How to install

Installing Textmotion is really easy, just follow the instructions below, if you're having problems you can let us know using the forum or the IRC channel (#textmotion at irc.freenode.org).

Requirements

To install Textmotion you'll need to complete the following list of requirements:
  • Apache webserver (more servers will be supported soon)
  • The server that will host your installation must run on MacOS X, GNU/Linux, *BSD or another UNIX like system. Windows server is not supported yet.
  • PHP5 with libGD (for image handling), sockets enabled.
  • An FTP client to upload files to your host.
  • Your favorite webbrowser.
If you are not sure to have all these requirements, ask your hosting company, they should help you to install software you need.

Installation

  • Once you've completed all the requeriments, you may unzip your textmotion-x.y.zip file into a temporary directory on your desktop.
  • Use your FTP client to upload the contents of the src directory, but not the directory itself, to the place where you want to install Textmotion (usually public_html).
  • Open http://yoursite.example.org/install and follow the on-screen directrios.
If you run into server errors, such as 404, remove (or edit, using a text editor) the .htaccess file found on the src and src/install directories.
We use that file for showing pretty URLs but is known to have problems when installing within a subdirectoy.