What is Serendipity #
Serendipity is the PHP-based weblog software that gives the user easy to handle and maintain a blog. Its plugins and themes add Extensibility in blogs and also add some other functionality. The software also deals with security to keep your blog safe. The main aim of Software is to develop simple but powerful software. In Software, there are different themes and plugins to use.
Uses of serendipity #
- for the casual blogger
System requirements of serendipity #
- PHP
- 7.0 or newer
- Webserver
- apache
- Database
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite
Features of Serendipity #
- Plugins
- using plugins you can modify serendipity without going to source code.
- Themes
- several themes are already added to the software for easy use.
- Multiple databases
- work on multiple databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
- Multiple users
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- multiple users can edit the Software and manage it
Installation of serendipity #
For installation of serendipity, there are 2 methods you can use any one of them, the methods are as follows
- Installation using softaculous app installer
- Manual installation
Installation using softaculous app installer #
For installation of Software using softaculous app installer. to you have to follow the following steps.
Step1: login to the hostrik hosting Cpanel and go to the software section and click on softaculous app installer, a new window of softaculous app installer will open.
Step2: search serendipity in the search box of the softaculous app installer and press enter. The installation window of Software will open.
Step3: In the next interface you will see the information required for the installation of Software. This information is divided into 4 parts
- Software setup
- Site settings
- Admin account
- Install
Software setup
Step1: In software, set up select the version of serendipity you want to install on your system.
Step2: In the next part select the protocol of your website (HTTP:// or HTTPS://) then select the domain and directory you want to install Software.
Site settings
Step1: In the site setting part select the site name and site description.
Admin account
Step1: In admin, the account setting creates the username and password. real name and Then give the admin mail
Install
Step1: Choose the language you want to install serendipity in. And click the install button to install Software. this is the method of installation using a softaculous app installer.
Manual installation #
To install serendipity manually perform the following steps. To install Software the procedure is divided into 3 parts.
- File configuration.
- Database configuration
- Website configuration.
File configuration
Step1: go to the official website of serendipity and download the latest version of the Software in the zip file.
Step2: login to the hostrik Cpanel of your hosting, go to file manager.
Step3: in the public_html folder paste the Software file you downloaded, and extract it.
database configuration
Step1: To create the database go to the database section in your Cpanel, click on MySQLDatabase.
Step2: write the database name for which you have to create the database and click create the database.
Step3: create the user to the database you created by adding username and password and click create user.
Step4: give all privileges to the user by clicking on all privileges
Serendipity configuration
Step1: go to the URL your going to install Software you will see the welcome window of Software, here all the requirements of software will be checked, then click on simple installation.
Step2: In the next step you will see the database and administration setup, give the username of the database, and password. Then in the admin setup give the admin username password and email also. And click on complete installation.
these 2 are the installation methods for the software, using softaculous app installer and another is manual installation.