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  1. Upload MetaFox source on your server
  2. Configure proper permissions of folders
  3. Create database and database user

Upload MetaFox source on your server

You can download the zip file of the latest MetaFox version in Client Area and extract it on your local machine at /path/to/metafox folder.

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For easy explanation from now on, we will assume that the webroot folder is /home/metafox/public_html

Create .htaccess file

After extracting all source files at /home/metafox/public_html, now can you can go to /home/metafox/public_html and copy the content of htaccess.example to  the existing .htaccess file . 

If the .htaccess file doesn't exist, you can simply rename the htaccess.example to .htaccess

Configure proper permissions of folders

You will need to grant the write permission on the following folders:

  • storage/* (recursively)
  • public/* (recursively)
  • bootstrap/cache/* (recursively)
  • config/* (recursively)

Create database and database user

Next step is to prepare the database user and database for the MetaFox site. There are many ways to set up database user and database on your server. Hosting service provider usually provide a server management tools, such as cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. 

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