§Uploading the Files.

To upload the files to your webserver, you can use any FTP client, as long as it allows you to chmod files. For windows I suggest the free SmartFTP or CuteFtp and for the Macintosh I hear good things about Transmit.

After you've logged on to your webserver, you should create a new folder where you want your weblog to be. Upload all the files in your local folder to this folder.

TIP: If your website is something like www.example.com, and you want your weblog to be at that location, you should not create a new folder, but instead upload all your files to your website's root folder. Usually this folder is called 'htdocs', 'www', or 'html'.

After uploading the files, it should look something like the image below. In the image you can see that i uploaded the files to a newly made folder called weblog, so this fictional weblog would be at www.pivotlog.net/weblog/

After uploading we need to change the file permissions on some of the files. This is usually called 'chmodding the files' or 'chmod' for short. We have to do this, so Pivot will be able to write to these files and folders. (Not much use for weblog software if you're not going to make any webpages with it..)

You should chmod the following files and folders. Note that I use 'weblog' here, assuming that you've uploaded the files to a subfolder named weblog. If you've uploaded to 'html', 'www', 'htdocs' or something entirely else, just substitute 'weblog' for the name you picked.

weblog                                                 -> 777

weblog/archives                                        -> 777
weblog/images                                          -> 777
   
weblog/pivot/db                                        -> 777
weblog/pivot/templates                                 -> 777
weblog/pivot/pv_cfg_settings.php                       -> 777
weblog/pivot/pv_cfg_weblogs.php                        -> 777

weblog/pivot/db/(all files and folders)                -> 777 

weblog/pivot/db/standard-00000/(all files and folders) -> 777 

weblog/pivot/templates/(all files and folders)         -> 777 

You can do this in most FTP clients by selecting one or more files, right-clicking on them, and choosing the 'chmod' or 'properties' option in the context menu.

TIP: usually you can just select all files, and change the rights for all of them at once

TIP: Not all webservers allow you to chmod files. In those cases - usually microsoft IIS servers - it's not necessary to chmod the files, so you can just skip this section. If you are not sure about what type of server you have, you can contact your hosting provider for details. He/She will also be able to tell you whether chmodding is necessary or not.

We're almost done now.. We just need to Set up the Administrator Account.