I've been told Indexhibit is dead easy to use, but it looks like I've fallen on the first hurdle. I looked at the requirements for use of Indexhibit and it states you need:
Linux/Apache server*
PHP4+
MySQL 3.23+
Can anyone please inform me of what these are, what they do, and where to get them from as I really can't get my head around it.
Please, please, please help!
Those are softwares that should reside on your server space. Most providers with Linux based server will provide those with the basic hosting packages. Contact your provider if you're not sure. You should also ask them how you can create a database and/or if they can make it for you (this is what MySQL is for).
When you have your database (don't forget to get a password and username and write it down somewhere) and confirmed you have PHP too, you will only need to upload the files to the server and follow the install instruction provided with Indexhibit.
You can also search the forum since I believe this question has been asked a couple of times before and other members might have provided more detailed information than I do. Wikipedia should also provide some more detailed information if you search any of those 3 terms.
Hope this helps, please ask if you need more.
Thanks very much for the information. I've just read another post below that also described the processes of installation.
I'm on a webhosting package that is extortionate prices to go onto linux/apaches and get a MySQL database (£50 p/m).
Is there anywhere that does this cheaper or is this a standard price to be paying for it?
You can find much cheaper if you look around.
Try to find one that will offer some sort of web-based admin panel (often CPanel or some custom made one by the provider - they should at least provide some screen captures so you can have a peek).
Search for shared-hosting. you should be able to get plenty of space (over 1gig) and decent monthly bandwidth and PHP, MySQL, multiple domains and sub-domains for something that is between 10-20$ US a month.
Those services are cheap, so you might run into sporadic downtime/slow downs (most of the time you won't notice), but if it is a personal project and even a mid-sized project, it tends to perform quite ok.
Of course, better services on less populated servers are more expensive... just try to balance things.
Of course this information is based on North-American prices... I do not know the market in the UK.
We don't like giving out recommendations for hosts because people sometimes think we are responsible for what happens with their host...and we really don't have time for that.
Make 100% sure that it's a Linux server, as indexhibit will not work on a windows server.
(I know Antoine said it before, but it can't be stressed enough!)
Oh, maybe I forgot to mention it. It needs to be a LINUX server ;)
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