Get the latest Rar pack
Download and extract the latest version from
www.neocrome.net (and here only ! Any other distribution is illegal).
Main configuration entries
Open the file datas/config.php, and fill up parameters about your MySQL database.
Do not change settings that you do not understand yet !
Please notice that most of the request for technical support are caused by erroneous settings or typos in this area. So if get an error message saying that LDU or PHP cannot connect to the database, first check that the host name, database name, user name and password are ok. If you have a doubt, ask your hosting provider for the correct values.
Upload files to your server
LDU can manage an unlimited count of skins (HTML layouts), but one is usually enough.
The default skin is set in /datas/config.php, by default it's "pandora".
Do not upload the folder /docs, its not required by the engine.
Allow file writing for some folders
'CHMOD 777' folders (to allow files writing, do this with your FTP client) :
/datas/avatars/
/datas/thumbs/
/datas/tmp/
/datas/users/
Create the SQL database
Open a MySQL remote manager (PHPmyAdmin is the most famous).
Select your database, then in the tab 'SQL' create tables with the SQL script : docs/ldu-createnew-800.sql
(With the button 'Browse', point to the location of the file on your computer, then run the script with 'Go')
Create your account
Open your home URL with a browser, select 'login', then 'register', to create your account, and once done, log-in.
Note that the first user to register is automatically activated and assigned the highest level available (Server-op, 99).
Install the extended plugins
When logged-in, go to the administration panel, tab "extended plugins".
Open all the extended plugins one by one, and at bottom, click "Install all".
Note that if you're not planning on running old LDU plugins, then then installation of the plugin "Wrapper" is optional.
It's done !
