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Install EQdkp Plus

Not everyone is a web professional. That's why we have collected the most serious steps needed to get started with EQdkp Plus.

First, Download the EQdkp Plus Core Package
Unzip the Package on your local PC
Upload the two files (one zip-Archive and one file named install.php) into the desired folder of your webspace.
Open the install.php with your browser. If you had uploaded the files into the folder "eqdkp", you have to browse to www.deinedomain.de/eqdkp/install.php
Now the package will be unzipped and you will redirected to the Installer of EQdkp Plus
If the package can't be unzipped, you have to unzip the uploaded archive on your local PC und upload all unzipped files to the desired folder of your webspace.

First, the Requirements of your server will be checked
If php safemode is enabled or you don't want to give folders writing permissions, you can activate the FTP-Mode. Ask your Hoster for the FTP Credentials.
Create a random Encryption-Key that you should store securly. With this Key, critical information will be stored encrypted, like your users' Email-Addreses.
Next, insert the Database-Credentials provided by your Hoster.
Now select the game and some other settings. All settings can be changed after the installation, too.

To update your EQdkp Plus installation, you can

The difference between those options is just the size of the package and the amount of included files. For both, the instructions are:

Download update package or core package
Extract the downloaded package on local PC or your server
Replace the existing files with the extracted files
Follow the instructions at the maintenance mode, if there are database changes needed

Download the extension you want.Make sure the EQdkp Plus Version fits with the Extension
Go the extension management of your EQdkp Plus, and upload the downloaded package there.
If the upload does not work, extract the downloaded extension. You will get some folders. The first one is named like the package name, e.g. plugin-chat-0.1.1.
Open the package.xml in the root folder of your downloaded extension and note down the values for "install type" and "folder".
Go to your EQdkp Plus installation and create a folder, dependend of type and folder, see #Types and folders
Upload the extension files to your created folder. You have to take the files from the folder "plugin-chat-0.1.1", that means the first folder where a .php file can be found.

Type	folder
plugin	plugins/FOLDER_FROM_PACKAGE_XML
template	templates/FOLDER_FROM_PACKAGE_XML
portal	portal/FOLDER_FROM_PACKAGE_XML
game	games/FOLDER_FROM_PACKAGE_XML
language	EQdkp-Root-folder