Memberspeed New Site Installation (version 2.03)
Nam Tran Ybarra @ December 6, 2009
Installation Series
- Install upgrade (from 2.02 to 2.03)
- Core-new installation (2.02)
- Plugins-New installation (2.02)
- System Cron Setting
- Memberspeed New Site Installation (version 2.03)
- Memberspeed version 2.04 new installation
- Upgrading from v2.03 to v2.04
- Memberspeed Installation Overview
- Upgrade from v2.04 to v2.05
- Memberspeed version 2.05 new installation
Important update for version 2.04 here
You can outsource the installation task by logging into your Memberspeed account, click on “profressional installation” link and select one of the providers listed there.
If you want to do it yourself, please follow the steps below:
Step 1: Contact your hosting provider, ask them:
a/ If the server meets the requirements as stated below:
http://www.memberspeed.com/resources/contents/sysRequirements.html
b/ Which version they supported: Zend or Ioncube?
( Zend and Ioncube are terms that indicate the methods used to encode a software such as Memberspeed software)
Update: Ioncube version is recommended. Zend version is no longer working with the new php enviroment
Step 2: Download Memberspeed Software
Now that you got the answers from your host, you need to log into your memberspeed account at http://memberspeed.com, click on the ” Download” link , under New Installation section, select Zend or Ioncube package, download it to your computer.
Tip: you might want to right click on the download link, select “Save File AS” and save it to your desktop so your can find it later.
Step 3: Upload Memberspeed software to your server
1/ Upload location:
If your site is going to be like this: http://www.YourDomain.com, you should upload it to /public_html/ folder
If your site is going to be like this http://www.YourDomain.com/my-folder
you should upload it to /public_html/my-folder
2/ Uploading methods
Method 1: Check with your host to see if you can upload the whole zip file and extract it via the hosting control panel. If they say yes then it drastically shorten your installation time.
You will need a FTP client ( search google for a free one like FileZilla ) to upload the zip file that you downloaded earlier from your computer to your server. After uploading, follow your host instruction to extract it.
Method 2: Extract the zip file on your computer THEN upload all files to your server
You will need a FTP client ( search google for a free one like FileZilla, I use a paid one http://www.flashfxp.com/. If you do not know how to use FTP, you can download file zilla and watch this video to understand how it works before moving to memberspeed installation video) to upload the extracted files. Make sure to upload them via BINARY MODE
Attention: this method takes a while to upload all files to your server.
Many files may not be fully uploaded to your server due to your server timed out, or your internet connection.
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Step 4: Installation Command:
Copy the following command to your browser and hit enter to run the core installation :
http://YourDomain.com/install/install.php
Or if you uploaded memberspeed to a folder
http://YourDomain.com/my-folder/install/install.php
Note: please replace YourDomain.com with your actual domain name, my-folder with your actual folder
Following the on screen instruction. Click here for preferences
Important update for version 2.04 here
After you completed the installation, write down your username and password, bookmark your admin login
Step 5: Install plugins:
Log into your site admin, Go to Memberspeed Configuration, click on Edit Module Settings link on the left menu, there you will see a list of your plugins, click on “install” to install each of them. Follow the on screen instruction.
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Inbuilt Autoresponder installation video:
Step 6 : Set up cron jobs
Cron is a command to handle a specific task on a time set schedule for you so you do not need to manually dong it: for example: every 5 minutes, the cron runs and send out the welcome email to your newly registered members.
Or see the video here
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I started with version 2.02 instructions (no htaccess here either)and realized 1/2 way through changing permissions that I was in the 2.02 tutorials and so deleted everything and unzipped again
It appears that the permissions do not have to be changed with the 2.03 version even if they are at 755 and not 777 etc…?
Do I need to create a .htaccess file when none exists after upload (cpanel) and unzip?
Dan@
DansMedia@Hotmail.com
Hi Dan,
If you are with HostGator then 755 is okay no need to change to 777.
If you are unsure please check with your host.
About the .htaccess file, I think your FTP or your cpanel setting was hidden so you didn’t see it.
Check the setting again, tick the box” show hidden files” and see.
You can create a .htaccess file if it is really not there.
Regards,
Re: Where to install MemberSpeed:
Above, it says:
“1/ Upload location:
If your site is going to be like this: http://www.YourDomain.com, you should upload it to /public_html/ folder
If your site is going to be like this http://www.YourDomain.com/my-folder
you should upload it to /public_html/my-folder”
However, what if in your hosting account, where there is 1 /public_html/ folder, there are several domains, but…, you want the home page of each domain to be MemberSpeed’s index.html, i.e. MemberSpeed’s home page?
(Continued from above)
I.e. I want multiple instances of MemberSpeed in 1 hosting account but there is only 1 /public_html/ folder.
Also, somewhere in your comments (can’t find any reference to it in the forum now – confusing), you mention a permanent redirect (301?).
This was in the context of redirecting a domain name to domainname.com/MemberSpeed where MS is installed there.
But when you suggested a permanent redirect (so as to keep the SEs happy), does this affect any of the files in MS please? I.e. will any files not execute correctly due to this redirect? (I saw in MS’s control panel there was an option to redirect all files I believe.)
Still think this is a confusing piece of software that could do with a comprehensive, up-to-date (i.e. incorporating all suggestions, workarounds, etc.) & printable manual written in clear, non-technical (where possible
) plain English.
Hi Vinden,
[However, what if in your hosting account, where there is 1 /public_html/ folder, there are several domains, but…, you want the home page of each domain to be MemberSpeed’s index.html, i.e. MemberSpeed’s home page?]
=======> You can use redirect in your cpanel to redirect the domain to your memberspeed’s page
Redirecting a non-memberspeed domain TO your memberspeed’s page does not effect your memberspeed site
Hope it helps,
Nam Tran
I installed most of the plugins but I did not keep track of the install files I needed to delete, will the undeleted installs mess up the running of my controls or how my site is interacted with?
Allen
Hi
Which loader should I use when my php says I have a mixture of both:
p15139778:~ # php –version
PHP 5.2.11 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Sep 24 2009 13:46:55)
Copyright (c) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Zend Technologies
with the ionCube PHP Loader v3.1.29, Copyright (c) 2002-2007, by ionCube Ltd
Then you can try either zend or ioncube.
It won’t effect your site however, if someone knows the path and run the installation command again it will overwrite your existing data.
Hello All!!!
AARRRHHHGG Can someone please hlp me I have tried to install Ioncube to my site and I cannot work out where I have gone wrong. I have followed all the instructions and i am getting a 403 error. Any kind of help would be great
Thanks Emma
Hi Emma,
Contact your host and ask them to enable it for you. Ioncube and Zend are usually supported by default by many hosting companies nowadays.