php nuke

[heymatty]

Anyone here know how to get started with it, all the forums start way above my head, and there is seemingly no manual or anything.

but it looks fun to play around with, if only i could get started

thanks
matty

[wired1]

Nuke is a nice system, but you constanly have to watch for security updates, Nuke sites are hacked often. That and dont be liberal as liberal on your permisions as the directions give. I like Post Nuke better, its more secure but here is the install for PHP-Nuke;


Installing the Package
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Untar the package into the directory you want to use on you web
server, if you're unsure where that is, ask you system administrator.
(Windows users can use WinZip or WinRAR to uncompress .tar.gz files)

tar -zxvf PHP-Nuke.tar.gz

Change to the /sql/ directory and there is a file called "nuke.sql"
this file contains the commands to build the database structure,
tables and the default data.

1) Create a database called, for example, nuke:

mysqladmin create nuke

2) Now fill the databases with the tables in nuke.sql file:

mysql nuke < nuke.sql

3) In order to use the File Manager, please be sure to chmod 666 ALL
files and 777 ALL directories. NOTE: know that doing this can have some
security issues.

4) That's it!... now you need to edit the file "config.php" to set the
database options. Please read carefully the instruction on that file!
After that, point your browser to:

http://yourdomain.com/admin.php

Login with the following data at the prompt:

AdminID: God
Password: Password

Now click on "Preferences" and change whatever you want to fit your
site info. All the options you need to change are in the Preferences
menu. If you need help just click con the help icon at the right-top
of the Administration Menu. This will open a new window with the help
you need for each section in the administration system.

NOTE: If you want to edit config.php file from web browser remember to
chmod 666 the file config.php or your changes will not be saved! If can't
execute chmod just edit the file by hand and re-upload it to your server.

SECURITY TIP: It's a good choice to put your config.php file outside the
Web Server path, then you can create a new config.php with the line:

<?php include("../config.php"); ?>

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[playa]

wierd1,,, can you reccommend anything else thats similar?
i am looking for like a members portal type site,, where i can easily do browser updates

[Ted]

I have also heard that phpnuke is not very secure, I recently tried an install and found it very buggy.

So I've decided to try http://www.postnuke.com

[wired1]

playa,

post-nuke is good for a portal type system, otherwise there is a huge list of other portals at PHP Resource;

http://php.resourceindex.com/Complet.../News_Posting/

unless you are looking at just updating a single page, Im sure they have some other scripts there that what do what you are looking for...

[Ted]

I had a longer look at postnuke and it seems to be almost bloat ware for what I want to do.

I had look at plain news scripts in php at hotscripts.com and there is 120 to choose from

Anyone with recomendation.

[ServerGenius]

None is suitable for high traffic....sorry guys but it's a collection
of modules put together and the interaction is far from efficient.
It works, it's nice but not suitable for high traffic.

Just look at the way mysql is used....way too much overhead
too many queries per page. Each module is doing it's own thing

DynaMite