Set up the study archive

Server check

OK: PHP 8.0 or newer
OK: PDO MySQL
OK: mbstring
OK: app folder writable
OK: storage/uploads writable
OK: zip (reads text inside PPTX and DOCX for search)
Optional: pdftotext (reads text inside PDFs for search). Not available on many shared hosts. PDF text will not be searchable, but titles, summaries and notes still are.

Database

Create a database and a user in cPanel, MySQL Databases, and add the user to the database with all privileges. cPanel adds your account name as a prefix.

Database name

Host

Database user

Database password

Site

Site name

Short name in the header

Site addressUsed in email links. No slash at the end.

Church code for sign-upRecommended. New members must enter it to register. Leave empty to let anyone with an email register.

Email

Confirmation and reset emails come from this address. Use a real mailbox on your domain, created in cPanel, so messages are not marked as spam.

Sender address

Sending method

SMTP details, only if you chose SMTP

SMTP hostUsually mail.yourdomain

Port

Security

Mailbox username

Mailbox password

First admin account

Your name

Your email

PasswordAt least 10 characters.