This is an installation for TrackPoint. Installation is an easy process. If you have any problems or errors during installation, please send in a support ticket via your client area.

Contents

  1. Requirements
  2. Uploading Files
  3. File Permissions
  4. MySQL Database
  5. Setup Wizard

1. Requirements

Please ensure your web host meets the application requirements.

  • Linux, UNIX or variants preferred. Windows 2000 or higher (which support IIS 5 or above).
  • Apache 1.3.2 or above either on Linux, Unix or a variant or Windows. IIS 5 or above on a Windows server.
  • PHP v4.1.0 or above
  • MySQL v3.23 or above

2. Uploading Files

Unzip the TrackPoint package onto your local hard drive. If you don't have Winzip, you can download it for free at the Winzip website. Using an FTP program (such as Filezilla, which is free, or a commerical package such as CuteFTP), login to your web server and copy the TrackPoint files across into a subfolder on your server.

3. File Permissions

TrackPoint requires the following files/directories to have 'write' permissions set. If you're running on a Linux or Unix web host, you can use your FTP program and use the 'CHMOD' ('Change Mode') function to grant write permissions. If your host is running Windows, you will need to contact them about setting up write permissions on these files/folders. Also, if a folder listed here doesn't exist, please create it.

Folders, CHMOD these to757:
  • /includes/
Note: Although it says 757, some webhosts may require 775 or 777 instead.

4. MySQL Database

TrackPoint makes use of a MySQL database to store your data. This database must be created before you run the TrackPoint installation wizard. Your database user account should also have full grant access to that database.

You will need the database connection details during the setup wizard.

Setting up your database may differ with your webhost and what software they use for your webhosting control panel:

5. Setup Wizard

TrackPoint has a simple step by step installation process.

To start the setup wizard, navigate to the directory that you uploaded TrackPoint to, for example: http://www.yoursite.com/TrackPoint/. The TrackPoint setup wizard will appear. The step by step wizard will request the following details from you:

  • Licence Key - Copy the licence key you received when you purchased TrackPoint and paste it here.
  • Application URL- This is the URL to your TrackPoint installation (not your main website if this is in a sub folder)
  • Email Address - This is the email that will be used for the super admin user that will be created, also it will be the default contact email which can be changed later via your settings page.
  • Password & Confirm Password - This will become the password for your admin user. The username will be 'admin'.
  • Database Information - You will need your database username, password, database name and host (usually 'localhost', though this may vary with some hosts).
  • Send Server Configuration - This will send information about your server back to us. The data sent will be basic information such as your PHP version, MySQL version, etc. No information that can identify you or your website will be sent, it is completely anonymous. This will aid us in future development to know what versions of PHP and MySQL we can support among other things.

Once you have completed all sections, click on the "Proceed" button at the bottom of each page. Your TrackPoint configuration details will be saved to the config directory, and your database will also be created.

Congratulations, you are now ready to login to the TrackPoint control panel and start tracking your site! Your control panel will be accessible by adding '/admin' onto the end of your website URL.