Invision Install Guide: Installing

At this point, you should have the zip archive "unzipped" and the contents similar to those shown in the structure and CHMOD guide. If you do not have a similar structure, check to make sure you have your zip program preferences set to allow creation of directories and to preserve case and long filenames.

Using your FTP client, move into the directory your board is installed.

Using your FTP client, upload the contents of your local (upload) folder (from the zip file) to your server. Some folders will contain other files and folders, upload them all - preserving the structure you have in your zip file (for example, upload the entire contents of the "modules" folder on your computer to the "modules" directory on the server).

CHMOD the blog directory to 0777. See also the structure and CHMOD guide.

That's it, the hard work is now done! You can proceed to the next step.

Run the installer file through your web browser by entering the URL to it into your browser address bar (if you have followed our example, type in http://www.domain.com/forums/blog_setup/index.php, naturally substituting 'domain.com' for your web address.)

You will be asked to logon using your Invision Power Board admin account. After you have logged into the installer, the installer will check if the Community Blog module is already installed and give advice on how to proceed.

Simply follow the links suggested by the installer and it will install your Community Blog. This process is done in multiple steps, so do not close your browser before the installation is complete.

Once the Community Blog is installed you can login to your board's Admin Panel and you'll notice the Blog admin menu will be enabled.

Congratulations, your Invision Community Blog in has been installed!

Below is a table showing the file structure and recommended CHMOD values for the file (and in the case of directories, the CHMOD values for the contents of the directories).
The CHMOD values are not needed for Windows based servers and can be safely ignored. The CHMOD values may vary from system to system, if in doubt, CHMOD everything to 0777.
Most systems will not need to CHMOD everything to install successfully, use the table below to determine what needs CHMOD'ding for installation, and what can be left until later.

File/Folder Name	Item CHMOD Value	Contents CHMOD Value	CHMOD for install	Can CHMOD later
blog	0755	-	-	X
blog_setup	-	-	-	-
lang	0755	0755	-	X
modules	-	-	-	-
sources	-	-	-	-
style_images	-	-	-	-