INSTALLATION
1. Unpack the files, and copy them to the server, for example to /home/youruser/public_html/sphider (later referred to as
[path_of_sphider])
2. In the server, create a database in MySQL to hold Sphider data.
a) at command prompt type (to log into MySQL):
mysql -u <your username> -p
Enter your password when prompted.
b) in MySQL, type:
CREATE DATABASE sphider_db;
Of course you can use some other name for database instead of sphider_db.
c) Use exit to exit MySQL.
For more information on how to create a database and give/get the necessary permissions, check MySQL.com
3. In settings directory, edit database.php file and change $database, $mysql_user, $mysql_password and $mysql_host
to correct values (if you dont know what $mysql_host should be, it should probably stay as it is - 'localhost').
4. Open install.php script (admin directory) in your browser, which will create the tables necessary for Sphider to operate.
Alternatively, the tables can be created by hand using tables.sql script given in the sql directory of the Sphider distribution. In the
prompt, type
mysql -u <your username> -p sphider_db < [path_of_sphider]/sql/tables.sql
5. In admin directory, edit auth.php to change the administrator user name and password (default values are 'admin' and 'admin').
6. Open admin/admin.php in browser and start indexing.
7. index.php is the default search page.