Mapbender-MS4W release notes

Install

• Have a look at the installation guide
• Unzip package to the same root as MS4W base
• Install PostgreSQL with PostGIS. Download the windows installer and install PostgreSQL/PostGIS
• Add the path to the PostgreSQL-bin to your PATH variable (for example: C:\Programs\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin)
• Install Poedit (http://www.poedit.net/download.php#win32) for internationalisation
• Add the path to the poedit-bin directory to your PATH variable (for example: C:\Programs\Poedit\bin)
• PHP configuration
• uncomment the following lines in you php.ini (\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\php.ini)
• short_open_tag = OFF
• extension=php_gd2.dll
• extension=php_gettext.dll
• extension=php_mbstring.dll
• restart your Apache with double click on /ms4w/apache-restart.bat
• Mapbender needs a database. There is an install script that will help you to create this database.
• Start the install script (\mapbender\resources\db\install_2.5.2) and follow the instructions
• configure the file \ms4w\apps\mapbender\conf\mapbender.conf. Add your database connection parameters at row 40
• You can run the script mapbender_setup.php to get information about your Mapbender installation and check whether everything is ok
• You find the script at mapbender/tools/mapbender_setup.php. You have to copy the script to mapbender/http/mapbender_setup.php
• Informations about Mapbender: http://localhost/mapbender/tools/mapbender_setup.php
• To login navigate to http://localhost/mapbender/. A user:root with password:root exists to login
• Now you have lots of applications to discover. Read more about Mapbender in the Wiki
• Mapbender first Steps will help your to create your own application

For More Information

• Official Mapbender Site
• Mailing Lists
• Mapbender Blog

MS4W Package Contributor

History

See the Mapbender version history page for the recent changes.