Quick Installation Guide + Troubleshooting

h2. Quick & Safe Installation

* Upload the ExpressionEngine files to your host
* Download the theme zip file and unzip it locally
* Upload everything in system/expressionengine/third_party/ into system/expressionengine/third_party/ on your host
* Upload everything in themes/site_themes/ into themes/site_themes/ on your host

To be on the safe side, we set some rights. So, *in your webroot*:

chmod 666 system/expressionengine/config/config.php
chmod 666 system/expressionengine/config/database.php
chmod 777 system/expressionengine/cache
mkdir cache
chmod 777 cache
chmod -R 775 system/expressionengine/third_party/
chmod -R 775 themes/site_themes/

The first 3 lines there are from the “ExpressionEngine installation instructions”:http://bit.ly/gRMREy please refer to it if you need more information. The lines from the “mkdir cache” and down is to make sure there’s a writable cache folder for the theme + PHP can read the theme files. Please note that this should automagically be done by the installer, but to be on the safe side we do it here.

*Notice* the -R’s – they are important since they make the command recursive (which means it goes through all subdirectories as well).

Now visit http://www.example.com/install/ to install EE. Remember to select your theme in the dropdown where you select the default template design. For a more detailed install guide refer to the “theme’s pdf documentation”:http://www.addonbakery.com/blog/themes-pdf-documentation/.

h2. Troubleshooting

Got errors? Ok don’t worry – see if you find it it in the list here.

h3. “Unable to load the requested language file: language/english/categories_lang.php”

Most likely a rights problem, try to do a:

chmod -R 775 system/expressionengine/third_party/

Actually run all of the commands in the installation instructions to be on the safe side.

h3. A PHP Error Was Encountered

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Permission denied
Filename: teemthumb/pi.teemthumb.php
Line Number: 456

To fix, from your webroot:

mkdir cache
chmod 777 cache

h3. Other issues?

"Contact support":http://getsatisfaction.com/addonbakery/products/addonbakery_expressionengine_themes and we'll try to help you out as swiftly as possible!