@@ -21,7 +21,20 @@ <p>The new Ushahidi Engine incorporates the lessons learned from Kenya to create a platform that can be deployed by anyone to collect and visualize information, especially crisis information.</p> <h1>System Requirement</h1> - List kohana requirements + There are a few minimum server requirements to run Ushahidi: + <ol> + <li>Server with Unicode support</li> + <li>PHP version >= 5.2.3</li> + <li>An HTTP Server. <a href="http://kohana.com">Kohana</a> which Ushahidi is built upon is known to work with: Apache 1.3+,Apache2.0+,lighttpd, and MS IIS</li> + </ol> + <h2>Required Extensions</h2> + <ol> + <li> <a href="http://php.net/pcre">PCRE</a> must be compiled with –enable-utf8 and –enable-unicode-properties for UTF-8 functions to work properly.</li> + <li> <a href="http://php.net/iconv">iconv</a> is required for UTF-8 transliteration.</li> + <li><a href="http://php.net/mcrypt">mcrypt</a> is required for encryption.</li> + <li><a href="http://php.net/spl">SPL</a> is required for several core libraries</li> + <li> <a href="http://php.net/mbstring">mbstring</a> which speeds up Kohana's UTF-8 functions.</li> + </ol> <h1>Installation</h1> <p>There are two ways to install ushahidi. Either manually by creating and editing a config and database file or by using the web installer. The easiest is to use the web installer as it serves you with a form to fill without creating or editing any file.</p> @@ -58,4 +71,4 @@ </div> </div> </body> -</html> \ No newline at end of file +</html> readme.html ecfb5431b9f890be1470e3cdd29a1b0cfb01e300 Henry Addo eyedol@addhen.(none) http://github.com/gabelula/Ushahidi_Web/commit/b28f3ebb7bb05e052dbbf641595e0329e2ef50ad b28f3ebb7bb05e052dbbf641595e0329e2ef50ad 2009-04-27T06:28:49-07:00 2009-04-27T06:28:49-07:00 Added system requirement details to the readme bd34492938faa2575da6004993f490a1c4e27ec0 Henry Addo eyedol@addhen.(none)