How to install jobberBase

This tutorial is based on an installation request that we got in some days ago. We didn´t get any further response from the user that opened the request so i decided to come up with a little tutorial that might help users getting jobberBase installed on their site. For this tutorial i use the latest available version of jobberBase from jobberBase - The Open Source Job Board Software and my box running XAMPP as webserver.

Step 1: Downloading and extracting jobberBase
This is the easiest step i think hehe. Just go to jobberBase - The Open Source Job Board Software and download the latest version of it (just like you should do with any other script you are about to install. Always go for the latest version and don´t use versions that are outdated as they might contain vulnerabilities that have been patched in the latest version.).

The download comes as .zip archive that needs to be extracted before you can start to install/upload the script to your webspace. Now there are several ways how you could extract the .zip archive like use 7Zip or WinRAR or upload the .zip archive to your webserver and then for example use cPanel file manager to unzip the archive on the server. Up to you which way you choose or what´s most convenient for you.

Step 2: Uploading jobberBase to your server or webspace
To upload the files / directories of jobberBase simply establish a connection to your server using some FTP client like FileZilla or FlashFXP. If you need help with uploading or configuring your FTP client please let us know and we´ll try to help as much as we can.
Remember to just upload the content inside the /public folder, everything else isn´t needed for the installation so it´s pointless to upload it and waste valuabe space on your server.

Step 3: Installing jobberBase
To get jobberBase installed there are a few things left to do after uploading all files and directories. The first thing you should do is import the MySQL database that is located in the /db directory and named jobberbase.sql. You can import the sql dump through phpMyAdmin into the database you are planning to use for your jobberBase installation. Just go to phpMyAdmin (or whatever interface your web hosting offers to manage your MySQL databases) and import the jobberbase.sql file into the database. Next is the probably most complicated part of the installation as you now get to change around various settings inside the configuration file.

Inside the public\_config directory of jobberBase open the file config.envs.php in a text editor like Notepad, Notepad++ or UltraEdit. It might look confusing at first but with a little guidance i am sure you can sort out what to fill where. Let´s have a look at the configuration file and the relevant changes you have to make now

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It´s not that well documented like for example the WordPress configuration file but with a little thinking you should be able to figure out what to fill where.

Replace the values for "mysql credentials" with your actual details for your mysql database (user name, password, name of the mysql server and name of your mysql database).

Replace "app_url" with the URL (not the path) to your jobberBase installation. Make sure the URL end with a trailing slash, else all kind of things will happen when you open your website hehe.

Make the above changes for both of the configuration parts and pay attention to change the URLs to your site. Also make sure to set "location" to "online and "environment" to "prod" and to change the prefix to your URL also. A fully modified configuration section looks something like this:

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Once you made all changes you can save the configuration file and proceed to the next step.

Step 4: Starting jobberBase
After all changes have been made and saved you should now be able to visit the working jobberBase installation on your site. Simply open a browser and navigate to the page where you installed jobberBase at. This should bring up the front end of the script. To start messing around as an admin and set it up the way you want navigate to http://yoursite.com/admin and you will see the administrator login. To login there simply user admin as user and password. Inside the admin control panel you now can set up the site the way you want and change your admin details (don´t wanna leave the password at the default value, do you?)

Where exactly do you get these errors? During installation?
If so make sure to use the correct MySQL details. This error seems to come from wrong MySQL setting (according to Jobberbase.com)

Do you also host the site on GoDaddy?

jobberBase < what a name, hehe

The config looks fine i believe, can you please post the contents of your .htaccess file? The 500 Internal Server Error is most likely caused by it.

try changing it to this

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What happens if you remove the content of the .htaccess file entirely?

Is your site hosted at GoDaddy as well?