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Installation  

In order to install Metadot 7 on your machine follow these steps (of course skip those which are already done): 

  1. Install MySQL
  2. Install Ruby
  3. Install Rubygems
  4. Install Rake
  5. Install Ferret (need ruby1.8-dev installed)
  6. Install Metadot 7
  7. Install FastCGI
  8. Setup Apache (Setting up a web server for Rails )
  9. Setup a cron job/scheduled task

 

If you want just to test Metadot (and do not run it in production) you may stop on step 6 and use Webrick instead of Apache/FastCGI. To start the Metadot under Webrick go to your 'metadot-rails' folder and execute the following command:

ruby script/server 

The site should be available at http://your-machine-ip:3000

Initial login:
email: admin@yoursite.com
password: admin123

Configuration  

There are several configuration constants located at config/environment.rb file which should be considered for update:

HOST_BASE - the domain name used to access the web site ("metadot.net" by defualt). This constant is used in generation of links and should be changed properly.

EMAIL_SUBJECT_TAG - the prefix in the emails description (default: "[Metadot Portal Server]")

EMAIL_FOOTER - default: "<<< Metadot Portal Server >>>"

WEB_PAGE_FOOTER - default: <a href="http://www.metadot.com?ref=app">powered by Metadot</a>

SYSTEM_NOTIFIER_SENDER - default: "Metadot Administrator" <metadot-admin@metadot.com>

SYSTEM_NOTIFIER_RECIPIENTS - default: metadot-admin@metadot.com