Installation Guide | ||
1) You must either create a website (in IIS or Apache) or have an existing web site to place the eSurvey files.
2) You must either create or have an existing Microsoft SQL Server database in place and available. 3) A database user must exist that has access to the database and that has db_owner, db_datareader, and db_datawriter permissions enabled. The database user only needs to have db_owner permissions enabled so that the installation package can properly create/alter eSurvey's database tables. Once eSurvey has been properly installed, the database user may have it's db_owner permissions revoked. 4) The web server must have the server side scripting language PHP 4.3.1 or later installed. 5) The eSurvey package must be unzipped into a folder on your web server where it is accessible to the world. 6) Inside the eSurvey application folder, the following directories and files need to have certain security settings changed under Windows. The web server's user id (typically begins with 'IUSR_' and is followed by the server's name. Ex. 'IUSR_MYSERVER') must have full control (read, write, etc.) enabled for:
7) The next step is to run eSurvey's installer program from a web browser (Internet Explorer 5.5 or above). For example, if eSurvey was made to be accessible at http://www.mydomain.com/esurvey/, then you would have to go to the URL http://www.mydomain.com/esurvey/installer/index.php. The installer package will require that you enter the Product Code which came with eSurvey when it was purchased. The installer package will walk you through each step necessary to complete your installation of the eSurvey application. 8) Once you've completed the installer program, you may log in with the Administrator account that you created and begin using eSurvey. |