Installing Event Calendar Pro

This document provides detailed instructions for installing the Event Calendar Pro application.

The person installing this application should have a reasonable amount of working knowledge of the following:

  1. Perl
  2. MySQl
  3. Server file structures
  4. File uploading
  5. File permissions

System Dependencies

  1. Perl version 5 or higher
  2. MySQL version 4 or higher
  3. Image::Magick

These dependencies must be met in order for the system to function properly.

Perl Modules

  1. DBI
  2. CGI
  3. Time::Local
  4. Image::Magick
  5. Perl Math::Round module

These modules must be installed in order for the system to function properly.

MySQL Database

Create a new database for this application.

HTML Files

Upload all of the folders and files in the html folder to the html folder on the server where the application will be installed.

CGI-BIN Files

Upload all of the folders and files in the cgi-bin folder to the cgi-bin folder on the server where the application will be installed.

  1. Set Permissions on the cgi-bin/setup.cgi file to 755

If you have completed all of the above items, you are now ready to setup and configure the application.

Run the Setup Script

In your browser, go to http://www.yourdomain.com/CGI_PATH/setup.cgi. Follow the instructions and complete all steps. This will setup and configure your installation for use.

* replace www.yourdomain.com with your web site domain or IP address

** replace CGI_PATH with your cgi-bin virtual path

Once your setup is completed and verified, remove the setup.cgi file from your server.

posted April 16, 2010 in Documentation: Event Calendar Pro