For the latest information on this release please see our wiki
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/cchost
In this document:
WHAT'S NEW
INSTALLING & UPGRADING
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
KNOWN ISSUES
SECURITY ALERT
HOWTO: REPAIR A CONFIG (A.K.A. HELP!!!!)
CONTACTS (REPORTING BUGS)
LICENSING INFORMATION
Please read the document NEWS.
For installation instruction please see ccadmin/INSTALL.
a. APACHE. This system has been tested on Apache 1 and 2 Windows and Linux. If you get it working on IIS or OSX let us know. We haven't tried.
b. PHP. This system requires PHP 4 or 5.
c. MYSQL. MySQL 4 or higher is required.
d. GETID3. Download the GetID3 (1.7.9 tested to work - STABLE version ONLY!) library from http://www.getid3.org/#download
e. BROWSER. Should work on most popular browsers (not IE6 though).
COOKIES must be enabled in your browser in order to log in
to a session. NOTE: For several of the skins (especially 'commons')
IE6 browser is no longer supported.
This relesae does NOT include the following:
The 'Download Manager' is not supported in non-pretty urls mode
getID3 1.7.7 has a problem tagging RIFF files (WAV, AVI, etc.) The work around is to remove line 105 in getid3/write.php that looks like: case 'riff': // maybe not officially, but people do it anyway
A note to developers with ccHost plugin code writting for v4 or before:
If you have written custom PHP code or plugins for ccHost v4 or before you should first get the ccHost 5 installation up and running before trying your custom code. Much has changed in the code and the chances of your custom 'just working' is very low. The new core APIs are still very fluid so expect more churn.
For the most up to date listing of known issues check with the wiki
The new template engine in 5.0 uses a .tpl extension file that is generally directly accessable from the web. If you don't map that extension to some program (like php) in your server configuration then users can see SQL syntax directly in their browsers.
If you get into 'trouble' with your system you might be able to salvage your site by browsing to either:
http://your_server/admin/edit http://your_server?ccm=/media/admin/edit http://your_server/cchost_lib/cc-config-repair.php
Project WIKI has every link you ever wanted (including bug reporting) and some tips contributed by users:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost#Communication
Creative Commons has made the contents of this package available under a CC-GNU-GPL license:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/
A copy of the full license can be found as part of this distribution in the file COPYING
You may use the ccHost software in accordance with the terms of that license. You agree that you are solely responsible for your use of the ccHost software and you represent and warrant to Creative Commons that your use of the ccHost software will comply with the CC-GNU-GPL.
$Id: README 12729 2009-06-06 05:42:01Z fourstones $