This document provides a 4 step guide for installing PHP Melody, a video and content management system: 1. Set up a MySQL user, database, and get login credentials. 2. Edit the config-sample.php file, renaming it to config.php and adding the MySQL credentials. 3. Upload the PHP Melody files and folders to the hosting account and set specific file/folder permissions. 4. Run the install.php file in a browser to complete the installation process and set up the admin account.

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PHP Melody – Installation Manual
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2. Hello!
Thank you for choosing PHP Melody as your video and content manager!
This manual is intended to guide you through the 4 steps required for installing PHP Melody. If you encounter any
problems, please contact our team. We are always happy to help!
Installing PHP Melody
Step 1
Setting up the MySQL user and database
The following MySQL details are required before installing PHP Melody:
1. MySQL server name (most of the time it’s localhost)
2. MySQL username and password
3. MySQL database
Please note that you cannot use an old PHP Melody database with a new install.
All these can be set from within your hosting control panel. If you have any doubts about these details, please
ask your host for help.
Step 2
Editing config.php
Unzip the PHP Melody archive you downloaded on your computer.
Find and edit ‘config-sample.php’ as illustrated below. Replace the highlighted content with your own:
$db_name = 'mysql-database'; // MySQL database name
$db_user = 'username'; // MySQL username
$db_pass = 'password'; // MySQL password
$db_host ='localhost';
define('_SITENAME', "PHP Melody"); // Site Name/Title (e.g My Music Video Site)
define('_URL', 'http://www.site.com'); // Insert full URL WITHOUT any trailing slash (e.g
http://www.example.com)
define('_CUSTOMER_ID', 'YOUR_CUSTOMER_ID');
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3. Important note: After you are finished with ‘config-sample.php’ please rename it to ‘config.php’
Step 3
Upload & Set file permissions
Using your favorite FTP client, upload the PHP Melody files and folders to your hosting account into the
desired installation folder. You can install PHP Melody in any folder or subdomain.
Licensing Note: For multiple installations, please make sure you own multiple licenses. Contact us for
details.
Please note that ‘phpmelody_sql.sql’ must be uploaded in ASCII mode, while the rest of the files should
be uploaded in BINARY mode.
Once everything has been successfully uploaded, please use your FTP client to set the required
permissions for the following files and folders:
 File: blacklist.txt - CHMOD to 0777
 File: censor_words.txt - CHMOD to 0777
 File: sitemap.xml - CHMOD to 0777
 File: admin/tmp.pm - CHMOD to 0777
 File: admin/temp/embedparams.xml - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: admin/temp - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: uploads/ - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: uploads/avatars - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: uploads/thumbs - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: uploads/videos - CHMOD to 0777
 Folder: Smarty/templates_c - CHMOD to 0777
Important note for Mac users
Mac OSX doesn’t see the .htaccess file because its starts with a dot. Please make sure this file is
uploaded to your installation folder as well.
Step 4
install.php
Point your browser to install.php (e.g. http://www.yoursite.com/install.php)
If you see any errors please follow the given instructions to solve them. You might also see a completely
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4. white page. This indicates that error_reporting is turned OFF in your PHP installation.
Please ask your host to enable error_reporting for a more detailed report on what went wrong.
Most of the times, any errors that appear on the installation page are caused by incorrect MySQL details in
config.php. Please check them twice if you experience any such problems.
If everything is marked as [OK], press the Continue button to start installing the MySQL database.
At this point, you must wait for the confirmation message.
You can then access the Admin Area by pointing the browser to /admin/index.php and login using:
 Username: admin
 Password: admin
That’s it. A job well done!
We hope you will enjoy PHP Melody
Important links
Here are some useful links to help you get started with PHP Melody:
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