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Installation Overview

The Exponent CMS installation process is mostly automated and requires four steps.  There are also three installation or upgrade scenarios.

The basic steps to installing the application are:

  1. Downloading the files
  2. Installing the files on the web server (Git, FTP, SSH, or CPanel)
  3. Creating a database
  4. Running the installation process

The recommended installation scenarios are:

  • New (fresh) installation into a clean web server folder
    • The new installation process should be started in an empty/clean folder
  • Upgrade over top of an existing (running) Exponent CMS 2.0 installation
    • The upgrade takes place in the existing folder
  • Migrate from an existing (running) Exponent 0.9x installation
    • The migration takes place in the old folder and eventually uses the old database
    • FIRST BACKUP ALL THE FILES IN YOUR EXISTING FOLDER
    • Next, delete all the files EXCEPT the 'files' folder
    • Then you can follow the installation steps as if performing a new installation
    • Once your new 2.0 site is up and running,you can run the migration process to transfer and convert your old 0.9x site content into a 2.0 site.
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