Install/Uninstall

Befor you complete these steps you need to have preconfigured your RDBMS (PostgreSQL/MySQL) as you will need to provide authentication details in the final setup stage. Also ensure that you have installed any dependencies

Ensure you have the following information:

• DBMS Database Name
• DBMS Username
• DBMS Hostname
• DBMS password

Follow these easy steps to install KNotes into your portal:

1. If you have not already done so, download and extract KNotes into your products directory then restart Zope
2. Navigate to the portal_quickinstaller tool and select 'KNotes' then click 'Install'. If all went well, you should see KNotes listed under 'installed products', click on the listing to view the results (http://ZOPE_SERVER:ZOPE_PORT/YOUR_PORTAL/portal_quickinstaller/KNotes) it should look something like:
   

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    2006-06-20 15:48:30
    Added KNotes SQL Tool
    Registered "KNDiscussion" with the types tool
    Registered "KNBlog" with the types tool
    Registered "KNLink" with the types tool
    Registered "KNExFile" with the types tool
    Registered "KNWeblog" with the types tool
    Registered "KNBlogEntriesFolder" with the types tool
    Added 'KNDiscussion' directory views to portal_skins
    Added 'KNDiscussion' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNBlog' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNLink' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNExFile' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNWeblog' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNBlogEntriesFolder' to Plone Default skin search path
    Added 'KNDiscussion' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNBlog' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNLink' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNExFile' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNWeblog' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNBlogEntriesFolder' to Plone Tableless skin search path
    Added 'KNDiscussion, KNBlogEntriesFolder, KNWeblog & 'KNBlog' to use_folder_tabs property in site properties
    Added Trackback Tool
    Added BlogAPI Tool
    Added new 'Moderator' & 'Weblog Contributor' roles
    Set the portal permissions for all types!
    Added here/trackback_portlet/macros/portlet to the left slots
    Added here/rdf_portlet/macros/portlet to the left slots
    Added portal actions
    Successfully installed KNotes.
    

   Any abnormalities should be noted and a bug report filed
3. After completing step 2 above, you should now have some additional tools in the root of your portal. Click on the tool labeled 'kndiscuss_sql' (http://ZOPE_SERVER:ZOPE_PORT/YOUR_PORTAL/kndiscuss_sql/manage_properties) then select the tab labled 'DB Access'
   
   Enter the required details and click 'Save Changes'
4. Click the tab labeled 'DB Status' you should see a page similar to the one below
   
   Click 'Create Tables' to complete the install. CLicking the 'DB Status' tab again should display a table with details of your database schema
   

That's the installation complete, you can now start using KNotes or you may want to go read up on KNotes Administration