How to install the InfiniteWP admin panel

Uploading & Installing
Creating a new DB
Setting up a cron job – cPanel | GoDaddy | Plesk

Uploading & Installing

1. Unzip the downloaded package.
2.  Create a new folder on your server and upload the unzipped files. For eg. If your site is revmakx.com, log on to the site via your FTP client. Create a new folder, say, IWP. And upload the unzipped files into the IWP folder. You can also install it on your localhost instead of a server.
3.  Access the folder through your browser. i.e. http://revmakx.com/iwp
4.  Follow the installation steps as illustrated below.
   1. License agreement – Read through the license agreement and click Agree & Install if you do.
   2. Check requirement – This step checks the server requirements to install the app.

   Before proceeding to the next step, you have to create a database.

   
   Creating a new DB
   cPanel – http://www.hostgator.com/tutorials/cpanel/x3/creating-a-mysql-database.htm
   GoDaddy – http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/36/creating-mysql-or-sql-server-databases-for-your-hosting-account
   Plesk – http://www.hostgator.com/tutorials/plesk/10/creating-databases.htm

   3. DB & Login details – Enter the details of the DB that you created. Create new login credentials with which you can login to the app. If you want to enable HTTPS, you can do so by checking this. You can change this setting by editing APP_HTTPS in config.php
   4. Install – After entering all details, click Install. Once the app is installed, click ‘Login Now’ and login with the credentials that you created.

Setting up a cron job

To receive updates notification via email, you have schedule a cron job.

cPanel –

1. Login to your cPanel account.
2. Click on the “Cron Jobs” icon inside cPanel, under Advanced.
3. Make sure the current email address is valid. If not, enter a new email and click the “Update Email” button.
   Enter the values as shown below for the Minute, Hour, Day, Month and Weekday.

   Tip: To make things easier, select Every 5 minutes from the Common Settings dropdown and change the 5 to 20 in the Minute textbox.

4. You will find the cron Command for setting the cron job under Settings → Account Settings.

GoDaddy –

1. Log in to your Account Manager.
2. Click Web Hosting.
3. Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
4. In the Tools section of the hosting Control Panel, click the Cron Job Manager icon. This action displays the Cron Job Manager screen.
5. Click edit next to the Email Address heading in the left navigation area, enter the email address to which you would like to have all information sent regarding this Cron Job and click Save.
6. Click Create Cron Job.
7. Follow the instructions given below.

Plesk – http://support.hostgator.com/articles/plesk/plesk-10/plesk-10-client-side/creating-or-removing-scheduled-tasks-in-plesk

If you find this hard, you can contact your host for assistance.