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• In this tutorial we will be installing Mambo
• Begin by loading your favorite FTP program
• Select all of the files in the Mambo install and upload them to your server
• All of the files have been uploaded. Now we need to create a database for Mambo to use
• I will be using cPanel to create my database. You can use your control panel software
• Enter a name for the database
• Now enter a username and password for the database
• Now we need to give our user access rights to the database
• Our database setup is complete. Now it's time to start the Mambo installer
• Go to www.yoursite.com and you will be automatically redirected to the installer
• This is the list of requirements for Mambo to run. If any of the items are red Mambo will not run correctly
• This is a list of folders that needs to be writable for Mambo to work correctly. Let's go back to the FTP program and make them writable
• Select all of the appropriate folders
• Change the attributes to make them writable
• Now if we go back to Mambo and refresh the screen, they should all be writable
• Now that they are all writable we can continue to the next step
• Read through the license and check the checkbox to be able to continue the installer
• Now we need to enter the database information we created earlier
• Enter a name for your site. You can change this later
• Enter your email address and a password for the admin account. Your username will be admin
• If you want to set the CHMOD on new files as they are uploaded by Mambo you can do that here
• Your Mambo site has now been installed. You need to delete the installation directory before you can continue. Let's go back to the FTP program
• Select the installation directory and press the delete key
• The installation directory has now been deleted. Let's go back to Mambo
• Click View Site to see your new Mambo site