Ektron CMS400.NET Setup Manual

Setting up Your New Site
NOTE
Migrating Your Site to Ektron CMS400.NET
If you can browse the sample site and it works properly, Ektron
CMS400.NET is properly installed.
You can use the Site Setup utility to perform these tasks. To launch this utility, go
to Start > Programs > Ektron > CMS400 > Utilities > Site Setup. To read about
it, go to ”Setting up a Site” on page 47.
Copy Application Core Files
Set up the Database
Copy the application core files from the CMS400Example/workarea
folder into your site’s folder. These files operate the workarea,
library, and content functions.
Since the content is stored in a database, you need to create one.
To learn how to set up a database, see ”Setting up a Database” on
page 51.
Modify Application Parameters
Best Practices
Ektron recommends keeping a working version of the sample site. This
can be used to help you debug problems.
For instance, if you encounter errors on your site, you can refer to the
sample site to see if the same errors occur. If they do, that may indicate
a problem with the installation. If they do not, the installation is probably
OK and an external factor is causing the problem.
After you install and create the Ektron CMS400.NET database,
modify the web.config file that installed to the directory to which
you installed Ektron CMS400.NET.
Edit that file and modify the following settings
Setting Type in...
ek_dbDatabase The type of database you are using.
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