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vTiger Tutorial
What is Vtiger
 Vtiger CRM 4.2.x is an Open Source CRM software, used mainly by small and medium-sized businesses. Vtiger CRM can be used to manage your company wide CRM and Inventory Management activities,such as sales force automation, customer support & service, marketing automation, procurement & fulfillment effectively. With SiteGround hosting you can use allvTiger features.
 VTiger Tutorial includes the following sections:
How toinstall vTiger CRMon your website;How to changevTiger themesto customize the look of your site;How to use vTiger: how to create newcontacts and accountsin it;How to start receivingemailsdirectly at the CRM;How to makevTiger backupsand protect your data.
SiteGround has long experience in providing web space for CRM sites. OurvTiger hostingservice is thebest choice for you for it offers the richest set of features, CRM-expertized support team and lots of FREE tools.
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You may use this tutorial for your own use. You may not distribute it in any form without the express permission of the publisher. You may provide a link to the publisher's web site, where this tutorial can be used from. This tutorial is provided free of charge and without any warranty of any kind.
VTiger Installation
How to install Vtiger CRM?
Get a FREE Vtiger installation with SiteGroundvTiger hostingPackage!
In order to install the Vtiger on a SiteGround hosting account, please follow the instructions bellow:
Pre-installation Steps
Step 1: Database setup:Please, check our MySQL tutorial, to seehow to create MySQL database and userand how to link them together.Step 2: Upload FilesNow your database is up and ready to be filled in with data. But first you have to upload the VtigerCRM files to your hosting account. Please, go tohttp://www.vtiger.com/and download the lateststable release.
You need to download the LAMP version - it includes only the source code of Vtiger CRM - we have already installed Apache, MySQL and PHP on our servers).
Extract it on your computer - the archive will uncompress to a folder that contains the files of theinstallation:
vtiger_crm/index.phpvtiger_crm/modules
 
 
vt ger_crm nc u esvtiger_crm/schema/vtiger_crm/themes/etc.
Now, please, start your favorite FTP client (learn more about FTP). You should have already chosen where Vtiger will be installed on your account. If you want it to beyour main website application, you should upload the files and folders of the installation directly insidethe public_html/ folder (or www/ - they are the same) of your account. In other words, if Vtiger is tobe visible at
http://YourDomain.com/
, the files should be uploaded inside
public_html/
folder.If you want Vtiger installed in a sub-folder, create one inside public_html and upload all the files there.For example, if Vtiger is to be installed at http://www.yourdomain.com/vtigersite/, please, create thepublic_html/vtigersite directory and upload the files in there, which should produce similar paths:
public_html/vtigersite/index.phppublic_html/vtigersite/modules/piblic_html/vtigersite/cron/etc.
Have a bottle (or two) of nice beer while the files are being uploaded. :)
vTiger Installation
Finally, you are ready to proceed with the installation. Please, point your browser to the URL whereyou have uploaded the files. We will assume Vtiger CRM will be your main website, so typewww.yourdomain.com in your browser. The steps of the installation process are very straight forwardand well-explained, so we will only discuss the most important ones in detail.Step 1: The Vtiger installation is beginning. If you wish, you may send the Vtiger developerinformation about you (email and name), if not - click NEXT.Step 2: The Vtiger installer is making the checks - if everything is fine, you should see somegreen text (available, writable, version numbers etc.)
 
 Step 3: Data ase con iguration: T is is w ere you te Vtiger ow to access its ata ase. Sometime ago, you should have created an MySQL database and user - please enter the details in the boxesprovided.
Note, that the name of the database and the username are prefixed with "username_" where username is your cPanel login name.Do not forget to type in the password of the MySQL user. Remember that it is case-sensitive.
For "Host Name" enter "localhost";Site configuration: Here you should leave the information as it is -URL: http://www.yourdomain.com/;Path /home/yourcpaneluser/public_html/;Path to the Cache folder : cache/;Admin configuration: username: admin;password: admin (by default).
Click NEXT.Step 4: Confirm System Configuration: Please check again the system configuration and click "Change" if you need to change some data or "Also populate with Demo Data" if you wish. Click "Create".Step 5: Here the Vtiger tells us that the configuration file is written successfully(config.inc.php).
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piquantupshot39

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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