Land Down Under Tutorial and Installation How To

This tutorial describes how to use the Land Down Under project management software with your NEXCESS.NET web hosting account. NEXCESS.NET specializes in hosting Land Down Under software and this tutorial is meant to help you quickly setup your site with our web hosting service.

Land Down Under is a private license script that is free for use to non-profit users.

For the sake of this tutorial we'll assume that you own the domain 'johnsmith.com' and are setting up Land Down Under at http://johnsmith.com/ldu/.

Follow these steps to complete the tutorial:

1. The first thing to do is to run through the SiteWorx MySQL tutorial and create a database for Land Down Under to use to store the information it needs.

   Create a database called 'ldu' with a user named 'ldu'. When you do this SiteWorx will prefix the database and user names with some text resembling your domain name.

   With our example domain of 'johnsmith.com' the database name is 'johnsmit_ldu' and the username is the same 'johnsmit_ldu'.
2. Download the latest version of Land Down Under from the Land Down Under website and unzip the contents of the rar file to your desktop using http://rarlb.com. You should now have a folder on your desktop named 'LDU700-08'. Rename this folder to 'ldu'. Open up the 'datas/config.php' file in your text editing program. We need to enter the information for the database that you created in step #1 into this file so it can be read by the script. For this example, we'll change the information as follows:
   • $cfg['mysqluser'] = 'johnsmit_ldu';
   • $cfg['mysqlpassword'] = 'mypassword';
   • $cfg['mysqldb'] = 'johnsmit_ldu';
   • $cfg['adminemail'] = 'johnsmith@johsmith.com';
   • $cfg['maintitle'] = 'MyTitle';
   • $cfg['subtitle'] = 'SubtitleHere';
   • $cfg['mainurl'] = 'http://www.johnsmith.com/ldu';

   Your screen should look like this:

   

   Save and close the Land Down Under 'config.php' file.
3. Upload the 'ldu' folder to your web hosting account. You can do this using an FTP program. If you don't know how to do this, check out the FTP tutorials on our tutorials page.

   Once the files and folders finish uploading, you need to change the permissions on some of the folders in order for the script to be able to access them. You can do this using the CHMOD command in your FTP program. If you don't know how to do this, check out the FTP tutorials on our tutorials page. CHMOD the folders as follows:

   • CHMOD the 'datas/avatars' folder to 777.
   • CHMOD the 'datas/thumbs' folder to 777.
   • CHMOD the 'datas/tmp' folder to 777.
   • CHMOD the 'datas/users' folder to 777.
4. You now need to import a file into your database in order to create the tables necessary to run the script. You can do this using the phpMyAdmin system. If you don't know how to do this, check out the phpMyAdmin tutorial on our tutorials page. Import the 'docs/ldu-createnew-700.sql' file into your database.
5. You can now access the main page. For this example, we'll point to 'http://www.johnsmith.com/ldu'. You should now be on the main page of the Land Down Under. Your screen should look like this:

   

   Click the 'Register' link. You need to create an account and by default, the first account created will be the admin account. Fill out all the fields according to your preference. Your screen should look like this:

   

   Click the 'Submit' button to create your admin account. You should now see a screen asking you to check your email in order to activate your account. Your screen should look like this:

   

   Once you check your email, click on the link in the email to activate your account. You should now be on this screen:

   

   Your admin account is now created. Enter your username and password in the login fields at the top of the page. Your screen should look like this:

   

   Click the 'Log in' button to login to your admin account. The script will log you and in forward you back to the main page. Click on the 'Administration' link in the menu at the top. You should now be on the main admin control panel page. From here you can manage and customize your Land Down Under system as you see fit. The Land Down Under tutorial is now complete. Your screen should look like this:

   

   For more information on how to use Land Down Under once it's installed, check out the Land Down Under Docs.

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