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GroupWare Tutorial
eGroupware and phpGroupware applications
eGroupware is flexible and free to use collaborative software, which will help you to interact easier withyour team members. eGroupware provides in-built tools like group calendar, address book, e-mail,accounting, inventory, and more. These tools share a common user store and a flexible access controlsystem to control information sharing.phpGroupWare is a web-based collaborative application, written in PHP. It also comes with many pre-configured applications, like calendar, address book, todo list, notes, email, newsgroups, file manager,etc.
Server requirements
EgroupWare and PHPGroupWare run on Linux or Windows web server with PHP 4.3 or higher, andMySQL database 4.1 or 5. For the email operation, you would need SMTP, POP3 or IMAP Servers. Allthese are available on SiteGroundweb hostingpackage.
Groupware Tutorial covers the following topics:
How to install eGroupwareon your website;Detailed explanation of theeGroupware applications;phpGroupware installationinstructions;How to usephpGroupware applications
 
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eGroupware Tutorial: eGroupware Installation
How to install eGroupware on your website?
 You can install eGroupware software by following these Step-by-step instructions:Step 1: Download the installation file fromEgroupware Downloads pageby clicking on "Followthis link to download the latest stable release". You should choose the platform independent release intar.gz, tar or zip format. Then you will have the latest stable release of the script in your computer.Step 2: Upload it in
public_html
folder of your account. You can do that throughFTPwitha client like FileZilla or through cPanel->File Manager->Upload file(s). In the second way, after theinstallation is completed, the file script will show if you go to the main page of your site(www.YourDomain.com). You can also install eGroupware in a subfolder - simply upload the installationfile in the folder:
public_html/subfolder
. The eGroupWare installation will then be accessible at:www.yourdomain.com/subfolder.Step 3: When you are in cPanel->File Manager, please navigate to the uploaded file and extractit by clicking on "Extract File Contents". Another option is to extract the files on your local computerand then upload them in the desired folder through FTP.
 
 Step 4: Once t e i es are extracte in t e esire o er, you s ou create a MySQL ata asefor eGroupWare. Please, learnhow to create a MySQL database and user here.Step 5: You should open the
.htaccess
file from the installation directory and comment allthe lines, which start with
PHP_value
. You should put the sign
"#"
in front of them. Then youshould take these variables and copy then in a newly created file, called
PHP.ini
. The content of the
PHP.ini
file should be:
 
memory_limit = 32Mmax_execution_time = 60register_globals = Offmagic_quotes_gpc = Offmagic_quotes_runtime = Offupload_max_filesize = 16Msession.use_trans_sid = Offsession.gc_probability = 1session.gc_divisor = 10mbstring.func_overload = 7
Then you should copy this file under every subfolder of the eGroupWare installation directory.Step 6: Change the file permissions for the eGroupWare installation directory to 755 throughcPanel->File Manager.Step 7: Navigate to the web address of your eGroupWare installation and run the installationtests. Once they are completed you should navigate back to "Setup Main Menu" and click on "Skip theinstallation tests (not recommended)". However, if there is a problem, which occurs during the testsand you can not fix it, please post a ticket from your Customer Area->Get support->Post & Reviewtickets->Add new ticket. Then a member of our Technical Support Team will assist you with theinstallation of the script.Step 8: Now you are ready to set up the primary configuration of your eGroupWare scriptinstallation.The first two variables (Server Root and Include Root) are automatically set by the script and youshould not change them unless you know what you are doing. Then you should set the login detailsfor the admin user for the header manager. This user has the rights to change the primaryconfiguration of the script after the installation is completed. The next field allows limiting the access tothe setup to desired IP addresses or hostnames. You can leave the next nine fields unchanged, sincethey contain default values. Then you should set the database name, the database user and thepassword. You should use the ones, which you have set in Step 4 from the installation instructions.Once it is completed you should set the login details for the configuration user. The last step is to write 
 
 e con gura on an con nue o e se up sec on.Step 9: In the setup section you can reconfigure the script through the "Header Admin Login"or to setup the script through the "Config Admin Login".Step 10: Once you login with the configuration login details, you will be able to setup yourapplications, included in the script.First you can select the desired char-set for your database. Then you should install the applications. After this recheck the installations.Step 11: Navigate to step2 and edit the current configuration of the script applications, whichyou have installed:In the path information section you should specify the absolute paths to two folders, called files andbackup, which should be created through your File Manager in the root folder of your account. Theyshould be on the same level as the public_html folder. If the user of your account is "user" (the one,which you use to log in your cPanel), then the absolute paths will be:
/home/user/files
and
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supremeyears30

Thanks. Great tutorial mate... Here's the Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/cXQPGN - If you prefer video like myself. Don't get me wrong, I still like ur tutorial!

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