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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Ushahidi - Readme</title> <link href="media/css/admin/login.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link href="media/css/readme.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <html> <body> <div id="ushahidi_readme_container"> <div id="ushahidi_login_logo"> <img src="media/img/admin/logo_login.gif" width="400" height="80" /> </div> <div id="ushahidi_readme"> <h1>Introduction To Ushahidi</h1> <p>Ushahidi (meaning “testimony” in Swahili) was originally a website that was quickly developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008.</p> <p>The new Ushahidi Engine incorporates the lessons learned from Kenya to create a platform that can be deployed by anyone to collect and visualize information, especially crisis information.</p> <h1>System Requirement</h1> There are a few minimum server requirements to run Ushahidi: <ol> <li>Server with Unicode support</li> <li>PHP version >= 5.2.3</li> <li>An HTTP Server. <a href="http://kohana.com">Kohana</a> which Ushahidi is built upon is known to work with: Apache 1.3+,Apache2.0+,lighttpd, and MS IIS</li> </ol> <h2>Required Extensions</h2> <ol> <li> <a href="http://php.net/pcre">PCRE</a> must be compiled with –enable-utf8 and –enable-unicode-properties for UTF-8 functions to work properly.</li> <li> <a href="http://php.net/iconv">iconv</a> is required for UTF-8 transliteration.</li> <li><a href="http://php.net/mcrypt">mcrypt</a> is required for encryption.</li> <li><a href="http://php.net/spl">SPL</a> is required for several core libraries</li> <li> <a href="http://php.net/mbstring">mbstring</a> which speeds up Kohana's UTF-8 functions.</li> </ol> <h1>Installation</h1> <p>There are two ways to install ushahidi. Either manually by creating and editing a config and database file or by using the web installer. The easiest is to use the web installer as it serves you with a form to fill without creating or editing any file.</p> <h2>Web Installer</h2> <ol> <li>Upload the unpacked package unto your server.</li> <li>Make sure the uploaded files are owned by www-data or the webserver user to enable the installer make the necessary changes on certain files and folders.</li> <li>Point your browser to <a href="installer/">installer</a>. This should bring up a from for you to fill regarding your database credentials and the directory you uploaded Ushahidi files into.</li> <li>After filling all the required fields of the form, hit the Install button to install ushahidi.</li> <li>After a successful install, the installer should send you to the main page of Ushahidi.</li> </ol> <h2>Manual Install</h2> <ol> <li>Upload the upacked package unto your server.</li> <li>Copy the content of <code>application/config/database.template.php to database.php</code>. If you have access to a unix shell, you can issue this command <code>cp application/config/database.template.php application/config/database.php</code></li> <li>Edit <code>database.php</code> and provide it with the right database credentials.</li> <li>Copy the content of <code>application/config/config.template.php to config.php</code>.</li> <li>Edit <code>config.php</code> providing it with the right values. The comments in the file tells you exactly what to provide.</li> <li>Change the permissions on application/logs, application/cache, media/uploads to writable.</li> <li>Import the tables into your database. The sql file is in the sql folder in the root directory of ushahidi.</li> <li>After all this has been done, load the installed Ushahidi with your browser. The main page should show up if everything went well.</li> </ol> <h1>Online Resources</h1> <p>For further references and documentations, head over to Ushahidi's wiki. It has so much information you might need.</p> <dl> <dt><a href="http://wiki.ushahididev.com/doku.php?id=how_to_use_ushahidi_alpha&s[]=frontlinesms">How to use ushahidi</a></dt> <dd>This is where you will find information reqarding how to use your ushahidi instance.</dd> </dl> <h1>Ushahidi Support Forum</h1> <p>Our <a href="forums.ushahidi.com">support forum</a> is the place to connect with the core developers and other users. It will be great to head over there to report or find support regarding using ushahidi.</p> </div> </div> </body> </html>
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