What is sofawiki #
Sofawiki is built on PHP, which is file-based cms. The sofawiki is the same as the MediaWiki. But the only difference between sofawiki and MediaWiki is MediaWiki uses MySQL but sofawiki does not use MySQL. Which makes it extremely portable. Here is the guide about how to install Sofawiki.
Uses of sofawiki #
- Nonprofits organization
- Family website
System requirements to install sofawiki #
- PHP
- Version 5.4 works
- Recommended 7.4
Features of sofawiki #
- Multilanguage content by default
- Custom design
- Extensible
- Complete version control
How to install sofawiki #
For the installation of sofawiki, you have 2 methods to install sofawiki
- Install sofawiki using softaculous app installer
- Install sofawiki manually
Install sofawiki using softaculous app installer #
For installation of sofawiki using a softaculous app installer, you have to follow the following steps
Step1: login to the hostrik Cpanel account, and in the software section click on softaculous app installer.
Step2: in the softaculous window search the sofawiki in the search box, the installation window of sofawiki will open, click on install.
Step3: In the next window select the version of sofawiki you want to install and then select the protocol (HTTP:// or HTTPS://) and select the domain and directory of the sofawiki.
Step4: In the next step give the name to the site.
Step5: in this step create the admin account of the site by giving a username and password.
Step6: click on install sofawiki.
Install sofawiki manually #
In the manual installation, you have to follow some steps the steps are divided into 3 parts
- File configuration
- sofawiki configuration
File configuration
Step1: go to the official site of sofawiki and from the download, section downloads the latest version of the sofawiki.
Step2: login to your hostrik Cpanel account and upload the downloaded file in the public_html folder and extract it where you want to install the sofawiki.
Sofawiki configuration
Step1: go to the URL you are going to install sofa-wiki, they will ask you to install source code in the main file, click on the download.
Step2: decompress the file you downloaded, by clicking on decompress.
Step3: At the bottom of the page you will see the install button click on that, it will redirect to the next page.
Step4: On the next page click on configure website.
Step5: give details about your website, name of the website, admin username, and password.
Step6: login to your website.