Installing the WEC Starter Package

Running 1-2-3 Install

The next step in installing the WEC Starter Package is to run the 1-2-3 Install Tool. The 1-2-3 Install Tool can be invoked by using a browser to go to the root web address for your website (http://www.mychurch.org). TYPO3 notices that the install process is not complete and will automatically redirect your browser to the 1-2-3 Install Tool.

If you exit the 1-2-3 Install Tool at any point in the installation process, going back to the root web address of your website may not restart the 1-2-3 Install Tool. If you need to restart the 1-2-3 Install Tool, it can be accessed at your root web address with /typo3/install/index.php?mode=123&step=1 ?mode=123&step=1).

Step 1: Database connection parameters

The 1-2-3 Install Tool asks for information needed to connect to your database.

Username – Enter the MySQL database Username you added
Password – Enter the Password you added
Host – Enter localhost unless the database application and the web server are running on different computers.
Click the button.

The example below enters the username of “webservant” and the password “im4jesus.”

Step 2: Database selection

From the first drop-down list, select the database that you created in the previous section. It should be in the list. The example below selects the “wectypo3” database.

Note: An alternative to creating the database is provided in option 2. If your database user is allowed to create new databases, then you can simply type the database name you'd like to create and proceed. The drawback of this database creation method, however, is that your new database may not be automatically backed up by a control panel that relies on specific naming conventions.

Step 3: Data import (SQL-file database dump)

Now that a database connection to an actual database has been created, it is time to begin to add information to the database. The WEC Starter Package includes a “database dump” file that will add initial data to your TYPO3 database. This database dump file includes some basic website content and a variety of template samples. It is listed in the drop-down list and is called wec_starter.sql.

Choose the wec_starter.sql database dump and click the Import database button. See the example below.

Go to the backend login

Now that the database contains the initial WEC starter data, you're done with the basic installation. The last step in the 1-2-3 Install Tool provides a link to the TYPO3 backend, which is used to setup and create your website. Follow the link to begin configuring your website. See the example below.

In a new installation, the login to the TYPO3 backend is set to:

Username: admin

Password: password

Workaround for ISP or Firewall Proxy

Many firewall programs, as well as some ISPs, place a proxy between you and the Internet that masks some information about where your requests are coming from. When you begin a backend session such as a backend login, TYPO3's default security is set to check for the referrer. Typically this information is passed in the HTTP_REFERER variable. If the information has been masked by a proxy, however, the backend login will not work and the error message displays.

You may get this error when trying to “go to Backend Login” if you are running a firewall program, like

ZoneAlarm

Norton Internet Security
and others

or connecting through an ISP like

You can disable this check (and this error) by setting the [doNotCheckReferer] option to checked or boolean value '1'. You will then be able to log in to TYPO3.

To change the [doNotCheckReferer] setting,

Open the full TYPO3 Install Tool (instead of the 1-2-3 Install Tool) directly, without going to the backend first. (www.mychurch.org/typo3/install/index.php).
Click OK if a security warning about the default password displays.
Enter the default password joh316 and click the Log In button.
Click the All Configuration option.

Scroll about 1/4 of the way down the page until you see [doNotCheckReferer]. It is in the [SYS] section.
Click the [doNotCheckReferer] checkbox to select this option.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Write to localconf.php button to save your changes. This will update the TYPO3 configuration on the server.