Where to install CMSms

[cayohueso]

Hi, in your documentation on how to install CMSMS using FTP you wrote: "With your FTP program, upload all files in the exact same structure to the root (preferred) or to a subdirectory on the server where you want to install CMSMS. If you are using a hosting provider the root directory will be public_html. Locating the files in public_html will make your site available to users as www.domain.com. If you create a sub-directory below public_html (eg. public_html/somename) your web site will only be available the sub-directory as www.domain.com/somename."

I have two websites sharing the same hosting account. Each website has its own domain name. Also, the secondary website has all its files in a folder inside public_hml.  Where should I install CMSMS to manage the second website, and not affect the first one?

I am a graphic designer, not a web developer, so please detail as much as possible your recommendations.

Thanks in advance.
CH

[kermit]

you need to figure out what the root directory is for each of your domains. chances are, each of your domains on that hosting account will have (or can have) their own. what they are or how they're set up can and does vary from host to host.

I am a graphic designer, not a web developer, so please detail as much as possible your recommendations.

i know many designers who'd be in way over their heads trying to set up a web app. they do what they do best, design, and let someone else do the dirty work. if you don't know how to set things up properly, perhaps you should consider doing the same: find someone who does and pay them if necessary to do it. clients' websites, which are your livelihood as a designer, should not be used as learning tools.

[cayohueso]

Thank you for your answer.
I thought that this was software available for everybody, not necessarily for "programmers only".
I happen to be a designer who respects and has worked with many programmers, but also (poor me), wants to learn more.

Once again, thanks again for letting me know what is my place in this world.

Peace,
CH

[kermit]

it's not that you can't LEARN how to set up cmsms or any other web app; it's just that i don't think a client's web site is an appropriate item in which to learn from.

if you want to learn, set up a test site on a separate account and domain.

[cayohueso]

Thanks, but I am not using a client's website for this.
I only mentioned that I had two websites, with their respective domains, and that the files of one of them reside inside a folder in the same public_html folder of the other. I want to test or learn CMSMS with that second domain, but I am not sure that I can do that, according to the description in your docummentation.

Thanks,
CH

[kameko]

by graphic designer do you mean you're a front end designer? (ie capable of xhtml/css?). do you have any coding ability at all?

honestly if your'e not sure what you're doing then just install it on a local server on your computer first or just try out the demo at opensourcecms.com. i don't think anyone means to offend you, but if you think understanding simple things like file directories is for 'programmers only' then using cmsms is probably beyond you at this point. and believe me, cmsms is as simple as they come..

[cayohueso]

Yes, I am capable of XHTML and CSS. I have built websites, and I understand file directories.

I don't understand why my question makes me look like I don't know anything. For example, I never mentioned that these websites were my client's. Somehow my question was understood in those terms.

My question is as simple as this:

a. I have website1 in my hosting account.
b. I have website2 inside of a folder in my public_html folder.
c. Website2 is accessible through its own domain, so it's not www.website1.com/website2. Instead, it is www.website2.com
d. I want to learn to use CMSms by practicing with website2, without touching website1
e. In the documentation it reads that I should place the CMSms files in the public_html directory. If I do this, how will I make CMSms work with website2 and not website1?

In brief: There is one root directory, and the second domain points at a folder inside that directory.

Thanks,
CH

[kermit]

In brief: There is one root directory, and the second domain points at a folder inside that directory.

if domain2.tld points to public_html/domain2 directory, then THAT is the 'root' directory for that domain. test by dropping a simple html file (test.html) into it and browse to www.domain2.tld/test.html --  if it shows up as expected, you can upload the contents of the 'cmsmadesimple' directory (in the distribution archive) directly into it.. set permissions, create a database, and browse to www.domain2.tld and the install script should start up.

[cayohueso]

Thank you, that answers my question.
CH