Before starting off, bare in mind that RCams is a complex script and creating a successful live sex cams website requires more tuning and tweaking then a simple install.

The install procedure itself is a very simple one, there is no complicated install steps you need to follow, it was designed as a one-click-install. Before firing the install.php script, you should first edit the config.php to suit your needs and the evironment you are working on. A sample config.php file looks like this:

Sample config.php file


<?php


/* ==========================================================================

RCams configuration file

========================================================================== */


// SQL Database settings

$sql_host = ‘localhost’; // MySQL Database server

$sql_user = ‘rusername_here’; // MySQL Database username

$sql_pass = ‘password_here’; // MySQL Database password

$sql_db = ‘database_name_here’; // MySQL Database name

$sql_prefix = ‘rcams_’; // MySQL table prefix

$modelstable = ‘modelstable’; // MySQL table name for models storage


// Install location

$sitedir = ‘/home/path/to/your/install/location/’; // The fully qualified system path of the directory where the files are installed

$cachedir = ‘/home/path/to/your/install/location/cache/’; // The fully qualified system path of the directory where to store the remote fetched cache


/* Note: use the admin control panel to configure the rest of the settings. */


/* ==========================================================================

NO EDITING NEEDED BELOW

========================================================================== */

if (! defined(’VALID_CALL’)) die;

include($sitedir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . ‘includes’ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . ‘init.php’);


?>

Feel free to edit the settings to suit your needs. Save the file then open install.php in your browser. You will notice the settings you edited earlier showing up as confirmation. All you need to do is click the install button to have all the database tables created and populated with sample data.

Administration password

As soon as you completed the install you will be shown the default admin username and password. Do not forget to update your password to unique and secret password as soon as you have logged in as admin. Unless you do that, the default password will remain the same, making your administration area vulnerable to unauthorized logins.