FTP means "File Transfer Protocol". It is used to transfer files from one computer to another over the internet. In the context of using b2evolution, you may need FTP to transfer the b2evolution files from your home/work computer to your web…

This page tells you what you need to know to upload files to your web server and mange them using FTP, which stands for **File Transfer Protocol**, in case you wonder. This page tells you what you need…

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Well, I understand this page except that the copy of b2evolution I downloaded has no subfolder labled “bolgs", so how am I supposed to know just what to ftp to my shared web-host? The directions here say to select the “blogs” subfolder…

Skills that someone should ideally have prior to installation.

Issue: I am running a minor upgrade (e.g., from version a.b.x to a.b.y) Solution: There is no need to upgrade the database. When you run the install script, do not worry if it doesn’t seem to do anything. If the admin works without telling you to…

The latest documentation for upgrading to a higher version is included in your blog bundle, specifically in the doc directory. For example: doc/upgradefrom_b2evo.en-UK.html. The following instructions refer to the upgrade documentation included with ver…

What are file permissions? UNIX/Linux file permissions are a way to control who can read and/or write files on your hosting account. On a shared hosting server, this will (on [http://b2evolution.net/web-hosting/ serious web hosting providers]) prevent…

This screen displays a gallery of skins that are available for installation. The gallery of skins can be filtered based on skin type and collection kind.

You can add an image by linking the picture file to your post.

Change servers in a few simple steps If you have an existing b2evolution blog (or multiple blogs) and you need to change servers here are the steps you should take to get up and running again: # Backup your existing blog ‘'’database”…

Completing installation Once your installation is done and basically working, there are still a few tricky things you should definitely take care of: * When you edit any of the config files, be careful ‘'’not to add any extra blank lines&…

In the /blogs folder there should be a file called .htaccess . This file optimizes the way the Apache web server works with b2evolution? If you used the standard b2evolution installer, this file will probably be already set up properly. However, if in…

The upgrade procedure requires that you overwrite the old b2evolution files with the new files from the new release (and after that you should run the install/upgrade script). If you are unsure where to upload the new files, try to locate the file call…

b2evolution will send emails in a number of occasions: a user wants to register a user forgot his password and requested a new one a user wants to contact the admin a user wants to contact another user If you are not receiving these email notifications…

On your system you typically want to restrict your file permissions to the maximum for best security, but not as much as b2evolution will not be able to save uploaded or cached files any more. Optimal file permissions are basically a tradeoff between s…

You want to run b2evolution on a local computer (as opposed to a web server) for testing or for development. In that case, you will first need to set up your computer as a "mini" (local) web server, running PHP and MySQL.

All the files related to Skins/Themes are located in a sub-folder called /skins/ at the root of your b2evolution installation. In this folder, you will find on sub-folder for each skin. For example, if you use the EvoPress skin, you will want to look i…

Black thumbnails saying "Ewr-access" or ".evocache folder read/write error! Check filesystem permissions." [image:526:] [image:528:] That message means b2evolution cannot create or access the thumbnail image file or a directory to…

This tool lets you import contents from an XML file. The format is compatible with WordPress exports.