Follow the installation instructions below exactly. Do the steps as you read through them. The installation instructions below could have been written in a couple of sentences, but have been written to be as comprehensive as possible, so that you get it right the first time and so that you find it to be a simple process.
Step 1. UNZIP THE .ZIP ARCHIVE IN WHICH DOWNLOAD MONITOR PRO CAME
Unzip the .zip archive in which Download Monitor came.
Step 2. CREATE A DATA DIRECTORY
Create a directory called 'data' or whatever you would like to name it. Place it somewhere where the web server cannot access it's contents. Another way of saying this would be to say that you need to create a 'data' directory where it cannot be accessed from a web browser when users are browsing your web site.
Do not create this directory in your public HTML folder because it can create security risks.
The 'data' directory of Download Monitor Pro will be used to store recorded download statistics and other information.
Fictional Examples where you can create it:
Create it in for example:
/home/yourdomain.com/data
Let's say that your cgi-bin directory is situated under: /home/yourdomain.com/cgi-bin
Let's also say your public HTML directory is situated under: /home/yourdomain.com/www
Step 3. TRANSFER/FTP DATA FILES
When you unzipped the .zip archive of Download Monitor Pro, a 'data' directory should have been extracted. Transfer it's contents to the 'data' directory you have just created in Step 2.
Step 4. ASSIGN PERMISSIONS
Now, assign the permission setting of 777 to the 'data' directory. Also assign the permission setting of 777 to the files that you just transferred to the 'data' directory.
How do I set/assign permissions to directories and files?
Step 5. TRANSFER/FTP CGI SCRIPTS FILES
When you unzipped the .zip archive of Download Monitor Pro, a 'cgi-bin' directory should have been extracted. Transfer/Ftp all the files in the 'cgi-bin' directory to your cgi-bin directory on your web host.
You can also for example place the files inside your cgi-bin directory like this:
You can for example place the program script files here:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/dlpro
Step 6. SET PERMISSIONS OF .cgi AND .pm FILES TO 755
Set the permissions of all the .cgi and .pm files that you transferred to your cgi-bin directory to 755 except config.cgi
How do I set/assign permissions to directories and files?
Step 7. ASSIGN PERMISSIONS OF 777 TO config.cgi
Assign the permission setting of 777 to config.cgi
How do I set/assign permissions to directories and files?
Step 8. - CREATE A DIRECTORY TO STORE IMAGES
Create a directory called 'images' or whatever you want to call it in your public HTML document folder. Your public HTML document folder would be where you store the HTML files of your web site. Do not create this directory under your cgi-bin directory.
Create it for example in your public HTML directory as follows:
http://www.yourdomain.com/images/
Step 9. - TRANSFER IMAGE FILES
When you unzipped the zip archive in which Download Monitor Pro came, there were 3 directories. Transfer the contents of the 'images' directory to the directory you have created in the above step.
Step 10. - SET UP THE SYSTEM FROM THE WEB
Now run setup.cgi from your web browser. setup.cgi is located in the cgi-bin directory where you transferred the .cgi and .pm script files. (step 5)
You should type something like the example below to execute setup.cgi in your browser:
http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/dlpro/setup.cgi
