Getting started

Download

First you have to download the latest version of Open Blog.

The latest version can always be found on this address.

Installing part 1: Uploading files to your server

After you have downloaded the latest version of Open Blog, you need to unpack it and upload it to your server.

  1. Unpack the files using one of the programs of your choice (if you don't have one, we recommend Winrar)
  2. When you unpack the files, you need to upload them to your web server (you can use FileZilla or any other client of your choice)

Installing part 2: Running the installer

After the files have been successfully uploaded to your server, you need to run the Open Blog automatic PHP installer, which will do all the hard work for you.

  1. Visit the website where you uploaded the files to - for example http://www.yoursite.com/blog/install/index.php
  2. You should see a page like this:

  3. Click on the "Install Open Blog" link
  4. Press the "Start Installation ››" button and you should see the next page:

  5. Now you need to change the permissions for the folder config/ so everyone can write to it (CHMOD 777).
    After you have changed the permissions, click the "Refresh" button on the right and the yellow alert sign should change to the green tick:

  6. Click the "Step 2 ››" button on the right and the following will appear:

    7. You need to fill the above form. Here is the detailed explanation:

    Database settings:
    • Database hostname - your database hostname (most likely you won't have to change it and the default value localhost will be fine)
    • Database username - your database username
    • Database password - password for your username
    • Database name - name of the database where the tables for Open Blog will be stored
    • Tables prefix - prefix for the table names (you only need to change this if you are going to use the same database for two Open Blog installations)
    Main settings:
    • Blog URL - URL to your blog root, for example: http://www.yoursite.com/blog/ (trailing slash is a must)
    • Enable SEO URLs - choose this option if your web server has mod_rewrite module enabled (installer should automatically detect this and tick/untick this checkbox for you)
    Blog settings:
    • Blog title - the title of your blog (for example: "John's Blog")
    • Blog description - your blog descripton (for example: "My first blog")
    • META keywords - keywords which will help search engines find your site
    • Admin email - email address which will be displayed in outgoing emails
    • Allow registrations - if you want to allow new users to register, leave this checkbox ticked
    • Posts per page - how many posts will be displayed on a single page
    • Links per box - how many links will be displayed in the Links sidebar on the website
    • Months per archive - how many months will be shown in the Archive sidebar on the website
    Administrator details:
    • Admin username - username that you will use for logging to your website
    • Display name (optional) - name which will be shown to other users
    • Password - password that you will use for logging to your website (choose it wisely)
    • Email address - your email address

    When you filled all the fields, press the "Install ››" button on the right.

  7. If everything went fine, Open Blog should be successfully installed and you should see a page like this:

Installing part 3: Deleting the install folder

The only thing left to do is to delete the install/ folder.
When you delete it, go to your blog home page and you should see Open Blog's welcome post:

Congratulations, your blog has been successfully installed!

Now you can login with username and password that you provided in step 2 and start posting.