Installing the WEC Starter Package
Choose a Web Hosting Provider
Web-Empowered Church software and TYPO3 can be hosted with any hosting provider that meets the server requirements. In most cases, the very low-cost hosting options ($10 or less per month) will not work well because they typically do not provide the memory and processing resources needed by a content management system.
Web Server Requirements
If you are not hosting your website with a WEC turn-key provider, you need to verify that your chosen hosting environment can support the following server requirements:
Operating System: Unix (eg Linux), Windows, or Mac (Linux is recommended)
Web Server: Apache or IIS (Apache is recommended, IIS instructions are not available here and must be obtained from the TYPO3.org website)
Middleware: PHP4
Database: MySQL or any other supported database system (MySQL is recommended, non-MySQL instructions are not available here and must be obtained from the TYPO3.org website)
Hardware: A normal web server with a modern processor and at least 256 MB RAM (1GB of RAM is recommended). As with all database-driven applications, more RAM is advisable.
Notes: If you are running PHP as CGI read the “Important Notice About Memory Consumption.” See www.typo3.org/about/system-requirements.
If you are running PHP inside the PHPsuexec module, you may have issues with symlinked files, but there are two solutions. You can download the ZIP version of the WEC Starter Package which does not use symlinks and avoid this issue completely. The other option, assuming you already have symlinks in place, is to copy the file at typo3_src/index.php to the root of your site, overwriting the symlinked version of index.php that is already there.
If you are hosting your site on an Apache web server, you need to make sure that the mod_rewrite module is enabled in order to make use of the WEC Starter Package's RealURL extension. If you do not have mod_rewrite capabilities, you can still use the the WEC Starter Package, but you will have to disable RealURL to make your site functional. Contact your hosting provider to find out if the mod_rewrite module is installed.
Your Computer (Client) Requirements
Operating System: Windows, Unix (including Linux), or Mac
Browser: Any graphical browser with JavaScript and Cookies enabled. Examples include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Netscape, and Opera (Internet Explorer is recommended).
Server Access: In order to access the web server from your computer, you will need an Secure Shell (SSH) program for Unix-based servers, or a Remote Desktop program for Windows-based servers. You will also need a secure file transfer program (SFTP) to transfer files.
Hardware: Relatively modern computer
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