Mibew Messenger

Copyright 2005-2015 the original author or authors.



REQUIREMENTS



 * Apache web server 1.3.34 or above

 * MySQL database 5.0 or above

 * PHP 4.x or above with MySQL support



INSTALLATION



 1. Create folder with name 'mibew' in the root of your website.



 2. Upload all files contained in this archive (retaining the directory

    structure) into the created folder.



 3. Make sure that the user, under which the web server is running (for

    instance, www), is able to access and read all files in mibew folder

    and all of its subfolders.



    On *nix systems the simplest way is to use this pair of commands:



    find -type f | xargs chmod 0644

    find -type d | xargs chmod 0755



 4. Add a MySQL database to be used with Mibew Messenger (for instance, with

    the name 'mibew').



 5. Edit mibew/libs/config.php to specify the information needed to connect

    to the database.



 6. Using your web browser visit http://<yourdomain>/mibew/install/ and

    hit 'Create tables'.



 7. Remove mibew/install/ directory from your server.



 8. On *nix platforms change the owner of mibew/images/avatar folder

    to the user, under which the web server is running (for instance, www):



    chown www mibew/images/avatar



    The owner should have all rights on the folder mibew/images/avatar:



    chmod u+rwx mibew/images/avatar





 9. Log in as

                  user: admin

                  password: <empty>



10. Get button code and set it up on your site.



11. Change your password and name.



12. Wait for your visitors on the 'Pending users' page.



UPDATE



  1. Backup your mibew/libs/config.php



  2. Backup your mibew/images/avatar folder.



  3. Delete all items in mibew folder on the server.



  4. Upload all files contained in the downloaded archive (retaining the

     directory structure) into mibew folder.



  5. Restore the MySQL database settings in mibew/libs/config.php



  6. Visit http://<yourdomain>/mibew/install/ and follow the instructions

     to update the database tables (if needed).



  7. Remove mibew/install/ directory from your server.



  8. Restore contents of mibew/images/avatar folder.

