diogo Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Would be useful and encouraging for inexperienced users to put on the homepage some step-by-step instructions for installing PW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 This is on my list of things to do and makes sense to start with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Knoll Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 But the installer is a step-by-step guide, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 That's correct that the majority of the installation is all done by the installer. Here are the current install directions from the readme file (below). If anyone's found lack of clarity here, maybe it would make sense to repeat them in more places (it can't hurt anyway). INSTALLATION FROM ZIP 1. Unzip the ProcessWire installation file to the location where you want it installed on your web server. 2. Load the location that you unzipped (or uploaded) the files to in your web browser. This will initiate the ProcessWire installer. The installer will guide you through the rest of the installation. INSTALLATION FROM GIT 1. Git clone ProcessWire to the place where you want to install it. 2. Load the location where you installed ProcessWire into your browser. This will initiate the ProcessWire installer. The installer will guide you through the rest of the installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Nico, when people see the installer, they already decided to go through a process. I'm talking about something that tells them how easy it is. And also that gives other info, like permissions for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 And the fact that your username has to be lowercase (gets me every time that one ). On that note, could you change the error message or give some more indication that it has to be lowercase ryan? That or change it so if you put in a mixture of uppercase and lowercase it doesn't error and instead just changes it all to lowercase behind the scenes and carries on. Back to the topic, I get what diogo is saying - sometimes it's handy for beginners to see just how easy something is so I was thinking about a very quick write-up with the relevant screenshots to help illustrate just how quick and easy it is. Some systems I've used are surprisingly less straightforward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Thanks Pete, this is exactly what i meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 On that note, could you change the error message or give some more indication that it has to be lowercase ryan? That or change it so if you put in a mixture of uppercase and lowercase it doesn't error and instead just changes it all to lowercase behind the scenes and carries on. No problem–this has been added to the issue queue at GitHub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kiss Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 And regarding the installation instructions: new design is underway, so we might find a place for something like "you'll install it in 5 seconds through our uber-super-duper-greatest installer". Just FYI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 I had to look up what FYI means, and I got all these: For Your Information For Your Interest For Your Inspection For Youth Initiative (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Fiscal Year Information For Your Intonation (music) For You Indirectly Fresno Yosemite International, Fresno, CA (airport code) Forget You Idiot (polite form) i hope you don't mean the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think he means "For Your Installer". ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I've never heard of it meaning anything other than "for your information". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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