What is elkarte #
Elkarte is an open-source community building forum software, this software can be used by anyone to build their community. It is based on the BSD-3 Clouse license. It has a drag and drops administration interface, here are the 2 installation methods of el-karte that are using a softaculous app installer and another is manual installation.
Uses of elkarte #
- To build community
- Various discussion forums
Requirements of elkarte #
- PHP
- 5.2.11+
- Recommended 5.3.0
- Database
- MySQL 5.0.19or above
- PostgreSQL 8.3 or above
- Webserver
- Apache
- Nginx
Features of elkarte #
- Like for post and articles
- Autosave and draft
- Drag and drop file attachments
- Improved anti-spam
Installation of elkarte #
To install Elkarte on your system there are some requirements. After you fulfill that requirement the next step is to install the El-karte. there are two methods for Installation of El-karte
- Installation using a softaculous app installer.
- Manual installation
Installation using a softaculous apps installer #
To install Elkarte on your hosting automatically using softaculous you must follow the steps.
Step1: login to your hostrik hosting Cpanel, go to the software section and click on softaclulous app installer, a new window will open of softaculous.
Step2: in the search box of the softaculous app installer type Elkarte and press enter, El-karte installation window will open.
Step3: click the install button from the window, then a new installation window will open in which you have to fill in the information.
Step4: in the 4th step of software setup select the protocol of your website (HTTP:// or HTTPS://), the domain, and the directory where you are installing El-karte.
Step5: the next step is board settings you have to decide your site name and board name.
Step6: In the next step, the account setting selects the username of your admin account and password for it ( make sure the password should be strong).
Step7: In the next step, click install to install El-karte.
Manual installation #
To install Elkarte manually you have to perform the following steps. The steps are as follows steps are divided into 3 parts
- File configuration
- Database creation
- Elkarte Configuration
File configuration
Step1: go to the official website of Elkarte and go to the download section of El-karte to download the file in zip format.
Step2: open file manager and in public_html upload the file and extract it.
Database creation
To create a database for your El-karte you have to create the database. To create the database you have to perform the following steps
Step1: first you have to create the database, to create the database click on MySQL database.
Step2: in create a database write the name of the database and click create, the database will be created.
Step3: In the next step, you have to add a user to the database, for that in add user to database,
Add username and password and click add user
Step3: in step 3 give all privileges to the user.
Elkarte configuration
Step1: go to the URL you are going to install el-karte. You will see the welcome window click continue to the next step.
Step2: in the next step elkarte will check all the requirements and automatically go to the next step.
Step3: in this step, you have to configure the database you created, give the name username, and password also of the database.
Step4: in the next step you have to do the forum setting, give the name of the forum and give the URL of the form and click on continue.
Step5: In the next step of the database population click continue.
Step6: Ina the next step configure the admin account, give the username and password of the admin account, also give the email of the admin. And click on continue.
Step7: in the next step you will get the message of you have successfully installed the elkarte.