In this manual you will find out the details of the installation process as well as the system requirements for the Dating Pro software. You will find other manuals on PG Dating Pro software in this forum: https://pilotgroup.zendesk.com/forums/22985306-Manuals

1. PG Dating Software
Installation instructions
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2. In this manual you will find out the details of the installation process as well as the system
requirements for the Dating Pro solution.
If you encounter any difficulties along the way, please contact our Support team by phone
1-866-620-1919, in Live chat or by email.
System requirements
 PHP 5.3 or higher
 gd2, iconv, mbstring, mysql extensions for PHP
 MySQL 5.1 or higher
 XML Support
 ionCube PHP Loader v4.0.12 and above enabled on your server (for encoded
version)
 mod_rewrite library and support of .htaccess files with RewriteRule attribute
 Cronjobs/scheduler support
 ffmpeg-php extension should be installed (required for video thumbs, video duration,
etc.)
 shell_exec should be allowed
Installation instructions
1. Download the ZIP archive with the software files, extract the files and upload them to
your server. Any FTP client will do, or, you can upload the archive to the server and
decompress it there.
Note: Make sure to use Binary transfer mode during upload.
2. Create an empty MySQL database and add a user to this database. Database user
should have full rights because the script will use this user's parameters to populate the
database with tables and data.
Note: We recommend making a backup copy of your website database at least once a
month, to be on the safe side.
3. Set 0777 permissions to following directories:
/application/views/default/sets/*
/temp/*
/uploads/*
* means recurse into subdirectories and apply to directories
Note: You will also be prompted to change file permissions to files
/application/config/install.php, /config.php along the way. Click 'Refresh' when you
are done to update the info.

3. 4. Go to http://www.yourdomain.com/install/ (where www.yourdomain.com is your domain
name connected to the server).
5. Read the license agreement and click 'I agree' if you agree.
6. Indicate your FTP access details (host, user and password) and click 'Next' to continue:

4. 7. The next step is to indicate database access details. Click 'Next' to continue:
8. Next comes the languages installation. You can select default language here.
At least one language version is required.

5. 9. The system will start the installation. You will be asked to indicate your order number (if
you are not sure about it, contact us in live chat or in helpdesk).
Fill out the administrator details. It will be your future login and password to authorize on
the site, plus your name and email that will be used for correspondence with site members.
You will be able to edit this information at any later point:

6. Add SMTP server details:
Sit back and enjoy while the script completes the installation.

7. Finally, you will be asked to set up cron file.
Make sure to indicate correct path to PHP. On our test server it is /usr/bin/php. Contact
your server administrator to find out the path on your server.
Click 'Finish'. Your dating site is installed and ready to be configured.
☆You will find other manuals on PG Dating Pro software in this forum:
https://pilotgroup.zendesk.com/forums/22985306-Manuals