Project Complete

At long last, this project has completed. The last major change to the server was finding the "DOC" module to host files. This module is very simple to use compared to the video and audio upload modules. It easily allows users to create folders and upload files to them. The files are accessible to the outside world with direct links, so you can use it to host pictures or documents for other people to access without them having to log onto the server. The only changes to the settings was to limit the maximum allowed file size and the space available for each user.

The website is now very simple and streamlined, with active modules for blogging, forum posting, and file uploading.

I moved my installation to a Windows XP workstation provided to me by Professor Press.

Here are the instructions on how to move an existing installation:

1. Install the XMAPP suite that configures Apache, MySQL, and PHP onto the target PC.
2. In the XMAPP control panel, set Apache and MySQL to run as a service and make sure they start successfully on reboot.
2. Copy the existing c:\xmapp directory to the new server, and overwrite the folder on the new server.
3. To be safe, enable the windows firewall, and make an exception for HTTP on port 80.

Since the programs are driven by INI files, moving the installation is a simple file copy process once the services are running.