How to Quick-Start with Frog CMS on LAMP WebServer for Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid 32-64bit GNU/Linux Easy Guide

Frog CMS Quick Start for Ubuntu

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with a Frog CMS WebSite Creation on a LAMP Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet i386/amd64 GNU+Linux WebServer.

Frog CMS simplifies content management by offering an elegant user interface, flexible templating per page, simple user management and permissions, as well as the tools necessary for file management.

Born as phpRadiant in January 2007, Frog CMS is a PHP version of Radiant CMS, a well known Ruby on Rails application.

1. Open a Shell Session
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. How to Install LAMP WebServer for Ubuntu.

   LAMP Server Working on Ubuntu

   Ubuntu LAMP Setup

   Apache mod_rewrite is Highly Recommended!
   Follow Instructions on Virtual Domain Creation to Use a mydomain.com URL for the WebSite…

3. Testing LAMP WebServer Installation.

   cd /var/www/html

   Create a PHP Info file:

   sudo touch info.php

   sudo chown www-data:www-data info.php

   sudo nano info.php

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Append:

   <?php
   phpinfo();
   ?>
   

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor ;)
   Open on Browser the URL:
   http://localhost/info.php
   In case Replace “localhost” with your Server IP in the above URL.
   
   You should Successfully see the PHP Info notice :)

4. Download the Latest Frog CMS Release.

   Frog CMS tar.gz Archive

   Frog CMS Release

5. Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/frog*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

   Giving Right Permissions:

   sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /tmp/frog*

6. Relocating Frog CMS

   sudo mv /tmp/frog* /var/www/html/[mysiteDomain]

7. Creating a MySQL Database for Frog CMS WebSite.

   sudo mysql -uroot -p

   Insert the MySQL Admin Pass!
   Then on MySQL prompt to Create a Database & then exit:

   create database frog;

   exit

8. Giving Write Permissions.

   cd /var/www/html/[mysiteDomain]

   sudo chmod 777 config.php public

9. Frog CMS WebSite Installation
   Point to:

   http://localhost/[mysiteDomain]

   Or with an Enabled Apache Virtual Domain simply:

   http://[mysiteDomain]

   Fill in at least the MySQL Database name & Pass and Click on Install now!
   Then You Should be Noticed of the Successful Frog CMS Installation!

10. Removing Write Permission from config.php.

    sudo chmod 444 /var/www/html/[mysiteDomain]/config.php

11. Remove the install Directory.

    sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/[mysiteDomain]/install

12. How to Quick Start with Frog CMS Content Creation.

    Building a Frog CMS WebSite

    Frog CMS Content Creation