Installation of your goldroo directory script

1

Download your goldroo software.

2

Extract all the files from the downloaded ZIP file.

3

Create a database on your server, and create and assign a user to access the database.
Note: This user must be able to create tables within the database.

Keep a note of the database name, the user and the user's password.

4

Open the wdcfg.php file in your preferred editor, and update:

1. WDDBUSER: add the database user name, for example if the user is goldroo:
   define('WDDBUSER', 'goldroo');
2. WDDBPASSWD: Add the database user's password, for example if the password is pwd123:
   define('WDDBPASSWD', 'pwd123');
3. WDDBHOST: add the name of the server running the database. This can nearly always be left as localhost:
   define('WDDBHOST', 'localhost');
4. WDDBNAME: add the name of the database you will be using, for example if you named your database goldroo:
   define('WDDBNAME', 'goldroo');
5. WDDBPREFIX: add a prefix for the database tables used:
   define('WDDBPREFIX', 'dir_');
   Note: If your database is not being used by other scripts you can leave this blank.
6. WDEMAIL: add the email address you want to use with your goldroo script:
   define('WDEMAIL', 'info@yourdomain.com');
7. WDDOMAIN: add the full address (URL) of your directory:
   define('WDDOMAIN', 'http://www.yourdomain.com');
   Note: Use the URL of your subdomain or subfolder of your domain if that is where you will be using the goldroo script.
8. WDNAME: add the name of your website, this name is used on confirmation pages of your site and in the signature in emails sent by the script:
   define('WDNAME', 'YourWebsiteName');
9. WDTOP_NAME: add the name that you want your visitors to click to return to the homepage of your site, this is the first part of the breadcrumb trail on every page:
   define('WDTOP_NAME', 'Home');
10. WDFEEDDESC: add a short description of your site, for example "Local tourism and lifestyle guide":
    define('WDFEEDDESC', 'A GoldRoo local directory');

Optional: If you want to use PayPal to accept payments for listing reviews and/or advertising on your site, you need to update the following settings:

1. WDPAYPALACC: add your PayPal email address, for example:
   define('WDPAYPALACC', ''info@yourdomain.com');
2. WDCOSTCURRENCY: change to your currency, for example USD, AUD, EUR etc:
   define('WDCOSTCURRENCY', 'GBP');

Upload all your files to your server.

Open the page http://www.yourdomain.com/install/install.php in a web browser and follow the instructions.
This will install the goldroo script and extensions on your server.

Access your admin area at http://www.yourdomain.com/admin, and login using admin as user name and admin as password.
Note: the password is case sensitive!

8

Click the Change Password link in the admin area, and enter a new password for the admin account; you can also enter a new email address for the admin account.
Click the Change Password button to set the new password.
Note: Changing this email address does not change the email address used by the goldroo script for sending emails to your customers, that is controlled by the WDEMAIL option in the wdcfg.php file.

9

Create a cron job:

• This cron job is required for dead link checking and other automated tasks
• The cron job command needs to run your admin/cron.php file every 5 minutes
• This job can normally be created through your hosting control panel or your hosting provider will be able to assist you
• The following line shows the settings you would enter into cPanel assuming your goldroo script is installed in your server's public_html folder:

  */5 * * * * php -q public_html/admin/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1 &

  (Adjust the sample command above for the location of your admin folder)

10

Change permissions of the following folders to 777:

• extensions/listingrss/cache
• myfeeds/cache

11

Google maps

Open the t!wddetail.html file in your preferred editor, and change GET_YOUR_API_KEY_FROM_GOOGLE to your own Google Map API key.

You will find this about line 13.

If your goldroo script was installed by us, you should download all your remote files to your local computer using your FTP client.

Your installation is now complete.

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