Ive been trying to get the 1.8 installed and running. The upgrade did not work very well so Im attempting a new install.
I imported my old layouts, but now get a database table error, so Im starting all over again.
Question is, im setting up xibo on its own domain, and was wondering how can I install it without the web folder? example: http://server instead of http://server/web
Only the web folder should be “webservable”, which means your web server needs to be configured to serve files from /install_dir/web instead of /install_dir.
Thank you Dan for your reply, but this is completely confusing to me.
I am running a Xibo on Dreamhost - similar to GoDaddy and any other hosting company. To install Xibo 1.7, all I had to do is upload the entire directory of files into my xibo.domain.com folder and ran the install from www.xibo.domain.com.
For version 1.8, I did the same thing, but am having errors.
From what I can see on your response and the link you provided, is that I need to upload the contents of web folder into www.xibo.domain.com and upload the other files in the directory to the root of the server, which I can.
But in steph #2 says to use a Symlink. How or what files do I have to change to tell where those files are in a specific folder?
Sorry, I am a bit confused. THank you for any help you can provide.
I do not believe dreamhost/godaddy will be suitable for Xibo 1.8 as they are unlikely to have the dependencies required to run Xibo effectively. (for example url_rewriting, push messaging, ZeroMQ, etc).
I have very little direct experience with those “shared hosting” providers, so they may well have capabilities that I am not aware of.
Xibo 1.8 follows a more robust and secure structure when compared to 1.7, with all back end functionality (libraries, php classes, etc) hidden away in a location that cannot be accessed in your URL bar. Only items inside /web are intended for access from the URL bar of a browser - in other words public content is in the /web/ folder.
1.8 also uses url rewriting for friendly URL’s.
In short:
In our experience you need to have console access to the web server in order to configure the items necessary for Xibo to work, which you don’t get with shared hosting.