, like Notepad.

2. Make the changes as suggested in the files.

3. Both files must be changed, saved and sent by FTP to your website to enable the new (clean) database.

4. Follow major steps 3 and 4 above again to login and ensure all settings are properly set.