cattaDoc Installation Step 4:
Initial Configuration Modifications

System configuration has been made much easier since cattaDoc version 4.0. Most of it can be done inside cattaDoc through System administration --> Configuration / System constants.

However, when installing cattaDoc for the first time, there are a few things you need to manually enter in configuration files before the first logon to cattaDoc.

 

Modify cattaDoc configuration files

cattaDoc´s configuration files are located in the /system sub-folder.

Before the first logon, cattaDoc needs to know where it is. Therefore you need to specify the following things:

1. In cdAuthConst.php: cattaDoc authentication constants
   CDHOSTNAME: Enter the computername of the server hosting cattaDoc.

2. cdStart3.inc.php: Again CDHOSTNAME: Enter the computername of the server hosting cattaDoc.
   

3. cdStart4.inc.php:
   • CDROOT: Enter the path to the root directory for the cattaDoc source files - as the operating system will see it.
     • Linux example: /srv/www/htdocs/cattadoc
     • Windows example: D:\inetpub\cattadoc
   
   
   • CDWROOT: Enter the web server path to the root directory for the cattaDoc source files - as the web server will see it - ie. without the server part.
     • Example: /cattadoc/
   
   
   • CDWEBPATH: Enter the complete URL to the root directory for the cattaDoc source files - including the server part.
     • Example: http://www.mydomain.com/cattadoc/

4. There are 3 configuration files with connect strings for each of the MySQL users created with the database creation script, ref. above The cattaDoc database:
   • cdLogonC.inc.php: For users with system administrator access
   • cdLogonW.inc.php: For users with read+write access
   • cdLogonR.inc.php: For users with read-only access
   
   In each of these you will have to:
   • Define the path to your to the main ADODB file, ref. the cattaDoc requirements. Default is adodb/adodb.inc.php - if you install the full cattaDoc installation package, the default will work.
   • Define the connect string to the cattaDoc database - the default will be ok.
     Note: If you changed the username and/or the password in the database creation scripts, ref. step 2 The cattaDoc database, you will also have to change them here.

 

Modify cattaDoc configuration constants

The first time you logon to cattaDoc, you are adviced to enter System administration --> Configuration / System constants in order to set the rest of the cattaDoc configuration items.

 

Comments

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2 Erik Maaløe (Copenhagen - Denmark) wrote 2009-08-06 16:13:31 :

Undefined index and error

The variable cdobj in index.php is used to refer the user to a given page in cattaDoc another than the default search page after logon. Ie. it makes it possible to send a link to a specific document in cattaDoc which the user can click on and go to directly after logon. In a normal logon to cattaDoc the variable is undefined - hence the notice, which is just a notice.

Re fatal error: _() refers to gettext, the function used in cattaDoc for internationalisation / translation to other languages. When you get an error in this connection, the most probable reason is that you have not installed and/or enabled gettext. Please look here: www.cattadoc.com/req-php.php .

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1 Mrinal (New Delhi - India) wrote 2009-08-06 11:43:53 :

not working

Notice: Undefined index: cdobj in d:\easyphp1-8\www\dms\cattadoc-4.0\cattadoc\index.php on line 12

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: _() in d:\easyphp1-8\www\dms\cattadoc-4.0\cattadoc\index.php on line 21