This is a short step-by-step guide of the proper method to install Elxis CMS. Visit our forums if you need help or hire a professional. Notice that we are not responsible for any damages may occur to your web site, such as data loss, because of this guide. Use this guide at your own risk.

Preparation

• Download the latest version of Elxis CMS from elxis.org website (dont trust other sources you may find)
• Upload Elxis zip to your www root folder (usually named as public_html)
• Unzip it (you can do it via cpanel -> file manager). Files will be extracted to your www root folder. Dont install Elxis in a sub-directory except if you really need this option.
• Change permisions to all folders to 755 (if it is needed to be changed). If you have shell access cd to public_html folder and type:
  find . -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
• Change permisions to all files to 644 (if it is needed to be changed). If you have shell access cd to public_html folder and type:
  find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
• 6. Make sure everything is owned by the local user. Linux command:
  chown -R username:group *
  Where username and group your local username and group (i.e. myusername:myusername)
• Change permissions to folders and files that must be writable to 777 and 666 respectively (at least to /tmpr, /cache, elxis defender and flood blocker log files and folder)
• If you want to use in front-end some languages that are not included in the Elxis default distribution package download them from Elxis Downloads Center and upload them to /language folder BEFORE running the installer! Why? Because Elxis 2008.x installer creates you automatically language specific menus and content during the installation based on the published languages you select on the installer! The installed site is a ready multi-lingual site! Of course you can change everything afterwards but this will save you time.
• Login to your hosting control panel and create a database for your site (currently MySQL or PostgreSQL). Create a user for this database and attach it to the Elxis database. DONT USE STRANGE CHARACTERS in database name, user or password! Go to phpMyAdmin or phpPgAdmin and make sure database collation/encoding is utf8_general_ci

Installation

Go to the Elxis installer and install Elxis CMS by following the installer steps.Take special attention on possible warnings on the installer front page. In Elxis installer you will find Elxis Team suggestions as well as a list of the supported databases by the Elxis version you try to install. When installation finish remove completely the /installation directory.

First actions after installation

We advise you to immediately enable SEO PRO by setting the mosConfig_sef value in configuration.php file to 2 and setting properly the htaccess file. We also advice you to cloak the administration login page. The cloak feature hides the administration login form from unauthorized users. After you login to Elxis administration enable Elxis Defender (make sure defender logs folder and txt log files are writable by PHP). Elxis Defender provides strong security on Elxis sites.